Part 259

<h1>Agnus Dei</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>Ag"nus De"i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., lamb of God.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "<i>Agnus Dei</i>."</def>

<h1>Ago</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*go"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ago</ets>, <ets>agon</ets>, p. p. of <ets>agon</ets> to go away, pass by, AS. <ets>\'beg\'ben</ets> to pass away; <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, Ger. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>g\'ben</ets> to go. See <er>Go</er>.]</ety> <def>Past; gone by; since; <as>as, ten years <ex>ago</ex>; gone long <ex>ago</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Agog</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gog"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gogue</ets> fun, perhaps of Celtic origin.]</ety> <def>In eager desire; eager; astir.</def>

<blockquote>All <b>agog</b> to dash through thick and thin. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agoing</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*go"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + p. pr. of <ets>go</ets>.]</ety> <def>In motion; in the act of going; <as>as, to set a mill <ex>agoing</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Agon</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>Ag"on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agones</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to lead.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A contest for a prize at the public games.</def>

<h1>Agone</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gone"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Ago.</def> <mark>[Archaic> & Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote>Three days <b>agone</b> I fell sick. <i>1 Sam. xxx. 13.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agone</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A"gone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Agonic</er>.]</ety> <def>Agonic line.</def>

<h1>Agonic</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>A*gon"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without angles; <?/ priv. + <?/ an angle.]</ety> <def>Not forming an angle.</def>

<cs><col>Agonic line</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.</cd></cs>

<h1>Agonism</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>Ag"o*nism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to contend for a prize, fr. <?/. See <er>Agon</er>.]</ety> <def>Contention for a prize; a contest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Agonist</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw>Ag"o*nist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>One who contends for the prize in public games.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Agonistic, Agonistical</h1> <Xpage=33>

<hw><hw>Ag`o*nis"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ag`o*nis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Agonism</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.</def>

<blockquote>As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in <b>agonistic</b> displays. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agonistically</h1> <Xpage=33>