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One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

erican bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.

iminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] Shak.

(Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. Landor.

Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." Prescott.

f men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or llliterate speech]. See An't.