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ts agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.

ity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herber…

Agonic line.

Not forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

ok or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

tivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

r Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.

A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.)

in or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. Richardson.

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. -- Aim"less*ly, adv. -- Aim"less*ness, n.

Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

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.

In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; fippantly.

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.