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Word Meanings - AGOING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.

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  • AGOUARA
    The crab-eating raccoon , found in the tropical parts of America.
  • STARTLE
    1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke. 2. To deter; to cause to deviate.
  • STARTLINGLY
    In a startling manner.
  • AGO
    Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago. (more info) by, AS. agan to pass away; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning
  • AGONOTHETE
    An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
  • AGONY
    1. Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. 2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain
  • WORKMANSHIP
    1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton. 2. That
  • WORKBAG
    A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.
  • WORKBENCH
    A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.
  • ASTIR
    Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
  • WORKDAY
    A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
  • STARTFULNESS
    Aptness to start.
  • INSTITUTOR
    A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. (more info) 1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes. 2. One who educates; an instructor. Walker.
  • ESTABLISHMENTARIAN
    One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.
  • STARTISH
    Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
  • INSTITUTIONARY
    1. Relating to an institution, or institutions. 2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
  • INAUGURATION
    1. The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne. 2. The formal beginning or initiation of any movement,
  • ESTABLISH
    L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., - 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. So were the churches established in the faith.
  • WORKSHOP
    A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.
  • AGOING
    In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
  • MYSTAGOGY
    The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
  • ROCKWORK
    Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.
  • ISAGOGE
    An introduction. Harris.
  • CHECKWORK
    Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
  • JOURNEYWORK
    Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
  • HIPPOPHAGOUS
    Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
  • LAGOON
    1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. Lagoon
  • PHAGOCYTE
    A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up , in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
  • EMENAGOGUE
    See EMMENAGOGUE
  • FRETWORK
    Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Heuce, any minute play of light andshade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine.
  • HARPAGON
    A grappling iron.
  • RUBBLEWORK
    Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • VAGOUS
    Wandering; unsettled. Ayliffe.
  • GALACTOPHAGOUS
    Feeding on milk.
  • CUTWORK
    An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.
  • PENDRAGON
    A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.
  • INAUGURATE
    Invested with office; inaugurated. Drayton. (more info) omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such
  • PARAGOGE
    The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.

 

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