Part 266

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Agrise</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*grise"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To terrify; to affright.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His manly face that did his foes <b>agrise</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agrom</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A"grom</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.</def>

<h1>Agronomic, Agronomical</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw><hw>Ag`ro*nom"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ag`ro*nom"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agronomique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.</def>

<h1>Agronomics</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ag`ro*nom"ics</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of the distribution and management of land.</def>

<h1>Agronomist</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*gron"o*mist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.</def>

<h1>Agronomy</h1> <Xpage=34>

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

<h1>Agrope</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*grope"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>grope</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the act of groping.</def>

<i>Mrs. Browning.</i>

<h1>Agrostis</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*gros"tis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A genus of grasses, including species called in common language <i>bent grass</i>. Some of them, as redtop (<spn>Agrostis vulgaris</spn>), are valuable pasture grasses.</def>

<h1>Agrostographic, Agrostographical</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw><hw>A*gros`to*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*gros`to*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agrostographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to agrostography.</def>

<h1>Agrostography</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ag`ros*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of the grasses.</def>

<h1>Agrostologic, Agrostological</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw><hw>A*gros`to*log"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*gros`to*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to agrostology.</def>

<h1>Agrostologist</h1> <Xpage=34>