Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: It bur-rows in the ground or in hollow trees, lives on vegetables,doing much injury to the sugar-cane, is as voracious as apig, and makes a similar grunting noise. It holds its foodin its fore paws, like a squirrel. When scared or angryits hair becomes erect, and it strikes the ground with itshind feet. Its fiesh is white and of agreeable taste, andthe animal is pursued as game in Brazil. Also spelledagiili and agvuty. See acouchy and Dasyprocta, agracet, v. t. See aggrace. agraffe (a-graf), ?). [Also, as a historicalterm, agrappe, aggrappe; pe (Walloonagrap), < «- + grappe, < ML. grappa, < OHG.chrapfo, G. Irajjfe, a hook: see grape, grapple.]1. A clasp or hook, used in armor or in ordinarycostimie, fastening in the same manner as themodern hook and eye, often made into a largeand rich ornament by concealing the hook itselfbeneath a jeweled, engraved, embossed, or en-

Text Appearing After Image: Agouta {Soiettodcn farattjxus), agouta (a-gota), n. [Native name.] An in-sectivorous mammal peculiar to Hayti, thetype-member of the genus Solenodon and of the Agraffe — 13U1 century.The nl.ite is in two parts: a hook behind the left-hand piece entersa ring behind the other. (From Viollet-le-Ducs Diet, du Mobilierfran^ais.) ameled plate: as, an agraffe set with bril-liants, Scott, Ivanhoe. Also agrappc,fermatl. Amongst the treasures is the Crowne of Charlemagne,his 7 foote high scepter and hand of justice, the a/jrafe ofhis royall mantle beset with diamonds and rubies, hissword, belt and spurrs of gold. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 12, 1643. 2. A de-vice for preventing the \ibration ofthat part of a piano-string which is betweenthe pin and the bridge.— 3. A small cramp-iron used by builders. agrammatism (a-giama-tizm), n. [< Gr.aypdjjiiariir, without learning (< (i-priv. + ypafi-/ia{T-), a letter), -f -ism.] In patliol., inabilityto form a grammatical sentence. agrammatistt (a-gi-ama

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