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A cultivator.

shed or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf.Cult, 2.

See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas…

An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Agriculture. [R.]

One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb.

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

One who cultivates trees.

To auscultate.

To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate ~), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

One who practices auscultation.

Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison.

Rearing and care of birds.

Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]