Part 267

<hw>Ag`ros*tol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in agrostology.</def>

<h1>Agrostology</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ag`ros*tol"ogy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That part of botany which treats of the grasses.</def>

<h1>Aground</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*ground"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>ground</ets>.]</ety> <def>On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Agroupment</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*group"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aggroupment</er>.</def>

<h1>Agrypnotic</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ag`ryp*not"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sleepless; <?/ to chase, search for + <?/ sleep: cf. F. <ets>agrypnotique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.</def>

<h1>Aguardiente</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A`guar*di*en"te</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., contr. of <ets>agua ardiente</ets> burning water (L. <ets>aqua</ets> water + <ets>ardens</ets> burning).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque.</def> <mark>[Mexico and Spanish America.]</mark>

<h1>Ague</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A"gue</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>agu</ets>, <ets>ague</ets>, OF. <ets>agu</ets>, F. <ets>aigu</ets>, sharp, OF. fem. <ets>ague</ets>, LL. (febris) <ets>acuta</ets>, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. <ets>acutus</ets> sharp. See <er>Acute</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An acute fever.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Brenning <i>agues</i>."

<i>P. Plowman.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; <as>as, fever and <ex>ague</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<cs><col>Ague cake</col>, <cd>an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.</cd> -- <col>Ague drop</col>, <cd>a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague.</cd> -- <col>Ague fit</col>, <cd>a fit of the ague. <i>Shak.</i></cd> -- <col>Ague spell</col>, <cd>a spell or charm against ague. <i>Gay<i>.</cd> -- <col>Ague tree</col>, <cd>the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Ague</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A"gue</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Agued</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.</def>

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Aguilt</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*guilt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aguise</h1> <Xpage=34>