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In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.

Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of. Ye shall not go after other gods. Deut. vi. 14. After whom is the king of Israel come out 1 Sam. xxiv. 14.

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

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

A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper.

ted; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.

A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

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

or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

d to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper.

As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervæ, etc.

The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.