Helen Fenton

Ailette: Definition and part of speech

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Ailette

  1. n. A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, — being the prototype of the modern epaulet.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ailantus: Definition and part of speech

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Ailantus

  1. n. A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ail: Definition and part of speech

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Ail

  1. n. Indisposition or morbid affection.
  2. v. t. To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; — used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
  3. v. i. To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aiguillette: Definition and part of speech

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Aiguillette

  1. n. One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.
  2. n. A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.