Vocabulary : Agapae to Agatine

Agapae : of Agape
Agape : Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. ;; The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.
Agar-agar : A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides). ;; A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria; -- often called agar, by abbreviation.
Agaric : A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. ;; An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Agasp : In a state of gasping.

Agast : Alt. of Aghast ;; See Aghast.
Agastric : Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
Agate : On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. ;; A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. ;; A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. ;; A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. ;; A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Agatiferous : Containing or producing agates.
Agatine : Pertaining to, or like, agate.

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