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n.
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
a.
Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.
n.
A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
adv.
So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
v. i.
To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
a.
Misdirected; misled; led astray.
a.
Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
n.
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
v. i.
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
n.
The act of wandering or going astray.
adv.
In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
a. & n.
See Astrakhan.
a.
Resembling the astragalus in form.
v. t.
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
a.
Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
adv. & a.
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
v. i.
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
n.
See Astragal, 1.
a.
Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.
n.
The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
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