A G II 



A G I 



81-)' or partial peduncles proceed without any regular order, 

 as in fambiKUs, viburnum, &c. : Amnnlaceous, whicli have a 

 long common receptacle, along which are difpofed Iquamx 

 or Icales, which form that fort of calyx called the amf.n- 

 TTM : Chtmofe, which proceed from a common hu'.lsy calyx 

 belonging to gralles, called glum A, many of which flowers 

 are placed on a common receptacle called rachh, collecting 

 tlic florets into the Ipike, as tritic\Hn, liordeum, loliuni, &c. : 

 and Spadutmis, which have a common receptacle, protruded 

 from within a common calyx, called spatha, along which 

 are difpofed feveral florets. Such a receptacle is called a 

 9PAD1X, and is cither branched, as in phrenix ; or fmiple, 

 a'i in narcilfus, S:c. In this lall cafe, the florets may be dif- 

 pofed all around it, as in calla, dnicontium, &c. ; on the 

 lower part of it, as in arum, &c. ; or on one fide, as in 

 zollera, S:c. Thcfe flowers have generally no partial 

 calyx. 



Aggregate, in the Llnn,tnn Sy/Iem of Botany, is one of 

 the natural methods of clafling plants, and comprehending 

 thofe which have aggregate flowers. 

 AGGREGATEyi/n//. See Fund. 

 Aggregate corporation. See Corporation. 

 AGGREGATION, in Phyfcs, a fpecies of union, 

 whereby feveral things, which have no natural dependence 

 or connexion with one another, are colleCled together, fo 

 as in fome fenfe to conftitute one. Thus, a heap of fand, 

 or a mafs of ruins, arc bodies by aggregation. 



Aggregation, in Chemiflry, denotes the adhefion of 

 parts of the fame kind. Thus, a number of pieces of 

 brimilone united by fulion, form an aggregate. For the 

 diflerence between aggregation, mixture, and combination, 

 or compofition, fee thefe articles. 



Aggregation is alfo ufed_;^K/-rt/;w/v, for association. 

 We fay, to be of a company, or community, by aggrega- 

 tion. — An aggregation of feveral doftors to the faculty of 

 laws. — In Italy, aggregations are frequently made of houfes, 

 or families ; by virtue whereof, they all bear the fame name 

 and arms. 



AGGRESSOR, in Law, is the perfon of two contend- 

 ing parties, who makes the affault or attack ; or who began 

 the quarrel, encounter, or difference. 



In criminal matters, it is always firft inquired who was tlie 

 aggrefibr. 



AGGSPACH, in Geography, a market town in the 

 circle above the Manhnits-berg, in Aullria, feated on the 

 Danube ; 12 leagues weft of Vienna. 



AGGYA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, men- 

 tioned by St. Augullin. 



AGHADOE, a village of Ireland, anciently a bifliop's 

 fee, now united with Ardfcrt. 



AGHENISH, an ifland of Ireland, in the river Shannon ; 

 16 miles below Limerick. 



AGHER, or AuGHER, a town of Ireland, in the fouth 

 of Ulft;er, not far from Clogher. 



AGHEUSTIA, in MeJidne. See Ageustia. 

 AGHRIM, in Geography, a town of Ireland, in the 

 county of Wicklow and province of Leinller, about 31 

 miles fouth-wcft; of Wicklow. 



Aghrim, a village in the county of Galway, worthy of 

 being recorded on account of a decifive battle fought there 

 and at Kilcommodon hill, Jidy 12th, 1691, between general 

 Ginkle and M. St. Ruth, the two commanders under Wil- 

 liam III. and James II. when St. Ruth, with 7000 of his 

 men, were flain, and of the Englifli only 600. 



Aghris Point, a cape on the weft coaft of Ireland, and 

 north coaft of the county of Sligo ; 1 1 miles weft of Sligo. 

 N. lat. 54° 17'. W. long. 9° 22'. 



AGHUNALASHKA, or Unalaska, one of the Fox 

 iflands in the northern Arcliipelago. 



AGIA, a river on the north of Penfacola, the capital of 

 Weft Florida, which, running eaft-north-eaft, falls into the 

 bay of Santa Maria Galves. 



AGIA Laura, a town of European Turkey, in the 

 province of Macedonia ; 19 miles fouth-eaft of Salo- 

 niki. 



AGIADES, a kind of Turkifli foldiery, employed in 

 fortifying of camps, fmoothiug of roads, and the like offices. 

 Du-Cange. 



AGIAHALID, the name of an Eg^'ptian tree, called 

 alfo lycio and lyciiim ; it refembles the wild pear. 



AGIASMA, from ayio;, holy, among Ancient Writers, 

 is fometimes ufed for the whole church, fometimes for the 

 more facrcd part, or bemu, wherein mafs was faid. Du- 

 Cange. 



AGIASOLUK, in Geography, a town of Afiatic Tur- 

 key, in the province of Natolia ; 31 miles fouth-fouth-eaft 

 of Smyrna. 



AGIDES, denoting jugglers, m Antiquity, a name given 

 to the priefts of Cybele. 



AGIDUM, or Nagidum, in Ancient Geography, a town 

 of Cyprus, fituated between Aphrodijium and Lapathus. 



AGIGENSALON, a town of Afiatic Turkey, about 

 a day's journey from Tocat, in the road to Ifpahan from 

 Conrtantinople. 



AGILD, or Agilde, from the privative a, and the 

 Saxon gildon, to pay, in our Ancient Cujloms, a perfon fo 

 vile, that whoever killed him was to pay no mulit for his 

 death. 



AGILITY, a light and aftive habitude, or difpofition 

 of the members and parts of the body defigned for mo- 

 tion. Some define agility, the art or habit of direfting 

 our ftreugth, L e. of exerting, or remitting it to ad- 

 vantage. 



The improving of agility was one of the chief objefts of 

 the inftitutions of games and exercifes. The athletdc made 

 particular profcflion of the fcience of cultivating and im- 

 proving agility. 



AGILLARIUS, in Ancient Law-books, a heyward, or 

 keeper of a herd of cattle in a common field. 



Tlie agillarius, or heyward of a town, or •village, was to 

 fupervife the greater cattle, or common herd of beafts, and 

 keep them within their due bounds ; and was otherwife 

 called bululciis, q. d. cow-ward, (whence the reproachful 

 term coward.) — If he were a cottager, or other fervile tenant, 

 he was exempted from the cuftx)mar)' fervicc-, as being pre- 

 fumcd to be always attending on his herd, as a fliepherd on 

 his flock, who had therefore the hke privilege. 



The agillarius of the lord of a manor, or a religious houfe, 

 was an officer appointed to take care of tlie tillage and 

 harveft-work, to pay the labourers, and fee there were no 

 incroachments made, or trefpaifes committed : the fame in 

 effeft with what has been otherwife called Jieldfman, and 

 tithing-man ; and among us bailiff. 



AGILUS, in Ancient Geography, a village of Pelopofnne- 

 fus, near mount Ira, in Mcffenia, where, according to Pau- 

 fanias, (1. iv. Meflen. c. xix.) Ariftomenes was refcued from 

 cuftody by the aid of a young woman, who afforded him 

 the means of killing five guards, who conducted him to 

 Sparta. 



AGIMERE, in Geography, a countrj' of Hindoftan, 

 bounded on the eaft by Agra, on the north by Delhi, on 

 the fouth by Guzerat, and on the weft by the fandy defarts 

 towards the Indus. Its extent is confiderable, and it com- 

 prehend* many fmaller ftates, as Agimere proper, Ramppur, 



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