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Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke.…

An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

The science of the distribution and management of land.

The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. A"gu*ish*ness, n.

In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

id affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

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

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex ve…

One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

Of all living (by way of emphasis). Northumberland was the proudest man alive. Clarendon.

egree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.