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ame; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.

Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." Prescott.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

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

Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté.

oint intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. To be the aim of every dangerous shot. Shak.

aring of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.

ointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.

, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess.…

arden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Everywhere. [Archaic]

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

The simplest rudiments; elements. The very alphabet of our law. Macaulay. Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.