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Show AX A Y Awry'. adv. [from z and awry. 1. Not in a ftraight diretion ; obliquely But her fad eyes, fill faft'ned on the ground Arc governed with with goodly modefty That fuffers not one look to glance awry Which may let in a little thought unfound: et Like perfpectives, which rightly gaz'd upoi:l Shew nothing but confufion; eyed awwry 2. Afquint; with oblique vifion You know the kin With jealous eyes has look'd azvr Denbam® sSophy On his fon's actions I hap to ftep awry, where I fee no path, and ca Brerezvoed difcern but few fteps afore me un to right reafon; per verfely All awry and which wried it to the moft wr to feign reafo than how it fhould b Sidney. amended Much of the foul they talk, hut all azvry And in themfelves feek virtue, and to themfelve All glory arrogate, to God give none Milton Axe. n. f. [eax, acye, Sax. afcia, Lat. An inftrument confifting of ametal head with a fharp edge, fixed in a helve o _ handle, to cut with No metal can No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keennef Of thy fharp envy Shake[peare There ftood a foreft on the mountain's brow Which overlook'd the thaded*plains below No founding axe prefum'd thefe trees to bite Coeval with the world; a venerable fight Dryden powee € AXI'LLA. »n. /. [axilla, Lat.] The cavity under the upper part of the arm Ruincy called the arm-pit iw clean.sh data import.tsv out README Axit'Lrar. ] adj. [from axilla, Lat.] BeA'xirvary. § longing to the arm-pit Axillary artery is diftributed unto the hand below the cubit, it divideth into two parts. Browwn A'x1oM. n. f. [axioma &Eiéw Gr the leffer Hooker 2. An eftablithed principle to be grante without new proof are guided, have their ufe in the moral Hooker Their affirmations are no axioms; we eftee thereof as things unfaid, and account them bu in lift of nothing Brown A'x1s. n. f. [axis, Lat.] The line real o imaginary that pafles through any thing on which it may revolve But fince they fay our earth, from morn to morn That fwift rotation muft difperfein ai All things which on the rapid orb appear Blackmore It might annually have compafled the fun, an Bentley On their own axis as the plancts run ot Cynthia when her manteau 's pinn'd awry Pope Ere felt fuch rage itfhould be amifs or principles more general, are fuch a yet never have once turned upon its axis , Not tyrants fierce that unrepenting die wh Axioms On its own axis is oblig'd to turn 3. Not in the right or true dire&ion courfe of all, wit abufed, rathe tion The axioms of that law, whereby natural agent Shakefp. Richard 11 Diftinguifh form A violent crofs wind, from either coaft Blows them tranfverfe, ten thoufand leagues azvr Into the devious air Milton 5. Not accordin cannot be made plainer by demonftra this, that the greater good is to be chofen befor £ 4. Not equally between two points evenly AZ Lat. a&iwope, fro 1. A propofition evident at firft fight, tha And make at once their circle round the fun So two confiftent motions aét the foul And one regards itfelf, and one the whole. Pope }n s oi[areisy - Liata]. - "Bh A'xLE A'xLE-TREE. § pin which pafles throug the midft of the wheel, on which th circumvolutions of the wheel are performed Venerable Nefto Should with a bond of air, ftrong as the ax/e-tre On which heav'n rides, knitall the Grecians ear Shake[peare "To his experienc'd tongue The fly fat upon the axle-free of the chariotBacon wheel, and faid, Whata duft do I raife And the gilded car of da His glowing aw/e doth alla Milton In the fteep Atlantick ftream He faw a greater fun appear Than his bright throne or burning ax/e-tree coul Miltow's Chrift's Nativity bear Ay. adwv. [perhaps from aio, Lat. 1. Yes; an adverd of anfwering affirmatively Return you thither ? - Ay, madam, with the fwifteft wing of fpeed Shakefpeare What fay'ft thou ? Wilt thou be of our confort Say ay, and be the captain of us all Shakefpeare 2. Itis a word by which the fenfe is enforced ; even; yes, certainly; and mor than that Remember it, and let it make thee creft-fall'n Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shakefpeare AvE adv [apa Saxon. Always t eternity ; for ever. It is now rarely ufed and only in poetry And now in darkfome dungeon, wretched thrall Remedylefs for age he doth him hold. Fairy Queen Either prepare to die Or on Diana's altar to proteft For aye, aufterity and fingle life Shakefpeare The foul, though made in time, furvives f':;raye And, though it hath beginning, fees no end Sir ¥ Dawies And hears the mufes, in aring Aye round about Jove's altars fing Milton Th' aftonifh'd mariners aye ply the pump No ftay, nor reft, till the wide breach is clos'd . . Philips A'xGRrREEN #. / leek 5 which {ee A'xry. 7 / 'The fame with houfe The neft of the hawk Dié I fhould difcourfe on the brancher, the haggard and then treat of their feveral ayries A'zimuTH. 7. f. [Arab. Walton's Angler 1. The azimuth of the {un, or of a ftar, i " an arch between the meridian of th place, and any given vertical line 2. Magretical Azimuth, is a arch of th horizon contained between the fun' azimuth circle and the magnetical meridian; or it is the apparent diftanc of the fun from the north or fouth poin of the compafs 3. Azimuth Compafs, is an inftrument ufe at fea for finding the fun's magneti azimuth 4. Azimuth Dial, is a dial whofe ftile o gnomon is at right angles to the plan of the horizon 5. Azimuths called' alfo vertica circles are great circles interfeéting each othe in the genith and nadir, and cuttin the horizon at right angles, in all th points thereof Chambers A'ZURE. adj. [azur, Fr. azarre, Span lazur, Arab. from Jazuli, a blue ftone. Blue; faint blue Like pomels round of marble clear Where azur'd veins well mixt appear Sidney The blue of the firft order, though very fain and little, may be the colour of fome fubftance and the azure colour of the fkies feems to be thi order Newton Thus replie Minerva, graceful with her azure eyes Pope The fea Far through his zzure turbulent domain Your empire owns S homfo |