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foot, fo that ftrangers ufed to defpife him at the fil’d fight. 
His fame went before him into Egypt, and there they had 
formed the higheft idea of Agefilaus. When he landed in 
that country, the people ran in crowds to fee him : but, 
.great was their furprife when they faw an ill-drefied, (lo- 
venly, mean-looking, little fellow, lying.upon the grafs: 
they could not forbear laughing, and applied to him the 
fable of the mountain in labour. He was, however, the 
firft to jed upon his own perfon ; and fuch was the gaiety 
of his temper, and the drength with which he bore the 
roughed exercifes, that thefe qualities made amends for 
his corporal defefts. Agefilaus was extremely fond of 
his children, and would often amufe himfelf by joining 
in their diverfions : one day, when he was furprifed riding 
upon a dick with them, he faid to the pierfon who had feen 
him in this podure, “ Forbear talking of it till you are a 
father.” 
AGE VITA, f. Tlte name of an antidote, rather fup- 
pofed to be calledjw^-w vita, long or continual life. It is a 
medicated wine, made with galangal roof, long and white 
pepper, fage, ginger, cinnamon, fiaffron, and cloves, boil¬ 
ed in wine. 
AGGA, or Aggona, a Britidi fettlement on the gold 
coad of Guinea. It is fituated under the meridian of Lon¬ 
don, in fix degrees of N. lat. 
AGGELATION, J. [Lat . gclu.~\ Concretion of ice.— 
It is round in hail, and figured in its guttulous defeent 
from the air, growing greater or fmaller according to the 
accretion or pluvious aggelation about the fundamental 
atoms thereof. Brown. 
AGGENERATION, f. [from ad and generatio, Lat.] 
-The date of growing or uniting to another body.'—To 
make a perfeft nutrition, there is required a tranfmutation 
of nutriment; now, where this converlion or aggeneration is 
made, there is alfo required in the aliment a iimiliarity of 
matter. Brown. 
AGGER, f. in the ancient military art, a work of forti¬ 
fication, ufed both for the defence and the attack of towns, 
camps, &c. In which fenfe it is the fame with what was 
otherwife called vallum, and in later times aggejlum- and 
among the moderns lines, fometimes cavaliers, terrajfcs , &c. 
The agger was ufually a bank, or elevation of earth or 
other matter, bound and fupported with timber; having 
fometimes turrets on the top, wherein the workmen, engi¬ 
neers, and foldiery, were placed. It was alfo accompani¬ 
ed with a ditch, which ferved as its chief defence. The 
u filial materials of which it was made were earth, boughs, 
fafeines, dakes, and even trunks of trees, ropes, See. va- 
rioufly eroded, and interwoven fomewhat in the figure of 
Ears; whence they were called Jlellati axes. Where thefe 
were wanting, (tones, bricks, and tiles, fupplied the office: 
on fome occafions, arms, utenlils, pack-faddles, were 
jhrown in to fill it up. We even read of aggers formed 
of the carcafes of the (lain; fometimes of dead bones mix¬ 
ed with lime; and even with the heads of (laughtered ci¬ 
tizens. For want of due binding, or folid materials, ag¬ 
gers have fometimes tumbled down, with infinite mifehief 
to the men. The befiegers ufed to carry on a work of this 
kind nearer and nearer towards the place, till at length 
they reached the very wall. 
The height of the agger was frequently equal to that of 
the wall of the place. Casfar tells us of one he made, 
which was thirty feet high and 330 feet broad. 
There were vaft aggers made in towns and places on the 
fea-fide, fortified with tow'ers, caftles, &c. The wall of 
Severus, in the north of England, may be confidered as a 
grand agger, to which belong feveral fmaller ones. See 
Severus’s Wall. 
Agger, in ancient writers, denotes the middle part of 
a military road, raifed into a ridge, with a gentle (lope on 
either fide, to make a drain for the water, and keep the 
way dry.—The term is alfo ufed for the whole road or 
military way.—Our caufeways arc the aggeres calceati of 
4 he Homans. 
A G G 
To AGGERATE, v. a. [from agger , Lat.] To heap 
U P- 
AGGEROSE, adj. [from agger, I.at.] Full of heaps. 
AGGERHUYS, a city of INorway, capital of the pro¬ 
vince of the fame name. It is fubjeft to Denmark, and 
fituated in E. Ion. 28. 35. and N. lat. 59. 30." 
AGGERS-HERRED, a diftrift of Chriftianfand and a 
diocefe of Norway. It confifts of three juridical places; 
namely, Afcher, Weft Barm, and Ager. 
To AGGLOMERATE, v. a. [agglomero, Lat.] To 
gather up in a ball, as thread. To gather together. 
To Agglomerate, v. n. 
Befides the hard agglomerating falts, 
The fpoil of ages, would impervious choke 
d heir fecret channels. Tliompfon. 
AGGLUTINANTS, f. in pharmacy, is a general 
name for all medicines of a glutinous or vifeid nature; 
which, by adhering to the l'olids, contribute greatly to 
repair their lofs. 
To AGGLUTINATE, v n. [from ad and gluten, glue, 
Lat.] To unite one part to another; to join together, fo 
as not to fail afunder. It is a word almoft appropriated to 
medicine.—The body has got room enough to grow into 
its full dimenlions, which is performed by the daily in- 
geftion of food that is digefted into blood ; which being 
diffufed through the body, is agglutinated to thofe parts 
that Were immediately agglutinated to the foundation parts 
of the womb. Harvey. 
AGGLUTINATION, /. Union ; cohefion ; the a ft of 
agglutinating; the (late of being agglutinated. 
AGGLUTINATIVE, adj. That which has the power 
of procuring agglutination. 
To AGGRANDIZE, v a. [aggrandifer , Fr.] To make 
great; to enlarge ; to exalt; to improve in power, honour, 
or rank. It is applied to perfons generally, fometimes to 
things.—If the king fliould life it no better than the pope 
did, only to aggrandize covetous churchmen, it cannot be 
called a jewel in his crown. Aylijfe .—Thefe furniffi us 
with glorious fprings and mediums, to raife and aggran¬ 
dize our conceptions, to warm our fouls, to awaken the 
better paffions, and to elevate them even to a divine pitch, 
for devotional purpofes. Walts. 
AGGRANDIZEMENT, f. [aggrandisement, Fr.] 
The (late of being aggrandized ; the aft of aggrandizing. 
AGGRANDIZER, f. The perfon that aggrandizes or 
makes great another. 
To AGGRATE, v. a. [aggratare, Ital.] Topleafe; to 
treat with civilities : a word not now in ufe. 
To AGGRAVATE, v. a. [aggravo , Lat.] To make 
heavy, ufed only in a metaphorical fenfe; as, to aggravate 
an accufation, or a punifiiment. To make any tiling 
worfe, by the addition of fome particular circumftance, 
not eftential.—This offence, in itfelf fo heinous, was yet in 
him aggravated by the motive thereof, which was not ma¬ 
lice or difeontent, but an afpiring mind to the crown. 
Bacon. 
AGGRAVATION, f The aft of aggravating, or 
making heavy. The aft of enlarging to enormity. The 
extrinlical circumftances or accidents, which increafe the 
guilt of a crime, or the mifery of a calamity.—Lie, to the 
fins which he commits, has the aggravation fuperadded of 
committing them againft knowledge, againft confcience, 
againft fight of the contrary law. Hammond. 
AGGREGATE, adj. [aggregatus, Lat. ] Framed-l^y 
the collection of any particular parts into one mafs, body, 
or fyftem.—The folid reafon of one man with unprejudi- 
cate apprehenfions, begets as firm a belief as the authority 
or aggregate teftimony of many hundreds. Brown. 
Aggregate, J. The comple-x, or collective refult of 
the conjunction or acervation of many particulars.—The 
reafon of the far greateft part of mankind, is but an aggre¬ 
gate of miftaken phantafms, and, in things not fenfible,. a 
conftant delulion. Glanviik, 
To 
