afterings (afteringz)

pl. [ IMG:content-0365.png:[blocks in formation] It were only yesterday as she aimed her leg right at t' after thoughted (after - thân "ted), a. Having pail wi' t' afterings in; she knowed it were afterings as well as any Christian. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, xv. after-wale (af'ter-wal), n . In saddlery , the body hames bear. afterward, afterwards (af'tér-wärd, -wärdz), adv. [ afterward , also in the rare gen. form after war des , after we ard , adj., be- hind, æfter , adv., + -weard , > E. -ward , toward.] In later or subsequent time; subsequently. In mathematics, when once a proposition has been demonstrated, it is never afterwards contested. Macaulay , Von Ranke. IMG:content-0366.png:[blocks in formation] after-wit (af'ter-wit), n. Wisdom that comes after the event. After- wits are dearly bought, Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought. South well . After - wit , like bankrupts' debts, stands tallied, Without all po ibilities of payment. aftermost (af'tėr-mōst), a.superl . [ after- mest, eftemest, aftumists , the last, superl. of aftuma , the last, it- self a superl., af- (see after ) + -tu - ma , a double superl. suffix a ociated with the compar. suffix -ta-ra, AS. and E. -ter , as in after , q. v. In af- termost ther is inserted in imitation of after , and -mest is changed to -most in imitation of most, superl. of more , q. v. So foremost , hind- Ford , Broken Heart, iv. 1. most, inmost, outmost, etc.: see-most.] Hind- after-witted (af'ter-wit"ed), a . Characterized most; naut ., nearest the stern: opposed to fore- by after-wit; circumspect when it is too late. most. [Little used except in the nautical sense.] after ne (af'tėr-nes), n. [ after , a ., + -ne .] The state of being or coming after. afternoon (af-ter-nön'), n . and a. [ after- non , orig. prep. phr. after none : see after , prep ., and noon.] I. n. That part of the day which extends from evening. IMG:content-0367.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0368.png:[blocks in formation] All Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again . 1 Sam. iv. 5. I knit my hand-kercher about your brows;. And I did never ask it you again . Shak ., K. John, iv. 1. He laughed till the gla es on the sideboard rang again . Dickens , Pickwick, I. 261. 3. Of action or fact as related to time, or of time simply: Once more; in addition; another time; anew: marking repetition - ( a ) Of action or existence: as, to do anything again ; he had to make it all over again . IMG:content-0369.png:[blocks in formation] aftmost (aft'most), a. superl . [ aft + -most.] Naut ., situated nearest the stern. aftward, aftwards (aft'wärd, -wärdz), adv . [ aft + -ward , -wards.] Naut ., toward the stern or hinder part of a ve el. after-note (af'ter-not), n. In music , the second or unaccented note, the first of every two notes ag-. A imilated form of Latin ad- before g . being naturally accented; one or more small See ad- . notes that are not appoggiaturas, but belong Ag. [Abbrev. of L. argentum , silver.] In chem ., to the preceding instead of the succeeding note. the symbol for silver. IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] afterthought (af'ter-that), n. 1. A later or second thought.-2. Reflection after an act; some consideration that occurs to one's mind too late, or after the performance of the act to which it refers. After- thought , and idle care, And doubts of motley hue, and dark despair. Dryden , Fables. Christianity is not an afterthought of God, but a fore- thought. Bushnell, Nat. and the Super nat., p. 31. lord, commander, Tatar aha (Mahn).] 1. A title formerly given to great chiefs in Turkey, and especially to the commander-in-chief of the janizaries. There came a vast body of dragoons, of different nations, under the leading of Harvey, their great aga . Swift , Battle of Books. 2. A title of respect given to village magnates and petty gentlemen in Turkey. He did not care for a monk, and not much for an agou- menos; but he felt small in the presence of a mighty Turkish aga . R. Curzon , Monast, in the Levant, p. 375. Also spelled agha . agabanee (ag-a-bäʼnē), n . A cotton fabric em- broidered with silk, made in Aleppo. agacella (ag-a-sel'ä), n. [A quasi-Latin form of algazel , q. v.] In her ., an antelope, or a tiger with horns and hoofs. agada, agadic, etc. Same as haggada , etc. again (a-gen', a-gān'), adv ., prep ., and conj . [The usual pron. a-gen' is that of the spelling agen , which is still occasionally used, esp. in poetry; the pron. a-gān' follows the usual spell- ing again . The ME. forms were numerous (of various types, agen, again, ayen, ayain, ayan, etc.), namely, agen , again , age in , agayn , ageyn , ogain (and with final -e, againe, etc.), ayen, aye in, ayeyn, etc., azen, azain, azein, ozein, etc., earlier anzen , onzein, ongen , on- geán , later āgēn , ageán (=OS. angegin = OHG. ingagan , ingegin , ingagene , ingegane, MHG. in- gegene, engegene, engegen, G. entgegen Icel. igegn (for * in gegn ) = Dan. igjen = Sw. igen ), adv. and prep., on- for an- (in G. and Scand. in- ), orig. and- , again, back, + * gegn , geán , in comp. gegn-, geagn- , gean-, over against: see a-5, gain, and gain- . Cf. against .] I. adv . 1. Of motion or direction: Back; in the oppo- site direction; to or toward a former or the original position; to the same place or person: often strengthened with back . He nyste whethir hym was moste fayn, For to fyghte or turne agayn . Rich . Coer de Lion , 1. 5299 (in Weber , Metr. Rom., II.). On Marie I prayd them take good hede, To that I cam agane . Towneley Mysteries , p. 78. Bring us word again by what way we must go up. Deut. i. 22. Good books should be read again and again , and thought about, talked about, considered and re-considered. J. F. Clarke , Self-Culture, p. 323. Now and again, now and then; occasionally. - Once and again, repeatedly. The effects of which he had once and again experienced. Brougham . To and again, to and fro; backward and forward. [The adverb again was much used in Middle English, and le frequently Anglo-Saxon, in loose composition with verbs or verbal derivatives, as equivalent to, and gener. ally as an expre translation of, the Latin prefix re- , as in again - fight (L. re - pugnare ), again - rising (L. re-surrectio), again - buy (L. red- imere ), again - stand (L. re - sistere ); or of Latin contra- , as again - say (L. contra - dicere ), etc.; being in this use variable with gain- , q. v. Only a few such com- pounds are entered below.] IMG:content-0371.png:[graphic] Get all their flails ready again I come. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, i. 1. againbuyt (a-gen'bi), v . t . [ agen- , ayen- byen , etc.; a lit. tr. of L. redimere , redeem: see redeem.] To redeem. We hopeden that he should have again bought Israel. Wyclif , Luke xxiv. 21. againrisingt (a-gen'rizing), n. [ agen- , ayen - rising , etc., often transposed, rising agen, etc.; a lit. tr. of L. resurrectio.] Resurrection. againsawt (a-gen'sa), n. [ saw , -sagh , etc., again + saw , a saying: see saw3 .] Contradiction; gainsaying. againsayt (a-gen'sā), v . t . [ agen- , ayen- seyen , etc., agen- , ayen- , etc., + -seyen , -seggen , etc., a lit. tr. of L. con trad i cere : see contradict . Now gainsay , q. v.] Obsolete form of gainsay . against (a-genst', a-gānst'), prep . and conj . [In pron. and form like again + -st ; agenst , agaynst, ageynst, ageynest, etc., ayenst, azenst, azenest, etc., with added t , as in betwixt , whilst , etc., the earlier forms being agens , agenes, agains, agayns, ageins, ageynes, etc., ayens , ayeins, ayenis, azenes, azeines, azeynes, etc., with adverbial gen. ending -es , again , agen, ayen, etc.: see again . Cf. AS. tō - geánes , simi- larly formed, with prefix to- , to.] I. prep. 1. Of motion or direction: In an opposite direc- tion to, so as to meet; (a) toward; (b) upon: IMG:content-0372.png:[blocks in formation] (b) In contact with; bearing upon: as, to lean against a wall; in optical contact with (some- thing behind); athwart: as, the ship loomed up dark and grim against the sky. He saw High up in heaven the hall that Merlin built, Blackening against the dead-green stripes of even. Tennyson , Pelleas and Ettarre. 3. Of action or purpose: ( a ) In opposition to; in contrariety to; adverse or hostile to: as, twenty votes against ten; against law, reason, or public opinion. IMG:content-0373.png:[blocks in formation] Aranea. They have an oblong cephalothorax, with the large cephalic region distinct, and the upper mammillæ larger than the lower. The species are numerous, and 13 genera have been admitted for those of Europe. Among agalloch (a-gal'ok), n. Same as agallochum . agallochum (a-gal'ō-kum), n. [NL., ἀγάλ- λοχον (Dioscorides), not, as stated in Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, the bitter aloe, but the fragrant wood also called in later times ξυλαλόη, in NL. transposed Aloëxylon (another genus), translated lignum aloës, E. lign - aloes , q. v.; of eastern origin: cf. Heb. akhālīm , masc. pl., from a sing. akhāl , Hind. aghil , Skt. aguru , agalloch, aloes-wood. See aloe .] A fragrant wood, the aloes or lign-aloes of the Scriptures. It is much used by the Orientals, and especially by the Chinese, as in cense in their religious ceremonies. It is the produce of Aquilaria Agalloch a , a large tree which grows in the mountains of Cochin-China, A am, and adjoining regions, agamically (a-gam'i-kal-i), adv . In an agamic and belongs to the natural order Thymeleacea . Portions or asexual manner; asexually. of the trunk and branches become saturated with a dark agamid (ag'a-mid), n. A lizard of the family tion of incense. The resin is sometimes extracted by dis- Agamid a . aromatic resin, and these alone used in the pre par at illation or infusion. The wood is also called calambac , Gen. xvi. 12. lesioned, infusion it The family of saurian reptiles, order Agamidæ (a-gam'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Agama1 Lacer til i a , superfamily Agamoidea . They are char- acterized by having a short, thick tongue, entire (that is, uncleft) or nearly so, and not extensible; small rhombic overlapping ventral scales; a long tail; round pupil, and ( b ) In resistance to or defense from: as, pro- tection against burglars, cold, fire, etc.; to warn one against danger; the public are cautioned against pickpockets. As if the man had fixed his face, In many a solitary place, Against the wind and open sky! IMG:content-0374.png:[blocks in formation] wood . agalma (a-gal'mä), n.; pl. agalmata (-ma-tä). [NL., ἀγάλλεσθαι , take delight in, ἀγάλλειν, honor, glorify.] 1. In law , the impre ion or im- age of anything upon a seal.-2. In Gr. antiq ., a votive offering to a deity, especially a statue, but also a painting or any other art-object. See etymology of anathema .-3. [cap.] In zoöl ., a genus of physophorous oceanic hydroids, the type of the family Agalmida . Eschscholtz, 1829. agalmatolite (ag-al-mat'ō-līt), n. [ μα (τ-), image, + λίθος , stone.] A soft stone, of a grayish or greenish color, found in China and elsewhere. It can be cut with a knife and polished, and in China is thus formed into works of art, as grotesque figures, pagodas, etc. It belongs in part to the mineral pinite, and in part to pyrophyllite and steatite. Also called figure - stone , lard stone , bildstein , and pagodite . Agalmidæ (a-gal'mi-dē), n. pl . [NL., Agalma + -idæ .] A family of physophorous siphonoph- orous hydrozoans, having a greatly elongated and spirally twisted stem, the swimming-col- umn with two or more rows of nectocalyces, and hydrophyllia and tentacles present. A gal mops is (a-gal-mop's is), n . [NL., Agalma + όψις , appearance.] A genus of Agalmida resembling Agalma , having deciduous hydro- phyllia replaced by nectocalyces, a saccule and an involucre, a terminal filament and no vesicle. Sars , 1846. agalwood (ag'al-wud), n. [See eaglewood .] Same as agallochum . Agamal (ag'a-mä), n. [NL., from the Carib- IMG:content-0375.png:[graphic] against you, that is, in favor of some other bidder.- To against to bristle against tagainst, etc. name.] A genus of small saurian IMG:content-0376.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0377.png:[blocks in formation] agamus : see agamous .] The agamous division of mollusks. Latreille , 1825. See agamous , 2. Agamæ (ag'a-mē), n . pl. [NL. (sc. planta), fem. pl. of agamus : see agamous .] A name given by some authors to the large division of cryptogamic plants, which were formerly sup- posed to be without distinctions of sex. agami (ag'a-mi), n. [ F. agamy (1741), now agami , from the native name in Guiana.] A grallatorial bird, Psophia crepitans , a native of South America, often called the golden- breasted trumpet- IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] crepitans). IMG:content-0379.png:[graphic] Agamoidea Agamoidea (ag-a-moi de-a), n. pl. [NL., mide and Iguana.