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An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

Any aëriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air. [Obs.]

wder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.] To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]

A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign

Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

r hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

tion of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. Brunton.

A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.] Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. Milton.

Shortened forms of Alcoholate.