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{ A*gros`to*log"ic (&?;), A*gros`to*log"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to agrostology.

Ag`ros*tol"o*gist (&?;), n. One skilled in agrostology.

Ag`ros*tol"ogy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + - logy.] That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

A*ground" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + ground.] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.

A*group"ment (&?;), n. See Aggroupment.

Ag`ryp*not"ic (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; sleepless; &?; to chase, search for + &?; sleep: cf. F. agrypnotique.] Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

||A`guar*di*en"te (&?;), n. [Sp., 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.]

A"gue (&?;), n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.] 1. An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.

2. (Med.) 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. [Obs.]

A"gue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agued (&?;).] To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.

A*guilt" (&?;), v. t. To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*guise" (&?;), n. Dress. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A*guise", v. t. [Pref a- + guise.] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.]

Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser.

A"gu*ish (&?;), a. 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, n.

A*gush" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gush.] In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

Ag"y*nous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + gynh` woman.] (Bot.) Without female organs; male.

Ah (&?;), interj. [OE. a: cf. OF. a, F. ah, L. ah, Gr. &?;, Sk, Icel. æ, OHG. , Lith. á, áá.] An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

A*ha" (&?;), interj. [Ah, interj. + ha.] An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

A*ha", n. A sunk fence. See Ha- ha. Mason.

A*head" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + head.] 1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.