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Ag"ri*cul`tor (&?;), n. [L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator.] An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]

Ag`ri*cul"tur*al (&?;), a. 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, adv.

Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), 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.

Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ist, n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

Ag"ri*cul`ture (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. 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.

Ag`ri*cul"tur*ism (&?;), n. Agriculture. [R.]

Ag`ri*cul"tur*ist, n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.

The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb.

A*grief" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + grief.] In grief; amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ag"ri*mo*ny (&?;), n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) (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.

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A*grin" (*grn"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grin.] In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.

Ag`ri*ol"o*gist (g`r*l"*jst), n. One versed or engaged in agriology.

Ag`ri*ol"o*gy (g`r*l"*j), n. [Gr. 'a`grios wild, savage + -logy.] Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

A*grise" (&?;), v. i. [AS. grsan to dread; - (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grsan, for gr&?;san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr&?;is&?;n, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*grise", v. t. 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]

His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

||A"grom (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

{ Ag`ro*nom"ic (&?;), Ag`ro*nom"ic*al (&?;), } [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.

Ag`ro*nom"ics (&?;), n. The science of the distribution and management of land.

A*gron"o*mist (&?;), n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

A*gron"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; &?; field + &?; usage, &?; to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie.] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

A*grope" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grope.] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.

||A*gros"tis (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.

{ A*gros`to*graph"ic (&?;), A*gros`to*graph"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.] Pertaining to agrostography.

Ag`ros*tog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + - graphy.] A description of the grasses.