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A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight.

Same as Alfilaria.

The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds.

ry. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

A maidservant; a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eel-shaped.

A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley.

Preparation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan.

Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

Containing clay and iron.

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.