à forfait (Fr.), by contract, by the job.

a fortiori (L.), with stronger reason.

agaçant, fem. agaçante (Fr.), provoking, alluring;—agaçerie, allurement.

agallochum (L.). See under Aloe in Dict.

Agamemnon (Gr.), the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan war, king of Mycenæ: a generic name for a king.

Aganippe (Gr.), a fountain on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses, supplying poetic inspiration: poetic genius generally.

agar-agar (Malay), an edible seaweed, used in the East for jelly and glue and for dressing silks.

agathodæmon (Gr.), a good genius or minor divinity.

à gauche (Fr.), to the left.

à genoux (Fr.), on the knees.