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• Astrachan

  . (initial capital letter) horticulture. a tart, usually red or yellow variety of apple. a fur of young lambs, with l-strous, closely curled wool, from astrakhan. also called astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling astrakhan fur. historical examples he wore a dark blue silk blouse; and in the streets, on cold days, a […]

• Astraddle

  astride with one leg on each side of; astride: sitting astraddle a fence. historical examples astraddle on tono-bungay, he flashed athwart the empty heavens—like a comet—rather, like a stupendous rocket! tono bungay h. g. wells having careered, plunging and tugging and side-stepping, until she was astraddle of the outside trace, jenny stopped. the pike’s peak […]

• Astragal

  a small convex molding cut into the form of a string of beads. compare . a plain convex molding; bead. a molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of a pair of double doors in order to prevent drafts. historical examples the style of carving of the cymatium with its astragal should be the […]

• Astrakhan

  a fur of young lambs, with l-strous, closely curled wool, from astrakhan. also called astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling astrakhan fur. a city in the s russian federation in europe, at the mouth of the volga. contemporary examples and they may be swaddled in astrakhan when you see them, but not all […]

• Astral body

  astronomy. a star, planet, comet, or other heavenly body. theosophy. see under (def 3). pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped. biology. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling an aster; having a discoid, radiate flower head. theosophy. noting a supersensible substance pervading all sp-ce and forming the substance of a second body (astral […]

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