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A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

Clittering; in a glitter.

A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.

d 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.

An agrarian law. [R.] An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington.

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

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

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.

A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.

A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

es notice on danger. -- Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low…

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

mnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.