Part 245

<hw>A`gar-a"gar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ceylonese local name.]</ety> <def>A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (<spn>Gracilaria lichenoides</spn>).</def>

<h1>Agaric</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*ric</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>agaricum</ets>, Gr. <?/, said to be fr. <ets>Agara</ets>, a town in Sarmatia.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fungus of the genus <plu>Ag/xex>, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An old name for severwal species of <i>Polyporus</i>, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.</def>

<note>&hand; The "<i>female agaric</i>" <spn>(Polyporus officinalic)</spn> was renowned as a cathartic; the "<i>male agaric</i>" <spn>(Polyporus igniarius)</spn> is used for preparing touchwood, called punk of German tinder.</note>

<cs><col>Agaric mineral</col>, <cd>a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called <i>rock milk<i>, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.</cd></cs>

<h1>Agasp</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gasp"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>gasp</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a state of gasping.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<mhw><h1>Agast or Aghast</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gast"</hw> or <hw>A*ghast"</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To affright; to terrify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Agast</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gast"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>See <er>Aghast</er>.</def>

<h1>Agastric</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ stomach.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.</def>

<h1>Agate</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gate"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> on + <ets>gate</ets> way.]</ety> <def>On the way; agoing; <as>as, to be <ex>agate</ex>; to set the bells <ex>agate</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Agate</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>agate</ets>, It. <ets>agata</ets>, L. <ets>achates</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>fortification agate</i>, or Scotch pebble, the <i>moss agate</i>, the <i>clouded agate</i>, etc., are familiar varieties.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called <i>ruby</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; This line is printed in the type called <i>agate</i>.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.</def>

<h1>Agatiferous</h1> <Xpage=31>