agon

a. & adv. Ago. [ Archaic & Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Agonic. ] Agonic line. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without angles; 'a priv. + &unr_; an angle. ] Not forming an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to contend for a prize, fr. &unr_;. See Agon. ] Contention for a prize; a contest. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] One who contends for the prize in public games. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Agonism. ] Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a scholar, he [ Dr. Parr ] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agonistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games. [ 1913 Webster ]