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Word Meanings - AGOG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In eager desire; eager; astir. All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper.

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  • ASTONISH
    étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
  • INQUISITIVELY
    In an inquisitive manner. The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic. Boyle.
  • DRIFTBOLT
    A bolt for driving out other bolts.
  • ASTONISHING
    Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
  • DRIFTPIECE
    An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • DISTRACTED
    Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • AMUSE
    1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
  • ENTERTAINER
    One who entertains.
  • LOOSE
    laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair,
  • AGAPE
    Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.
  • CURIOUSLY
    In a curious manner.
  • DRIFTPIN
    A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
  • DRIFTLESS
    Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
  • LOOSEN
    Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening
  • DRIFTAGE
    1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. 2. Anything that drifts.
  • DRIFTWEED
    Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.
  • DISTRACTFUL
    Distracting. Heywood.
  • RAMUSCULE
    A small ramus, or branch.
  • HIPPOPOTAMUS
    A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body,
  • MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
    The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
  • UNFASTEN
    To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
  • CAMUS
    See CAMIS
  • SUPERCURIOUS
    Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.
  • SAGAPENUM
    A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp.
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

 

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