Definition of agon

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

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Rouge Dragon :: Rouge dragon (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Gowdie :: Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Pentagonous :: Pentagonous (a.) Pentagonal.
Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..
Aragonese :: Aragonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain..
Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs..
Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
Xenotime :: Xenotime (n.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand..
Straddle :: Straddle (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..
Bay :: Bay (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible..
Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..
Calvessnout :: Calvessnout (n.) Snapdragon.
Wagonwright :: Wagonwright (n.) One who makes wagons.
Wagoning :: Wagoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wago.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Paragon :: Paragon (v. i.) To be equal; to hold comparison.
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