Webster's Dictionary, 1913
Agricolist noun A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley.
Agricultor noun [ Latin , from ager field + cultor cultivator.] An agriculturist; a farmer. [ R.]
Agricultural adjective Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly , adverb
Agricultural ant (Zoology) , a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ( Myrmica barbata ) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.
Agriculturalist noun An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
Agriculture noun [ Latin
agricultura ;
ager field +
cultura cultivation: confer French
agriculture . See
Acre and
Culture .]
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
Agriculturism noun Agriculture. [ R.]
Agriculturist noun One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist.
Crabb.
Agrief adverb [ Prefix a- + grief .] In grief; amiss. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Agrimony noun [ Middle English agremoyne , Old French aigremoine , Latin agrimonia for argemonia , from Greek ....] (Botany) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ( Eupatorium cannabinum ); water agrimony ( Bidens ). » The Agrimonia eupatoria , or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
Agrin (ȧ*grĭn") adverb & adjective [ Prefix a- + grin .] In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin ." Tennyson.
Agriologist (ăg`rĭ*ŏl"o*jĭst) noun One versed or engaged in agriology.
Agriology (ăg`rĭ*ŏl"o*jȳ) noun [ Greek 'a`grios wild, savage + -logy .] Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
Agrise intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
āgrīsan to dread;
ā- (cf. Goth.
us- , German
er- , orig. meaning
out ) +
grīsan , for
gr...san (only in comp.), akin to Old High German
gr...is...n , German
grausen , to shudder. See
Grisly .]
To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Agrise transitive verb 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [ Obsolete]
Wyclif. 2. To terrify; to affright. [ Obsolete]
His manly face that did his foes agrise .
Spenser.
Agrom noun [ Native name.] (Medicine) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.
Agronomic, Agronomical [ Confer French agronomique .] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.
Agronomics noun The science of the distribution and management of land.
Agronomist noun One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.
Agronomy noun [ Greek ... rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; ... field + ... usage, ... to deal out, manage: confer French agronomie .] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
Agrope adverb & adjective [ Prefix a- + grope .] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.
Agrostis noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass . Some of them, as redtop ( Agrostis vulgaris ), are valuable pasture grasses.
Agrostographic, Agrostographical adjective [ Confer French agrostographique .] Pertaining to agrostography.
Agrostography noun [ Greek ... + - graphy .] A description of the grasses.
Agrostologic, Agrostological adjective Pertaining to agrostology.
Agrostologist noun One skilled in agrostology.
Agrostology noun [ Greek ... + - logy .] That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
Agrotechny noun [ Greek ... field, land + ... an art.] That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.
Aground adverb & adjective [ Prefix a- + ground .] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.
Agrypnotic noun [ Greek ... sleepless; ... to chase, search for + ... sleep: confer French agrypnotique .] Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.
Aguardiente noun [ Spanish , contr. of agua ardiente burning water (L. aqua water + ardens burning).]
1. A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal. 2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [ Mexico and Spanish America.]
Ague noun [ Middle English
agu ,
ague , Old French
agu , French
aigu , sharp, Old French fem.
ague , Late Latin (febris)
acuta , a sharp, acute fever, from Latin
acutus sharp. See
Acute .]
1. An acute fever. [ Obsolete] "Brenning
agues ."
P. Plowman. 2. (Medicine) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. 3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague . 4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake ,
an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. --
Ague drop ,
a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. --
Ague fit ,
a fit of the ague. Shak. --
Ague spell ,
a spell or charm against ague. Gay. --
Ague tree ,
the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [ Obsolete]
Ague transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Agued ]
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.
Aguilt transitive verb To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Aguise noun Dress. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.
Aguise transitive verb [ Pref
a- +
guise .]
To dress; to attire; to adorn. [ Obsolete]
Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised .
Spenser.
Aguish adjective 1. Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns.
Granville.
2. Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. --
A"gu*ish*ness ,
noun
Agush adverb & adjective [ Prefix a- + gush .] In a gushing state. Hawthorne.
Agynous adjective [ Greek 'a priv. + gynh` woman.] (Botany) Without female organs; male.
Ah interj. [ Middle English a : confer Old French a , French ah , Latin ah , Greek ..., Sk. ā , Icelandic æ, Old High German ā , Lithuanian á , áá .] An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.
Aha interj. [ Ah , interj. + ha .] An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
Aha noun A sunk fence. See Ha- ha . Mason.
Ahead adverb [ Prefix
a- +
head .]
1. In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us.
Fielding.
2. Headlong; without restraint. [ Obsolete]
L'Estrange. To go ahead .
(a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [ Colloq] --
To get ahead of .
(a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [ Colloq.]
Aheap adverb [ Prefix a- + heap .] In a heap; huddled together. Hood.
Aheight adverb [ Prefix a- + height .] Aloft; on high. [ Obsolete] "Look up aheight ." Shak.
Ahem interj. An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.
Ahey interj. Hey; ho.
Ahigh adverb On high. [ Obsolete] Shak.
Ahold adverb [ Prefix a- + hold .] Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold . [ Obsolete] Shak.
Ahorseback adverb On horseback. Two suspicious fellows ahorseback .
Smollet.