Definition of "astony" [as•ton•y]

• To stun, paralyse, astound. (verb)

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• "So she comes right willingly, being fond o 'me to an extent that did oft seem to astony the mother that bore her (seeing that _she_ was fond o' naught save her own way); she comes, and she perches upon my knee (as sometimes thou shalt see a hawk rest wings on a bull's back), and she kittles my throat with her long brown fingers, and hugs me about the neck (the jade!"