Defn: Coal-black; very black.
ATRYPA
A*try"pa, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.
ATTABAL
At"ta*bal, n.
Defn: See Atabal.
ATTACCA
At*tac"ca. Etym: [It., fr. attaccare to tie, bind. See Attach.]
(Mus.)
Defn: Attack at once; — a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.
ATTACH
At*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.]
Etym: [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac,
tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see
Tack.]
1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.
2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.