adze

t. To shape by means of an adze. adzed, pa. par. [ADZE, v.] adz'-ing, pr. par. [ADZE, v.] (pron. generally ē, and occasionally ě; when it has the latter sound, it is marked in this work ). L. As an initial: A Latin diphthong corresponding to the Greek ai ( ai ), and used chiefly in words originally derived from the Greek language. When fully naturalised in English the Greek al ( ai ) and Lat. & become simply e. Thus the Gr. αἰθήρ (aither) is in Lat. æther . In Eng. some writers, Tyndall for one, looking on the word as but partially naturalised, still write it with the diphthong æther; whilst the generality, regarding it as fully naturalised, make it ether . [ETHER.] Quite a multitude of Anglo-Saxon words commence with æ, but the æ becomes changed in various ways when these are naturalised in English. It is often transformed into a or e , le frequently into ee, or ea , or o, or aw , or oἱ, or oa ; or it is wholly omitted. Examples : 1. As a. A.S. acse, ex = Eng. axe; decern =acorn; æfter = after; cænde = and; ængel = angel; æpl , cœppel , . = apple; æt = at. 2. As e. A.S. abbung = Eng. ebbing; défen, dfyn, áfenn = even; alf = elf; œmetta, æmete = emmet, ant; Englisc = English. 3. As ee. A.S. ál = Eng. eel. 4. As ca. A.S. ættan = to eat; ærnian=to earn. 5. As o. A.S. æne = Eng. one. 6. As aw . A.S. al = Eng. awl. 7. As oi. A.S. æl = Eng. oil. 8. As oa. A.S. Éc = Eng. oak. 9. With the wholly omitted. A.S. æbare = bare; wend = and. IL. As a termination . [Lat. nomin. pl. of the first declension, as pennæ, nomin. pl. of penna a pen.] Science ( chiefly Biology): The termination of most orders of plants, and also of most families and sub-families of animals. Some of these terms are cla ical Latin, but the majority are only modern imitations of it. 99 2. The term ædile is sometimes applied to the President of the Board of Works and Public Buildings, who is a member of the British Government, but does not belong to the Cabinet. His duties are not, however, in all respects similar to those of the old Roman ædiles, for whilst, like them, he looks after public buildings, he regards some other matters which they regulated as properly appertaining to other functionaries, or as fitted rather for private enterprise than for direct government management. "Flavius was a scriba , or clerk, the son of a freedman, and of humble origin; but this act obtained him such popularity that he was elected curule ædile in the year 304 в.с."- Lewis : Early Rom . Hist ., ch. v., § 1. office of an ædile. Examples:-Cla . Lat. Alge (pl. of alga ), se'-dile-ship, s. [Eng. ædile; -ship.] The Sea-weeds, the sea-weed order of plants; Rosaceæ (with plantæ = plants, understood), the Rosaceous order of plants, called by Lindley Rose worts.