aseel (asel)

[E. Ind.] A variety of the common hen, similar to the Malay. It is of medium size, and is esteemed in the East Indies for its pugnacity. a seism a tic (a-sīs-mat'ik), a. [ Not seismatic; free from IMG:content-1220.png:[ocr errors][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][merged small] ash IMG:content-1221.png:[graphic] A, Section of Peziza con vexula, magnified: ti ue of the fungus, surrounding by its margin ( 4 ) the hymenium (k), which contains the asci. B, A group of asci (a - f), highly magnified; sh, sub hymenial layer of hyphæ. (From Sachs's "Lehrbuch der Botanik.") shock; mitigating the effects of earthquake shocks: applied to certain contrivances designed to secure stability, as of lighthouses and other structures during earthquakes: as, a seism a tic joints; a seism a tic tables. aseity (a-se'i-ti), n. [= F. aséité, By what mysterious light have you discovered that ase ity is entail'd on matter? Gentleman Instructed (ed. 1732), p. 425. W. R. Smith . The absolute being and aseity of God. Aselli, n. Plural of A sell us , 1. asellid (a-sel'id), n. Asellida. Asellidæ (a-sel'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., -idæ .] A family of isopodous crustaceans, of which the genus A sell us is the type. It also con- tains the genus Limnoria , of which the species L. tere- brans, the gribble, is destructive to submerged wood. Other genera are Iæra and Munna . Its various forms inhabit both fresh and salt water. Asellota (as-e-lō'tä), n . pl . [NL., A sell us + ascribe, a script. 1. Bound or attached to the soil: applied to villeins under the feudal system, who were annexed to the freehold and transferable with it. -2. Added, as to a list; enrolled. An a script it i ous and supernumerary god. Farindon , Sermons, p. 82. Also rarely adscript it i ous .