Agriculturist to Ain't

Agriculturist
(Ag`ri*cul"tur*ist), n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.

The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist.
Crabb.

Agrief
(A*grief") adv. [Pref. a- + grief.] In grief; amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Agrimony
(Ag"ri*mo*ny) n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. .] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony

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.

Agrin
(A*grin") adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grin.] In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.

Agriologist
(Ag`ri*ol"o*gist) n. One versed or engaged in agriology.

Agriology
(Ag`ri*ol"o*gy) n. 'a`grios wild, savage + -logy.]—> Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

Agrise
(A*grise") v. i. [AS. agrisan to dread; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grisan, for grsan akin to OHG. grisn, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Agrise
(A*grise"), v. t.

1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]

His manly face that did his foes agrise.
Spenser.

Agrom
(||A"grom) n. [Native name.] (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

Agronomic
(Ag`ro*nom"ic Ag`ro*nom"ic*al) [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.

Agronomics
(Ag`ro*nom"ics) n. The science of the distribution and management of land.

Agronomist
(A*gron"o*mist) n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

Agronomy
(A*gron"o*my) n. [Gr. rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; field + usage, to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie.] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Agrope
(A*grope") adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grope.] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.

Agrostis
(||A*gros"tis) n. [L., fr. Gr. .] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop are valuable pasture grasses.

Agrostographic
(A*gros`to*graph"ic A*gros`to*graph"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.] Pertaining to agrostography.

Agrostography
(Ag`ros*tog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. + - graphy.] A description of the grasses.

Agrostologic
(A*gros`to*log"ic A*gros`to*log"ic*al) a. Pertaining to agrostology.


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