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Same as Afrit.

acon. After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after another, successively. -- To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get; as, he is afte…

A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

Same as Agar-agar.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

iginally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.

of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

Same as Aglet.

Same as Ailantus.

es double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

Same as Achene.

Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc.…

Same as Leucoma.

Same as Albumin.

Same as Alcaid.

Same as Alkahest.