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In eager desire; eager; astir. All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper.

forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. Pope.

A path through the air made easy for aërial navigation by steady winds.

rent of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.

Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.

A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.

commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

d shall along with you. Shak. All along, all trough the course of; during the whole time; throughout. "I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper." Addison. -- To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. "She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I." Mrs. Stowe.

At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same. Even in Heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts. Milton.

A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

ights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

ing fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor.

o-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampère.

e horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.