A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

–noun, plural -nos for 1.

1.	a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., esp. such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.

2.	(in Italy) a small country house or lodge.

3.	Also, cassino. Cards. a game in which cards that are face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.

–conjunction

1.	(used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils.

2.	added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4.

3.	then: He read for an hour and went to bed.

4.	also, at the same time: to sleep and dream.

5.	then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed.

6.	(used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out.

7.	(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.

8.	Informal. 3e8 to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet.

9.	(used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream.

10.	but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours.

11.	(used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family.

12.	(used to introduce a comment on the preceding cl 535 ause): They don't like each other—and with good reason.

13.	Archaic. if: and you please. Compare an 2 .

–noun

14.	an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it.

15.	conjunction (def. 5b).

—Idioms

16.	and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth.

17.	and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on.

–noun

1.	a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.

2.	(initial capital letter) Military. the NATO name for a class of nuclear-powered Soviet ballistic missile submarine armed with up to six single-warhead missiles.

3.	a word used in communications to represent the letter H.