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ined; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

In an agonistic manner.

The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.

Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

Var. of Algonquian.

tory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle. [Obs.]

Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton.

Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [R.]

Relating to both parents. [R.]

Sexual propagation. [R.]

Analogue.

A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johns…

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.