n. [ See agar-agar. ] 1. common shortened form of agar-agar{ 2 }.
Syn. -- gelose, agar-agar. [ PJC ]

2. 1 any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; -- used especially with a modifying prefix, as, EMB agar. The term is applied both to the dehydrated medium powder containing agar and to the gelatinous medium prepared from it.
Syn. -- nutrient agar [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ Ceylonese local name. ] 1. A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose (such as Ceylon moss, Gracilaria lichenoides or other seaweeds of the genera Gelidium, Ceramium, Pterocladia, and Eucheuma), and used for solidifying growth media in the artificial cultivation of bacteria, or as a gelling agent in foods; -- usually called simply agar, by abbreviation. In composition it is predominantly a polysaccharide, and is not degraded by most bacteria. It thus almost completely replaced the earlier protein-based gelatins used for fixing bacterial colonies on culture plates, as the gelatins were often dissolved by the proteolytic enzymes common in bacteria.
Syn. -- gelose, agar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. agaricum, Gr. &unr_;, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia. ] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “female agaric” (Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the “male agaric” (Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ale + eager sour, F. aigre. Cf. Vinegar. ] Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr&unr_;bah. Cf. Carob. ] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. (b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti. ] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. 'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches. ] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic a. [1913 Webster]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avant before + E. guard, F. avant-garde. See Avaunt. ] The most advanced group of people in any field of endeavor, especially in literary and artistic work, usually characterized by new ideas and experimental techniques. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the avant-garde. [ PJC ]

2. Characterized by the use of experimental techniques; modern; daring; radical. [ PJC ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F., fr. Per. bād-āward, or bād-āwardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle. ] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beer + eager. ] Sour beer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. beggere, fr. beg. ] 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who makes it his business to ask alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beggared p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring. ] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. [ 1913 Webster ]

It beggared all description. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beggary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing.
Syn. -- beggar's lice, beggar's-lice, beggar lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments.
Syn. -- tick trefoil, tick-trefoil, beggar's-lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. “A bankrupt, beggarly fellow.” South. “A beggarly fellowship.” Swift. “Beggarly elements.” Gal. iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity; -- also called beggar-ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the seed of bur marigolds.
Syn. -- spanish needles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and pricky fruits that cling to fur and clothing; -- also called beggar's-ticks.
Syn. -- bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a woman who is a beggar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n. ] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Beggarly appearance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beggarly. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. bel guardo. ] A sweet or loving look. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bigarreau, fr. bigarré variegated. ] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Humphrey DeForest Bogart, famous movie actor; most commonly called Humphrey Bogart; b. 1899, d. 1957.
Syn. -- Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Humphrey Bogart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A bogey. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Braggart. ] Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i. ] A boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,
And braggart with my tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Boastful. -- Brag"gart*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
Syn. -- budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish. Mountfort (1691). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Bungar, the native name. ] (Zool.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare. ] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as cigarette.
Syn. -- cigarette, fag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. cigarette. ] A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. [ Also spelled cigaret. ]
Syn. -- cigarette, fag, weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a small fusiform fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found in the West Atlantic and on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Syn. -- round scad, quiaquia, Decapterus punctatus. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.
Syn. -- fusiform, spindle-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Refuse wool. [ Obs. or Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana. ] (Zool.) An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]