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Agaric
(n.)
An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi
growing on decaying wood.
Agasp
(adv. & a.)
In a state of gasping.
Agast
(v. t.)
Alt. of Aghast
Agast
(p. p. & a.)
See Aghast.
Agastric
(a.)
Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the
tapeworm.
Agate
(adv.)
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells
agate.
Agate
(n.)
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.
Agate
(n.)
A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than
nonpareil; in England called ruby.
Agate
(n.)
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small
figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Agate
(n.)
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so
called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Agatiferous
(a.)
Containing or producing agates.
Agatine
(a.)
Pertaining to, or like, agate.
Agatize
(v. t.)
To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.
Agaty
(a.)
Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.
Agave
(n.)
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called
Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in
attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes
forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque
of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a
tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Agazed
(p. p.)
Gazing with astonishment; amazed.
Age
(n.)
A century; the period of one hundred years.
Age
(n.)
The people who live at a particular period; hence, a
generation.
Age
(n.)
A long time.
Age
(v. i.)
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
grew fat as he aged.