assailable (asalabl)

[ and whose vices required the scourge and the hot iron. Whipple, E . and Rev., II. 86. a ailant (a-sa'lant), a. and n. [F. a ail lant, A aulting; attacking; invading with violence: of a aillir: a ail and- ant1.] I. a. 1. Milton . 2. In her ., same as salient . II. n. One who a ails, attacks, or a aults. The wise man throws himself on the side of his a ail- ants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. Emerson , Compensation. a agai (as'a-gi), n. [Also written a egai , egai , as- sagay, a egay , and formerly a agaie , azagaia (also zagaye , zagaie , zagaie ), and early mod. E. archegaye ( archegaie , archigaie , arcigaye ); azegaye , azagaye , azagaia , Sp. aza- gay a (Sp. formerly also without the art., zagaya , > It. zagaglia , F. žagaie , above), az - zaghā- yah, al , the, + zaghāyah , a spear: a native Berber word. Cf. lancegay.] A slender spear a ai-palm (a-si'päm), n . a ailer (a-sā'ler), n . [ a ail our , a ail- your , a ailleor , a aillir : see a ail . ] One who a ails. a ailment (a-sal'ment), n. [ a ail + -ment.] An a ault; an attack. [Rare.] His most frequent a ailment was the headache. Johnson, Pope. Same as a ai2 . or lance of hard wood, usually having an iron a amar (as'a-mar), n. [L. a us, roasted, + head: now most commonly applied to the throw- amarus, bitter.] A bitter substance produced ing-spear or javelin used in battle by the naby roasting in the air such substances as sugar, e artum ), In those districts, and in many others in the neighbourhood, the copyhold lands which have been reclaimed from the forest-waste are known as " a art -lands." C. Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 192.