Definition of agon

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Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.

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Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Drop :: Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck..
Undecagon :: Undecagon (n.) A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Mara :: Mara (n.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).
Cuttoo Plate :: Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.
Septangular :: Septangular (a.) Heptagonal.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious..
Brachydiagonal :: Brachydiagonal (a.) Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism..
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress..
Agonistically :: Agonistically (adv.) In an agonistic manner.
Agonothete :: Agonothete (n.) An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..
Enheahedron :: Enheahedron (n.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses..
Wagonage :: Wagonage (n.) Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..
Throe :: Throe (n.) Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition..
Cancrinite :: Cancrinite (n.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide..
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