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That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

frican teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.] Bartlett.

al union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley.

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

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

extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44.…

A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.

On horseback. Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.

helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.

affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.

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

An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649). Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

The letter h or H.

All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L. ad.]

A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.

One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

o inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.