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A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbüttel. [R.]

A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash. I. Watts.

The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.

[fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton.

A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.] Crabb.

A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]

To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]

Shelter; entertainment.[R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night Tennyson.

To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.] Fuller.

The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton.

A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Not fragrant.

Intermediate agency.

An intermediate agent.

An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a number of thin pieces fastened to a ring. It is used in cameras and microscopes.

The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.

Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly, adv.

A species of gray fox found in Russia.

A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.