Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 36
Agnus castus () (Bot.) A species of Vitex ({Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree. -- Loudon.
And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. -- Dryden.
Agnus Dei () (R. C. Ch.) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
Agnus Dei () (R. C. Ch.) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.
Agnus Dei () (R. C. Ch.) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."
Agnus Dei (n.) Figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ [syn: Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb].
Agnus Dei (n.) A liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words.
Ago (a. & adv.) Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.
Ago (adv.) In the past; "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.".
Ago (a.) Gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'" [syn: ago, agone].
Agog (a. & adv.) 極度興奮的，渴望的，迫不及待的 In eager desire; eager; astir.
All agog to dash through thick and thin. -- Cowper.
Agog (a.) Highly excited.
Agoing (adv.) In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Agones (n. pl. ) of Agon.
Agon (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) 鬥爭；競賽 A contest for a prize at the public games.
Agon (n.) A festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes.
Agone (a. & adv.) Ago. [Archaic & Poet.]
Three days agone I fell sick. -- 1 Sam. xxx. 13.
Agone (n.) Agonic line.
Agone (a.) Gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'" [syn: ago, agone].
Agonic (a.) 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.
Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.] Agonistic
Agonist (n.) The principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist, agonist].
Agonist (n.) Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) [ant: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister].
Agonist (n.) A muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist".
Agonist (n.) (Biochemistry) A drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Agonistic (a.) Alt. of Agonistical.
Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. -- De Quincey.
Agonistic (a.) Of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece.
Agonistic (a.) Striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical, combative].
Agonistic (a.) Struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" [syn: agonistic, strained].
Agonistically (adv.) In an agonistic manner.
Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
Agonized (imp. & p. p.) of Agonize.
Agonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agonize.
Agonize (v. i.) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To smart and agonize at every pore. -- Pope.
Agonize (v. i.) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
He agonized his mother by his behavior. -- Thackeray.
Agonize (v.) Cause to agonize [syn: agonize, agonise].
Agonize (v.) Suffer agony or anguish [syn: agonize, agonise].
Agonizingly (adv.) With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
Agonizingly (adv.) In a very painful manner; "the progress was agonizingly slow" [syn: agonizingly, excruciatingly, torturously].
Agonothete (n.) [Antiq.] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
Agonothetic (a.) Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.
Agonies (n. pl. ) of Agony.
Agony (n.) 苦惱，痛苦，劇痛，陣痛，極度的痛苦 Violent contest or striving.
The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. -- Macaulay.
Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. -- Luke xxii. 44.
Agony (n.) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
With cries and agonies of wild delight. -- Pope.
Agony (n.) The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Syn: Anguish; torment; throe; distress; pangs; suffering.
Usage: Agony, Anguish, Pang. These words agree in expressing extreme pain of body or mind. Agony denotes acute and permanent pain, usually of the whole system., and often producing contortions. Anguish denotes severe pressure, and, considered as bodily suffering, is more commonly local (as anguish of a wound), thus differing from agony. A pang is a paroxysm of excruciating pain. It is severe and transient. The agonies or pangs of remorse; the anguish of a wounded conscience. "Oh, sharp convulsive pangs of agonizing pride!" -- Dryden.
Agony (n.) Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn: {agony}, {torment}, {torture}].
Agony (n.) A state of acute pain [syn: {agony}, {suffering}, {excruciation}].
Agony, () Contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering.
Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (22:44) to describe our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane.
The verb from which the noun "agony" is derived is used to denote an earnest endeavour or striving, as "Strive [agonize] to enter" (Luke 13:24); "Then would my servants fight" [agonize] (John 18:36). Comp. 1 Cor. 9:25; Col. 1:29; 4:12; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7, where the words "striveth," "labour," "conflict," "fight," are the renderings of the same Greek verb.
Agood (adv.) In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." -- Shak.
Agora (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
Agora (n.) 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel.
Agora (n.) The marketplace in ancient Greece.
Agora (n.) A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn: agora, public square].
AGORA, () A distributed object-oriented language.
Agouara (n.) (Zool.) The crab-eating raccoon ({Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.
Compare: Solenodon
Solenodon (n.) (Zool.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species ({Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other ({Solendon Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
Agouta (n.) (Zool.) A small insectivorous mammal ({Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. Agouti
Agouti (n.) Alt. of Agouty.
Agouty (n.) (Zool.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.
Agouty (n.) the color of the agouti[1], a grayish-brown of grizzled texture; -- used especially to describe the color of the fur of a strain of mice. Also used attributively.
Agouti (n.) Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn: agouti, Dasyprocta aguti].
Agrace (n. & v.) See Aggrace. [Obs.]
Agraffe (n.) A hook or clasp.
The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. -- Sir W. Scott.
Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.
Agrammatist (n.) A illiterate person. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Agraphia (n.) 【醫】失寫症 The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.
Agraphia (n.) A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion [syn: agraphia, anorthography, logagraphia].
Agraphic (a.) Characterized by agraphia.
Agraphic (a.) Relating to or having agraphia.
Agrappes (n. pl.) Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. -- Fairholt.
Agrarian (a.) 有關土地的，耕地的 Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly
inviting to an agrarian experiment. -- Burke.
Agrarian (a.) (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
Agrarian (n.) One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
Agrarian (n.) An agrarian law. [R.]
An equal agrarian is perpetual law. -- Harrington.
Agrarian (a.) Relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" [syn: {agrarian}, {agricultural}, {farming(a)}].
Agrarianism (n.) An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
Agrarianize (v. t.) To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. Agre
Agre (adv.) Alt. of Agree.
Agree (adv.) In good part; kindly. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Agreed (imp. & p. p.) of Agree.
Agreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agree.
Agree (v. i.) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
If music and sweet poetry agree. -- Shak.
Their witness agreed not together. -- Mark xiv. 56.
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. -- Sir T. Browne.
Agree (v. i.) To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
Agree (v. i.) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
Agree with thine adversary quickly. -- Matt. v. 25.
Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? -- Matt. xx. 13.
Agree (v. i.) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
Agree (v. i.) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
Agree (v. i.) (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. "The jury were agreed." -- Macaulay. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?" -- Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire." -- Ld. Berners.
Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
Agre, Agree (adv.) In good part; kindly. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Agree (v. t.) To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Agree (v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]
Agree (v.) Be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue].
Agree (v.) Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone".
Agree (v.) Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord].
Agree (v.) Go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree].
Agree (v.) Show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English".
Agree (v.) Be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me".
Agree (v.) Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman".
Agreeability (n.) Easiness of disposition. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Agreeability (n.) The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. -- Thackeray.
Agreeability (n.) A temperamental disposition to be agreeable [syn: agreeableness, agreeability] [ant: disagreeableness].
Agreeable (a.) 適意的，愉快的；一致的，符合的，適合的 Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
A train of agreeable reveries. -- Goldsmith.
Agreeable (a.) Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]
These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. -- Latimer.
Agreeable (a.) Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.
That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. -- L'Estrange.
Agreeable (a.) In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Syn: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.
Agreeable (a.) Conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner" [ant: {disagreeable}].
Agreeable (a.) In keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: {accordant}, {agreeable}, {conformable}, {consonant}, {concordant}].
Agreeable (a.) Prepared to agree or consent; "agreeable to the plan".
Agreeableness (n.) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. -- Pope.
Agreeableness (n.) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. -- Pearce.
Agreeableness (n.) Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [Obs.]
The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. -- Grew.
Agreeableness (n.) Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age" [syn: {agreeableness}, {amenity}] [ant: {disagreeableness}].
Agreeableness (n.) A temperamental disposition to be agreeable [syn: {agreeableness}, {agreeability}] [ant: {disagreeableness}].
Agreeably (adv.) 令人愉快地，愜意地；同意地；一致地 In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." -- Goldsmith.
Agreeably (adv.) In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.
The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. -- Paley.
Agreeably (adv.) Alike; similarly. [Obs.]
Both clad in shepherds' weeds agreeably. -- Spenser.
Agreeably (adv.) In an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: {pleasantly}, {agreeably}, {enjoyably}] [ant: {disagreeably}, {unpleasantly}].
Agreeingly (adv.) In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]
Agreeableness (n.) 適合；愉快；一致；同意 The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. -- Pope.
Agreeableness (n.) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. -- Pearce.
Agreeableness (n.) Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [Obs.]
The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. -- Grew.
Agreeableness (n.) Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age" [syn: {agreeableness}, {amenity}] [ant: {disagreeableness}].
Agreeableness (n.) A temperamental disposition to be agreeable [syn: {agreeableness}, {agreeability}] [ant: {disagreeableness}].
Agreeably (adv.) 令人愉快地，愜意地；同意地；一致地 In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." -- Goldsmith.
Agreeably (adv.) In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.
The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. -- Paley.
Agreeably (adv.) Alike; similarly. [Obs.]
Both clad in shepherds' weeds agreeably. -- Spenser.
Agreeably (adv.) In an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: {pleasantly}, {agreeably}, {enjoyably}] [ant: {disagreeably}, {unpleasantly}].
Agreeingly (adv.) In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]
Agree in principle (Idiom) To accept the general terms and/or conditions of a deal without having completed or agreed upon the specific details.
// The government has agreed in principle that it will cover the cost of building a new school, but so far we haven't seen a clear proposal on how this would be accomplished.
Agreement (n.) 同意，一致 [U]；協定，協議 [C]；【文】（人稱，性別，數，格的）一致 [U] [（+with）] State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? -- 2 Cor. vi. 16.
Expansion and duration have this further agreement. -- Locke.
Agreement (n.) (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
Agreement (n.) (Law) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.
Agreement (n.) (Law) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. -- Abbott. Brande & C.
Syn: Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.
Agreement (n.) The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" [syn: {agreement}, {understanding}].
Agreement (n.) Compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" [syn: {agreement}, {correspondence}].
Agreement (n.) Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" [syn: {agreement}, {accord}] [ant: {disagreement}, {dissension}, {dissonance}].
Agreement (n.) The thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" [syn: {agreement}, {arrangement}].
Agreement (n.) The determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations [syn: {agreement}, {concord}].
Agreement (n.) The verbal act of agreeing [ant: {disagreement}].
Agreement (n.) (Same opinion) (B2) [ U ] 意見一致；同意；應允 The situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or accept something.
// The whole family was in agreement with her about/ on what they should do.
// If the three parties cannot reach agreement now, there will be a civil war.
// I don't think you'll ever get Tony's agreement to these proposals.
// [ + that ] There's widespread agreement that the law should be changed.
Agreement (n.) (Same opinion) (B2) [ C ] 協議，協定；和約 A decision or arrangement, often formal and written, between two or more groups or people.
// The dispute was settled by an agreement that satisfied both sides.
// The government has entered into/ signed an international arms control agreement.
// They have broken (the terms of) the agreement on human rights.
// Finally the two sides have reached an agreement.
Agreement (n.) (Grammer) [ U ] (Specialized) (Language) 語法上的一致（如性數、人稱一致等） The situation in which two words have the same grammatical form. For example, the words are both singular or plural, masculine or feminine, etc.
Agreement, () contract. The consent of two or more persons concurring, respecting the transmission of some property, right or benefit, with a view of contracting an obligation. Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t.; Vin. Ab. h.t.; Plowd. 17; 1 Com. Contr. 2; 5 East's R. 16. It will be proper to consider, 1, the requisites of an agreement; 2, the kinds of agreements; 3, how they are annulled.
Agreement, () To render an agreement complete six things must concur; there must be, 1, a person able to contract; 2, a person able to be contracted with; 3, a thing to be contracted for; 4, a lawful consideration, or quid pro quo; 5, words to express the agreement; 6, the assent of the contracting parties. Plowd. 161; Co. Litt. 35, b.
Agreement, () As to their form, agreements are of two kinds; 1, by parol, or, in writing, as contradistinguished from specialties; 2, by specialty, or under seal. In relation to their performance, agreements are executed or executory. An agreement is said to be executed when two or more persons make over their respective rights in a thing to one another, and thereby change the property therein, either presently and at once, or at a future time, upon some event that shall give it full effect, without either party trusting to the other; as where things are bought, paid for and delivered. Executory agreements, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, are such contracts as rest on articles, memorandums, parol promises, or undertakings, and the like, to be performed in future, or which are entered into preparatory to more solemn and formal alienations of property. Powell on Cont. Agreements are also conditional and unconditional. They are conditional when some condition must be fulfilled before they can have full effect; they are unconditional when there is no condition attached.
Agreement, () Agreements are annulled or rendered of no effect, first, by the acts of the parties, as, by payment; release - accord and satisfaction; rescission, which is express or implied; 1 Watts & Serg. 442; defeasance; by novation: secondly, by the acts of the law, as, confusion; merger; lapse of time; death, as when a man who has bound himself to teach an apprentice, dies; extinction of the thing which is the subject of the contract, as, when the agreement is to deliver a certain horse and before the time of delivery he dies. See Discharge of a Contract.
Agreement, () The writing or instrument containing an agreement is also called an agreement, and sometimes articles of agreement. (q.v.)
Agreement, () It is proper, to remark that there is much difference between an agreement and articles of agreement which are only evidence of it. From the moment that the parties have given their consent, the agreement or contract is formed, and, whether it can be proved or not, it has not less the quality to bind both contracting parties. A want of proof does not make it null, because that proof may be supplied aliunde, and the moment it is obtained, the contract may be enforced.
Agreement, () Again, the agreement may be mull, as when it was obtained by fraud, duress, and the like; and the articles of agreement may be good, as far as the form is concerned. Vide Contract. Deed; Guaranty; Parties to Contracts.
Agreer (n.) One who agrees.
Agrestic (a.) Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic
behavior." -- Gregory.
Agrestic (a.) Characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" [syn: agrestic, rustic].
Agrestic (a.) (Of behavior) Rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy".
Agrestical (a.) Agrestic. [Obs.]
Agricolation (n.) Agriculture. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Agricolist (n.) A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. -- Dodsley.
Agricultor (n.) An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]
Agricultural (a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv.
Agricultural ant (Zool.), A species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species ({Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.
Agricultural (a.) Relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college".
Agricultural (a.) Relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)].
Agriculturalist (n.) An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
Agriculturalist (n.) Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil [syn: agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser].
Agriculture (n.) The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
Agriculture (n.) A large-scale farming enterprise [syn: agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm].
Agriculture (n.) The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: farming, agriculture, husbandry].
Agriculture (n.) The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 [syn: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA].
Agriculture (n.) The class of people engaged in growing food.
Agriculture, () Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession of the Promised Land, their circumstances favoured in the highest degree a remarkable development of this art. Agriculture became indeed the basis of the Mosaic commonwealth.
The year in Palestine was divided into six agricultural periods:-
I. SOWING TIME.
Tisri, latter half
(beginning about the autumnal equinox.)
Marchesvan.
Kisleu, former half.
Early rain due = first showers of autumn.
II. UNRIPE TIME.
Kisleu, latter half.
Tebet.
Sebat, former half.
III. COLD SEASON.
Sebat,
latter half.
Adar.
[Veadar.]
Nisan, former half.
Latter rain due (Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Zech. 10:1;
James
5:7; Job 29:23).
IV. HARVEST TIME.
Nisan, latter half.
(Beginning about vernal equinox. Barley green. Passover.)
Ijar.
Sivan, former half., Wheat ripe. Pentecost.
V.
SUMMER (total absence of rain)
Sivan, latter half.
Tammuz.
Ab, former half.
VI.
SULTRY SEASON
Ab, latter half.
Elul.
Tisri, former half., Ingathering of fruits.
The six months from the middle of Tisri to the middle of Nisan were occupied with the work of cultivation, and the rest of the year mainly with the gathering in of the fruits. The extensive and easily-arranged system of irrigation from the rills and streams from the mountains made the soil in every part of Palestine richly productive (Ps. 1:3; 65:10; Prov. 21:1; Isa. 30:25; 32:2, 20; Hos. 12:11), and the appliances of careful cultivation and of manure increased its fertility to such an extent that in the days of Solomon, when there was an abundant population, "20,000 measures of wheat year by year" were sent to Hiram in exchange for timber (1 Kings 5:11), and in large quantities also wheat was sent to the Tyrians for the merchandise in which they traded (Ezek. 27:17). The wheat sometimes produced an hundredfold (Gen. 26:12; Matt. 13:23).
Figs and pomegranates were very plentiful (Num. 13:23), and the vine and the olive grew luxuriantly and produced abundant fruit (Deut. 33:24).
Lest the productiveness of the soil should be exhausted, it was enjoined that the whole land should rest every seventh year, when all agricultural labour would entirely cease (Lev. 25:1-7; Deut. 15:1-10).
It was forbidden to sow a field with divers seeds (Deut. 22:9). A passer-by was at liberty to eat any quantity of corn or grapes, but he was not permitted to carry away any (Deut. 23:24, 25; Matt. 12:1). The poor were permitted to claim the corners of the fields and the gleanings. A forgotten sheaf in the field was to be left also for the poor. (See Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19.) Agricultural implements and operations.
The sculptured monuments and painted tombs of Egypt and Assyria throw much light on this subject, and on the general operations of agriculture. Ploughs of a simple construction were known in the time of Moses (Deut. 22:10; comp. Job 1:14). They were very light, and required great attention to keep them in the ground (Luke 9:62). They were drawn by oxen (Job 1:14), cows (1 Sam. 6:7), and asses (Isa. 30:24); but an ox and an ass must not be yoked together in the same plough (Deut. 22:10). Men sometimes followed the plough with a hoe to break the clods (Isa. 28:24). The oxen were urged on by a "goad," or long staff pointed at the end, so that if occasion arose it could be used as a spear also (Judg. 3:31; 1 Sam. 13:21).
When the soil was prepared, the seed was sown broadcast over the field (Matt. 13:3-8). The "harrow" mentioned in Job 39:10 was not used to cover the seeds, but to break the clods, being little more than a thick block of wood. In highly irrigated spots the seed was trampled in by cattle (Isa. 32:20); but doubtless there was some kind of harrow also for covering in the seed scattered in the furrows of the field.
The reaping of the corn was performed either by pulling it up by the roots, or cutting it with a species of sickle, according to circumstances. The corn when cut was generally put up in sheaves (Gen. 37:7; Lev. 23:10-15; Ruth 2:7, 15; Job 24:10; Jer. 9:22; Micah 4:12), which were afterwards gathered to the threshing-floor or stored in barns (Matt. 6:26).
The process of threshing was performed generally by spreading the sheaves on the threshing-floor and causing oxen and cattle to tread repeatedly over them (Deut. 25:4; Isa. 28:28). On occasions flails or sticks were used for this purpose (Ruth 2:17; Isa. 28:27). There was also a "threshing instrument" (Isa. 41:15; Amos 1:3) which was drawn over the corn. It was called by the Hebrews a moreg, a threshing roller or sledge (2 Sam. 24:22; 1 Chr. 21:23; Isa. 3:15). It was somewhat like the Roman tribulum, or threshing instrument.
When the grain was threshed, it was winnowed by being thrown up against the wind (Jer. 4:11), and afterwards tossed with wooden scoops (Isa. 30:24). The shovel and the fan for winnowing are mentioned in Ps. 35:5, Job 21:18, Isa. 17:13. The refuse of straw and chaff was burned (Isa. 5:24). Freed from impurities, the grain was then laid up in granaries till used (Deut. 28:8; Prov. 3:10; Matt. 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18).
Agriculturism (n.) Agriculture. [R.]
Agriculturist (n.) One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.
The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. -- Crabb.
Agriculturist (n.) Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil [syn: agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser].
Agrief (adv.) In grief; amiss. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Agrimony (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Rose family.
Agrimony (n.) (Bot.) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony ({Bidens).
Note: The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
Agrimony (n.) A plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers [syn: agrimonia, agrimony].
Agrin (adv. & a.) In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." -- Tennyson.
Agriologist (n.) One versed or engaged in agriology.
Agriology (n.) Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
Agrise (v. i.) To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Agrise (v. t.) To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Agrise (v. t.) To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
His manly face that did his foes agrise. -- Spenser. agrologic
Agrise (v. i.) To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Agrom (n.) (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves. Agronomic