Athwart
(A*thwart"), adv.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
Spenser.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news.
Shak.
Atilt
(A*tilt") adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.]
1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at
men." Hudibras.
2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
Abroach, atilt, and run
Even to the lees of honor.
Beau. & Fl.
Atimy
(At"i*my) n. [Gr. 'a priv. + honor.] (Gr. Antiq.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil
rights. Mitford.
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ation
(-a"tion) [L. -ationem. See -tion.] A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the
verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from
the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived
through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -
ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
A-tiptoe
(A-tip"toe) adv. On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence.
F. Harrison.
Atlanta
(||At*lan"ta) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming
at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
Atlantal
(At*lan"tal) a. (Anat.) (a) Relating to the atlas. (b) Anterior; cephalic. Barclay.
Atlantean
(At`lan*te"an) a. [L. Atlantus.]
1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the
ocean.
2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear
The weight of mightiest monarchies.
Milton.
Atlantes
(||At*lan"tes) n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. pl. of . See Atlas.] (Arch.) Figures or half figures of men,
used as columns to support an entablature; — called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.
Atlantic
(At*lan"tic) a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes.]
