Aguetree

The sa afras is sometimes so called. A'guila, in Texas, Victoria co., a small creek flowing into Lavacca bay. Another creek of the same name (or Aguilla ) in McLennan co., flows into the Brazos. Aguilar de la Fronter a, a town of Spain, 22 m. S.S.E. of Cordova: pop. 11,836, A'guilas, a Spanish town, in the prov. of Murcia, on the Mediterranean, 38 m. from Carthagena; pop . 5,000. A'guish, a. Pertaining to ague. A'guishne , n. Quality of resembling an ague. Aguja'ri, LUCREZIA, an Italian vocalist of great celebrity, who, for two songs a night, was engaged at a salary of $2,500 per night. D. at Parma, 1783. A'gul, n. [Ar.] ( Bot .) The Hedysarum alhagi , a little pretty shrub, ord. Fabaceæ . Agulhas Cape, Africa. See CAPE COLONY. Ag'yleus, and Agʻyieus. ( Myth.) A surname of Apollo. Agyll'a. ( Anc. Geog.) A town of Etruria, founded by a colony of Pelagians, afterwards called Cære, and now Cerveteri. Agyn'nians, n . pl. (Eccl. Hist .) A sect which flourished about A. D. 694, and alleged that God forbade the eating of flesh, a uming the first chapter of Genesis to be the authority upon which the doctrine was founded. A revival of this ancient sect was attempted in 1814 without great succe in England. Agyr'ium, a town of Sicily, where Diodorus, the historian, was born. It is now St. Filippo d' Argyro . Ah, interj . [Fr. and Lat. ah , Ger. ach.] An exclamation noting any sentiment of the soul, as rapture, triumph, joy, regret, contempt, ., the sense being marked by its modulation. Aha', interj . The sense of this exclamation is marked by the modulation of the sound. It expre es generally surprise, contentment, triumph, or contempt. A'hab, son of Omri, seventh king of the separate kingdom of Israel. He was married to Jezebel, whose wickedne instigated him to the commi ion of such acts of cruelty and idolatry that he surpa ed all his predece ors in impiety. He was slain by an arrow in a war with the Syrians, and his blood was licked by the dogs on the spot where he had caused Naboth to be murdered, about B. c. 876. Ahan'ta, a kingdom on the Gold Coast of Africa, late subject to the kingdom of Ashantee; bounded on the west by A poll on i a, and on the east by the Fantee territories. It is the richest, and in every respect the most improved district upon this coast. The principal towns are Axim and Succondee. Ceded to England in 1872. A'har, a town of Persia, 60 miles from Tabriz. It numbers about 800 houses. Ahas'cragh, a village and parish of Ireland, in Galway, 78 miles N.W. of Dublin. Pop . of parish, 5,500. Ahasue'rus, or AHASHVEROSH, the name of the Persian monarch whose story is recorded in the book of Esther. (See ESTHER.) He is probably the same king as the Artaxerxes Long i man us of the Greek historians, whose reign commenced в. с. 465. -The name A. occurs also in Dan. ix. 1, where some interpreters take it for Astyages, king of the Medes; and in Ezra iv. 6, where Cambyses seems to be meant by it. A'haus, a circle of the gov. of Munster, prov. of Westphalia, Pru ia. Prod ., cattle and sheep. Area , 264 sq. m. Pop . 40,069.- Cup . of the same name. Aha'va. (Anc. Geog.) A river of As syria or Babylon, where Ezra a embled the captives who were returning to Judæa. (Ezra viii. 21.) A'haz, or A'CHAZ, the 11th king of Judah, who reigned 743-728 B. c., and was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah. (See Is. i. 1; vii. 1; Hos. i. 1; Mich. i. 1.) He made the dial mentioned Is. xxxviii. 8. Another Achaz, grandson of Jonathan, is mentioned 1 Chron. viii. 35; ix. 42. A gue eau, HENRI FRANCO IS D', a chancellor of France, B. at Limoges, 1668. In the office of advocate-general of Paris, in 1691, and nine years after, of procurer-general, he displayed all the energies of his nature; he gave vigor and support to the laws, banished corruption from the tribunals, and distributed justice with an impartial hand. His attention was particularly directed to the manage- ment of the hospitals; and in the enlarged views of a benevolent heart, he often resisted with boldne and succe the intrigues of royal favorites, and even the pre- judices of Louis XIV. After this monarch's death, he was appointed by the Duke of Orleans, the regent, to succeed Voisin as chancellor, but was exiled the follow- ing year, on account of his opposition to Law's financial system. His recall, two years after, at the moment of the great financial crisis, was for him a signal triumph, and by insisting on making good the government obliga- tions, he prevented bankruptcy and contributed to re- Headlong: precipitantly. Ahazi'ah, the son of Ahab, and the 8th king of Israel, who reigned 897-896 в. с. (1 Kings xxii. 40; 2 Chron. xx. 35.) - Another Ahaziah. the son of Jehoram, was the 5th king of Judah, 884-883 в. с. (2 Kings viii. 24; ix. 16.) He is called Azariah (2 Chron. xxii. 6) and Jehoa- haz (2 hron. xxi. 17; 2 Kings viii. 26.) Ahead', adv . [From head .] Toward the head; forward; atore; afront; onward. "And now the mighty centaur seems to lead, And now the speedy dolphin gets ahead ."-Dryden. until 1727, when he was reappointed chancellor, and continued to administer justice uninterruptedly till 1/30. Being then 82 years of age, and feeling himself unable to discharge the high duties of his station, he sent in his resignation to the king, who accepted it, but granted him an annuity of $20,000. This he did not Ahie'zer, son of Ammishaddai, and hereditary chief of the tribe of Dan, who came out of Egypt at the head of his tribe, consisting of 72,000 men. Ahij'ah, the prophet who dwelt at Shiloh, and spoke twice to Solomon from the inspiration of God. He wrote the history of Solomon's life. Ahim'aaz, the son of Zadok, and high-priest of Solomon. He rendered great service to David in his war with Absalom. Ahim'elech, high-priest at Nob, in the days of Saul. He gave David the shew-bread to eat, and the sword of Goliath; and for so doing was put to death with his whole house by Saul's order. (1 Sam. xxii. 11, 12.) Ahin'oam, wife of Saul (1 Sam. xiv. 50); also, a wife of David, mother of his eldest son Amnon. (1 Sam. xxv. 43; xxvii. 3; xxx. 5; 2 Sam. ii. 2.) A'hiolo, or AKHIOLO, a seaport town of European Turkey, about 50 miles from Varna. It stands on the Black sea, and is in the prov. of Roumelia. It trades in salt, which is obtained from some springs in its vicinity. Ahi'ra, chief of Naphtali, who came out of Egypt, at the head of 53,400 men. Ahi'ram, son of Benjamin, and ancestor of the Ahiramites. (Num. xxvi. 38.) Ahith'ophel, one of King David's counsellors, and highly esteemed for his political sagacity. He was certainly one of the first men of his age, both for wisdom and wickedne . His advice to Absalom, who followed the wicked part of it, but left the wise part unaccomplished, together with the tragical end of the politician, the first suicide recorded in history, are well known. (2 Sam. xvii. 1-23.) Ah'len, a town of Suabia, 40 miles N.W. of Augsburg. Pop. 2,500.