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In an agile manner; nimbly.

Agility; nimbleness. [R.]

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.

A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.

, 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.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

acteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water is coagulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not c…

Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.

rees, esp. of Bowdichia virgilioides of Brazil, used as a remedy for consumption; of Byrsonima crassifolia, used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or of Quercus ilex, the cork tree.

Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. An alert young fellow. Addison.

In an alert manner; nimbly.

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.

on to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by

An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.