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[ sea-poacher or pogge. agony (ag'ō-ni), n.; pl. agonies (-niz). [ a contest, struggle, agony, orig. a contest for a prize at the public games, Cf. agonize, etc.] 1. A violent contest or struggle. [Rare.] Till he have thus denudated himself of all these incumbrances, he is utterly unqualified for these agonies . Decay of Christ. Piety , p. 408. 2. The struggle, frequently unconscious, that often precedes natural death: in this sense often used in the plural: as, he is in the agonies of death.-3. Extreme, and generally prolonged, bodily or mental pain; intense suffering; hence, intense mental excitement of any kind: as, the agony of suspense or uncertainty. A great agony IMG:content-0413.png:[graphic] Of hope strove in her. W. Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 316. agony agriculturist aiguière A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony . Byron, Don Juan, ii. 53. Continued agony is followed by exhaustion, which in feeble persons may be fatal. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 29. 4. In a special sense, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. - Agony column, the column of a newspaper which contains advertisements relating to lost relatives and friends and other personal matters alredit the adver, Anguish, Pang, Torture, Torment, throe, paroxysm, ache. These all denote forms of excruciating pain of the body or the mind. Agony is pain so extreme as to cause struggling; it is general rather than local pain. Anguish is, in the body, commonly local, as the anguish of amputation, and transient. Pang is brief and intermittent; it is a paroxysm, spasm, throe, thrill, or throb of pain; in the mind there may be the pangs of remembrance, etc., and in the body the pangs of hunger, etc. The agonies or pangs of di olution; the anguish of a fresh bereavement. Torture and torment are by derivation pains that seem to wrench or rack the body or mind; they are the most powerful of these words. Torment expre es a more permanent state than torture. See pain. so from apparent of The octopus had seized his left arm, causing dreadful agony by the fastening of its suckers upon the limb. P. Robinson , Under the Sun, vii. One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is le en'd by another's anguish . Shak ., R. and J., i. 2. That last glance of love which becomes the sharpest George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xliii. pang of sorrow. Suspense in news is torture ; speak them out. IMG:content-0414.png:[blocks in formation] family Solenodon tid a. It is so puzzling to natural a graphic (a-graf'ik), a. Pertaining to or charists that it has received the name of S. paradox us. It has acterized by agraphia. the fur, ears, and tail of the opo um, but the teeth and elongated nose of the shrew. Its feet terminate in five agrappe (a-grap'), n. Same as agraffe, 1. toes, and the long claws are curved and evidently adapted for scraping in the earth. The dentition is unique, the ing this genus from all others whose dental system is grooving of the second incisor of the lower jaw distinguish known. It is of the size of a rat, and not unlike one in general appearance. See almiqui and Solenodon.