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a. Lacking milk to suckle with. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Agar-agar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. a`ga`llochon, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahālīm. ] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`galma, 'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe. ] (Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of chiefly Old World herbs.
Syn. -- genus Anagallis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. astragalus, Gr. &unr_; the ankle bone, a molding in the capital of the Ionic column. ] 1. (Arch.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gun.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Astragalus + -oid. ] (Anat.) Resembling the astragalus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; ankle bone, die + -mancy. ] Divination by means of small bones or dice. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Astragal. ] 1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeæ, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the Astragalus gummifer and Astragalus verus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) See Astragal, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + esophagal. ] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., from Gr. pla`gios sidewise, slanting. ] (Mus.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break. ] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. sty^los a column + 'a`galma an image. ] (Arch.) Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images. [ Written also stylogalmaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot. & Zool.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [ Written also supra-oesophagal, and supra-oesophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) See Supra-esophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The language of the Tagals; Tagalog. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Ethnol.) Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Vagus. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric. [ 1913 Webster ]