After-damp, aft′ėr-damp, n. choke-damp, arising in coal-mines after an explosion of fire-damp.
Aftereye, aft-ėr-ī′, v.t. (Shak.) to look after.
Aftergame, aft′ėr-gām, n. a second game played to reverse the issue of the first, hence the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
Afterglow, aft′ėr-glō, n. the glow often seen in the sky after sunset.
Afterguard, aft′ėr-gärd, n. the men on the quarter-deck and poop who work the after sails, not needing to go aloft: a drudge or person in a mean capacity.
After-hands, af′ter-handz, n.pl. (Tenn.) future labourers.
After-image, aft′ėr-im′āj, n. the image that remains for a brief period after the eye has been withdrawn from the object.
Afterings, aft′ėr-ingz, n. the last milk drawn in milking.
Aftermath, aft′ėr-math, n. a second mowing of grass in the same season. [See Mow, Meadow.]
Aftermost, aft′ėr-mōst, adj. hindmost. [A.S. æftemest; Goth. af-tuma, -tuma, being equiv. to L. -tumus in op-tumus, best. Goth. has also af-tum-ists = A.S. æf-tem-est, which is thus a double superlative.—Thus in aftermost, r is intrusive and -most is not the adv. most.]