Aguy,  for  ague ;  fever-arC-aguy,  for  "  fever  and  ague ; "  common  among  the
uneducated,  wherever  this  distressing  disease  is  known.  The  word  ague
is  pronounced  in  some  localities  so  as  to  rhyme  with  plague.
Ahead.  Forward,  in  advance.  This  word,  originally  a  sea  term,  is  now
in  very  common  use  by  all  classes  of  speakers  and  writers.
Our  banks,  being  anxious  to  make  money  for  their  stockholders,  are  probably
riglit  to  drive  ahead,  regardless  of  consequences,  etc.  —  N,  Y.  Com.  Adv.,  Nov.  29,
1845.
Ajee.     Askew  ;  as  "  to  have  one's  hat  ajee."
Alamo,     (Span.)     See  Cotton-wood.
Albany  Beef.  Sturgeon ;  so  called  because  it  abounds  in  the  Hudson
River,  and  is  much  eaten  in  the  city  of  Albany.
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Albany  Hemp.  (  Urtica  canadensis.)  Canada  nettle,  so  called  from  the
use  made  of  its  fibrous  bai-k.
Alder.  Beside  the  true  alders,  various  shrubs  belonging  to  quite  differ-
ent families  are  so  called,  generally  on  account  of  a  resemblance  in
the  leaves ;  thus,  Rhamnus  alnijlorius  (alder-leaved  buckthorn)  is
"  dwarf  alder ; "   Clcthra  alnifoUa  (sweet  pepper  bush)  is  "  spiked  "  or

•    "  white  alder  ; "  Prinos  verticillatus  (winter  berry)  is  "  black  alder."

Alewife,  plur.  Alewives.  (Indian,  aloof.  Alosa  vemalis,  Storer,  Massa-
chusetts Report.)  A  fish  of  the  herring  kind,  abounding  in  the  waters  of
New  England.
