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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled, afraid." Milton.

The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements. See Augustan, Brazen, Golden, Heroic, Middle.

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Impotence; sterility.

An implement for shaking or mixing.

culture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas an…

lamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di

So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

An impalpable powder. [Obs.]

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.

has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive. Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. Falconer.

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).