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ppeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." Prescott.

Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.

feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.

Oat. [Scot.] Burns.

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.

A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.

A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.

An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.

An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]

Solely; only. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

aughty airs. [Colloq.] Richardson. The man of law began to get into his altitude. Sir W. Scott. Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.

A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.

cey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.

fathers have set. Prov. xxii. 28. An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. Scott.