Ag`ri*cul"tur*ist, n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.
The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist.
Crabb.
A*grief" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + grief.] In grief; amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ag"ri*mo*ny (&?;), n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).
The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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A*grin" (*grn"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grin.] In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.
Ag`ri*ol"o*gist (g`r*l"*jst), n. One versed or engaged in agriology.
Ag`ri*ol"o*gy (g`r*l"*j), n. [Gr. 'a`grios wild, savage + -logy.] Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
A*grise" (&?;), v. i. [AS. grsan to dread; - (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grsan, for gr&?;san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr&?;is&?;n, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.] To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*grise", v. t. 1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.