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n. [ F. agrafe, formerly agraffe, OF. agrappe. See Agrappes. ] 1. A hook or clasp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; illiterate; 'a priv. + &unr_; letters, fr. &unr_; to write. ] A illiterate person. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; to write. ] The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by agraphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krāpfo hook. ] Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agrarius, fr. ager field. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agrarian law. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar. al-maghrah red clay or earth. ] A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See Graphic. ] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To anagrammatize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anagrammatique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrammatismo`s: cf. F. anagrammatisme. ] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anagrammatiste. ] A maker of anagrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. 'anagrammati`zein cf. F. anagrammatiser. ] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrafh` a writing out, fr. 'anagra`fein to write out, to record; 'ana` + gra`fein to write. ] An inventory; a record. [ Obs. ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cardiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Sp. ] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called also cascara. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; hand + &unr_; seizure. ] (Med.) Gout in the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant. ] Burning together in a common flame. [ R. ] “The conflagrant mass.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration. ] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. décagramme; Gr. de`ka ten + F. gramme. See Gram. ] A mass in the metric system equal to ten grams, and equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd Gram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Deflagrate. ] (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating. ] [ L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn. ] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration. ] 1. A burning up; conflagration. “Innumerable deluges and deflagrations.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decagram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to mark out by lines; dia` through + &unr_; to draw, write: cf. F. diagramme. See Graphic. ] 1. (Geom.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put into the form of a diagram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to draw: cf. F. diagraphe. See Diagram. ] A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. diagraphique. ] Descriptive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

Var. of Dictograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Eddish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Flagrancy. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flagrancies [ L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant. ] 1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. flagrant. Cf. Flame, Phlox. ] 1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging. [ 1913 Webster ]

A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.

Syn. -- Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flagrant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. flagrare, flagratum, v.i. & t., to burn. ] To burn. [ Obs. ] Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conflagration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. fragrantia: cf. OF. fragrance. ] The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eve separate he spies,
Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goblet crowned,
Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fragrant the fertile earth
After soft showers. Milton.

Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; sweet-scented; redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic.

-- Fra"grant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hexa- + -gram. ] A figure of six lines; specif.: (a) A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon. (b) In Chinese literature, one of the sixty-four figures formed of six parallel lines (continuous or broken), forming the basis of the I Ching (Yih King), or “Book of Changes.” S. W. Williams. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not fragrant. [ 1913 Webster ]