aswevet

t. [ME. a sweven, stupefy, So as to nyed and asweved , Was every vertu in my heved. 2. Asymmetrical. Also a symmetral . asymmetry (a-sim'e-tri), n .; pl. asymmetries (-triz). ['Gr. ἀσυμμετρία , incom- mensurability, dispropor- tion, asym- metro us. Cf. symmetry .] 1. [ Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 549. aswim (a-swim'), prep . phr . as adv . or a . a3 + swim.] Swimming; overflowing; afloat. aswing (a-swing'), prep . phr . as adv . or a. a3 + swing . ] In a swinging state; asway. aswoon (a-swön'), prep . phr . as adv . or a. [ aswoun , aswown, a swoune, a swowne , also a swoune , on swoune , in swoune , taken, as in mod. E., as prep. with noun (a3 + swoon ), but origi- nating in aswowen for iswowen , the fuller form of aswowe , iswowe , orig. pp.: see aswough . Cf. aslope , alight .] In a swoon. And with this word she fell to ground Aswoon . Gower, Conf. Amant., iv. IMG:content-1311.png:[blocks in formation] In the Flat-fishes ( Pleuronec tide ), the skull becomes so completely distorted that the two eyes lie on one side of the body. In certain of these fishes, the rest of the skull and facial bones, the spine, and even the limbs, partake in this asymme try. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 30. 21. The want of a common measure between two quantities; incommensurability. Barrow.