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ANCIENT An"cient, n.
1. pl.
Defn: Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof. Isa. iii. 14.
3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. Hooker.
4. pl. (Eng. Law)
Defn: One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.
ANCIENT An"cient, n. Etym: [Corrupted from ensign.]
1. An ensign or flag. [Obs.] More dishonorable ragged than an old-faced ancient. Shak.
2. The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.] This is Othello's ancient, as I take it. Shak.
ANCIENTLY An"cient*ly, adv.
1. In ancient times.
2. In an ancient manner. [R.]
ANCIENTNESS An"cient*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
ANCIENTRY An"cient*ry, n.
1. Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West.
2. Old age; also, old people. [R.] Wronging the ancientry. Shak.
3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth. A gentleman of more ancientry than estate. Fuller.
ANCIENTY An"cient*y, n. Etym: [F. ancienneté, fr. ancien. See Ancient.]
1. Age; antiquity. [Obs.] Martin.
2. Seniority. [Obs.]
ANCILE An*ci"le, n. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
ANCILLARY An"cil*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant.]
Defn: Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.
ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION An"cil*la*ry ad*min`is*tra"tion. (Law)
Defn: An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.
ANCILLE An*cille", n. Etym: [OF. ancelle, L. ancilla.]
Defn: A maidservant; a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANCIPITAL; ANCIPITOUS An*cip"i*tal, An*cip"i*tous, a. Etym: [L. anceps, ancipitis, two- headed, double; an- for amb- on both sides + caput head.] (Bot.)
Defn: Two-edged instead of round; — said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
ANCISTROID An*cis"troid, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Hook-shaped.
ANCLE An"cle, n.
Defn: See Ankle.
ANCOME An"come, n. Etym: [AS. ancuman, oncuman, to come.]
Defn: A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.
ANCON An"con, n.; L. pl. Ancones. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; — called also the otter breed.
ANCON; ANCONE An"con, An"cone, n. Etym: [See Ancon, above.] (Arch.) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
ANCONAL; ANCONEAL An"co*nal, An*co"ne*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.
ANCONEUS An*co"ne*us, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. ancon elbow.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
ANCONOID An"co*noid, a.
Defn: Elbowlike; anconal.
ANCONY An"co*ny, n. Etym: [Origin unknown.] (Iron Work)
Defn: A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
-ANCY -an*cy. Etym: [L. -antia.-]
Defn: A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
AND And, conj. Etym: [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG. anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, An if, Ante-.]
1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
2. In order to; — used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton.
3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak.
4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] Chaucer. As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. Bacon. And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.
ANDABATISM An"da*ba*tism, n. Etym: [L. andabata a kind of Roman gladiator, who fought hoodwinked.]
Defn: Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.
ANDALUSITE An`da*lu"site, n. (Min.)
Defn: A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
ANDANTE An*dan"te, a. Etym: [It. andante, p. pr. of andare to go.] (Mus.)
Defn: Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. — n.
Defn: A movement or piece in andante time.
ANDANTINO An`dan*ti"no, a. Etym: [It., dim. of andante.] (Mus.)
Defn: Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
Note: Some, taking andante in its original sense of "going," and andantino as its diminutive, or "less going," define the latter as slower than andante.
ANDARAC An"da*rac, n. Etym: [A corruption of sandarac.]
Defn: Red orpiment. Coxe.
ANDEAN An*de"an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the Andes.
ANDESINE An"des*ine, n. (Min.)
Defn: A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
ANDESITE An"des*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
ANDINE An"dine, a.
Defn: Andean; as, Andine flora.
ANDIRON And"i`ron, n. Etym: [OE. anderne, aunderne, aundyre, OF. andier, F. landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng. was prob. confused with brand-iron, AS. brand-isen.]
Defn: A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
ANDRANATOMY An`dra*nat"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. andranatomie. See Anatomy, Androtomy.]
Defn: The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe.
ANDROCEPHALOUS An`dro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. , , man + head.]
Defn: Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.
ANDRODIOECIOUS; ANDRODIECIOUS An`dro*di*o"cious, An`dro*di*e"cious, a. [Gr. , , man + E. diocious.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. — An`dro*di*o"cism, -di*e"cism (#), n.
ANDROECIUM An*droe"ci*um, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (bot.)
Defn: The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
ANDROGYNE An"dro*gyne, n.
1. An hermaphrodite.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: An androgynous plant. Whewell.
ANDROGYNOUS; ANDROGYNAL An*drog"y*nous, An*drog"y*nal, a. Etym: [L. androgynus, Gr. androgyne.]
1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
ANDROGYNY; ANDROGYNISM An*drog"y*ny, An*drog"y*nism, n.
Defn: Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
ANDROID An"droid, a.
Defn: Resembling a man.
ANDROID; ANDROIDES An"droid, An*droi"des, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
ANDROMEDA An*drom"e*da, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Astron.)
Defn: A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
2. (bot.)
Defn: A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
ANDROMEDE; ANDROMED An"dro*mede, An"dro*med, n. (Astron.)
Defn: A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, — whence the name.
A shower of these meteors takes place every year on November 27th or 28th. The Andromedes are also called Bielids, as they are connected with Biela's comet and move in its orbit.
ANDRON An"dron, n. Etym: [L. andron, Gr. (Gr. & Rom. Arch.)
Defn: The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
ANDROPETALOUS An`dro*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.
ANDROPHAGI An*droph"a*gi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]
ANDROPHAGOUS An*droph"a*gous, a.
Defn: Anthropophagous.
ANDROPHORE An"dro*phore, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
ANDROPOGON An`dro*po"gon, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)
Defn: A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.
ANDROSPHINX An"dro*sphinx, n. Etym: [Gr. (Egypt. Art.)
Defn: A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
ANDROSPORE An"dro*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.
ANDROTOMOUS An*drot"o*mous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
ANDROTOMY An*drot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. Anatomy.]
Defn: Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]
ANDROUS *an"drous. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
ANEAR A*near", prep. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + near.]
Defn: Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge. The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.
ANEAR A*near", v. t. & i.
Defn: To near; to approach. [Archaic]
ANEATH A*neath", prep. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.]
Defn: Beneath. [Scot.]
ANECDOTAGE An"ec*do`tage, n.
Defn: Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.
ANECDOTAL An"ec*do`tal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
ANECDOTE An"ec*dote, n. Etym: [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. Dose, n.]
1. pl.
Defn: Unpublished narratives. Burke.
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
ANECDOTIC; ANECDOTICAL An`ec*dot"ic, An`ec*dot"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.
ANECDOTIST An"ec*do"tist, n.
Defn: One who relates or collects anecdotes.
ANELACE An"e*lace, n.
Defn: Same as Anlace.
ANELE A*nele", v. t. Etym: [OE. anelien; an on + AS. ele oil, L. oleum. See Oil, Anoil.]
1. To anoint. Shipley.
2. To give extreme unction to. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
ANELECTRIC An`e*lec"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. electric.] (Physics)
Defn: Not becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to idioelectric. — n.
Defn: A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. Faraday.
ANELECTRODE An`e*lec"trode, n. Etym: [Gr. electrode.] (Elec.)
Defn: The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
ANELECTROTONUS An`e*lec*trot"o*nus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. electrotonus.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.
ANEMOGRAM A*nem"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]
Defn: A record made by an anemograph.
ANEMOGRAPH A*nem"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.
ANEMOGRAPHIC A*nem`o*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
ANEMOGRAPHY An`e*mog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
1. A description of the winds.
2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
ANEMOLOGY An`e*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science of the wind.
ANEMOMETER An`e*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL An`e*mo*met"ric, An`e*mo*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to anemometry.
ANEMOMETROGRAPH An`e*mo*met"ro*graph, n. Etym: [Anemometer + -graph.]
Defn: An anemograph. Knight.
ANEMOMETRY An`e*mom"e*try, n.
Defn: The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.
ANEMONE A*nem"o*ne, n. Etym: [L. anemone, Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced , especially by classical scholars.
ANEMONIC An`e*mon"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.
ANEMONIN A*nem"o*nin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
ANEMONY A*nem"o*ny, n.
Defn: See Anemone. Sandys.
ANEMORPHILOUS An`e*morph"i*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Fertilized by the agency of the wind; — said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.
ANEMOSCOPE A*nem"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. anémoscope.]
Defn: An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; — usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
ANEMOSIS An`e*mo"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. wind.]
Defn: A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake.
ANENCEPHALIC; ANENCEPHALOUS An*en`ce*phal"ic, An`en*ceph"a*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. Encephalon.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B.
ANENST; ANENT A*nenst", A*nent", prep. Etym: [OE. anent, anentis, anence, anens, anents, AS. onefen, onemn; an, on, on + efen even, equal; hence meaning, on an equality with, even with, beside. See Even, a.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
1. Over against; as, he lives anent the church.
2. About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.
ANENTEROUS An*en"ter*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.
ANERGIA; ANERGY An*er"gi*a, An"er*gy, n. [NL. anergia, fr. Gr. - not + work.]
Defn: Lack of energy; inactivity. — An*er"gic (#), a.
ANEROID An"e*roid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid: cf. F. anéroïde.]
Defn: Containing no liquid; — said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.
ANEROID An"e*roid, n.
Defn: An aneroid barometer.
ANES Anes, adv.
Defn: Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC An`es*the"si*a, n., An`es*thet"ic, a.
Defn: Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.
ANET An"et, n. Etym: [F. aneth, fr. L. anethum, Gr. Anise.]
Defn: The herb dill, or dillseed.
ANETHOL An"e*thol, n. Etym: [L. anethum (see Anise) + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; — called also anise camphor. Watts.
ANETIC A*net"ic, a. Etym: [L. aneticus, Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Soothing.
ANEURISM An"eu*rism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]
ANEURISMAL An`eu*ris"mal, a. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]
ANEW A*new", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + new.]
Defn: Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.
ANFRACTUOSE An*frac"tu*ose`, a. Etym: [See Anfractuous.]
Defn: Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
ANFRACTUOSITY An*frac`tu*os"i*ty, n.; l. Anfractuosities. Etym: [Cf. F. anfractuosité.]
1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. Macaulay.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
ANFRACTUOUS An*frac"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.]
Defn: Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. — An*frac"tu*ous*ness, n.
ANFRACTURE An*frac"ture, n.
Defn: A mazy winding.
ANGARIATION An*ga"ri*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga, Gr.
Defn: Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] Speed.
ANGEIOLOGY; ANGEIOTOMY An`gei*ol"o*gy, n., An`gei*ot"o*my, etc.
Defn: Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
ANGEL An"gel, n. Etym: [AS. æangel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr.
1. A messenger. [R.] The dear good angel of the Spring, The nightingale. B. Jonson.
2. A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.
3. One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
4. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [Archaic] Unto-the angel of the church of Ephesus write. Rev. ii. 1.
5. Attendant spirit; genius; demon. Shak.
6. An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.
7. (Numis.)
Defn: An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc.
Note: Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness. Angel bed, a bed without posts. — Angel fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of shark (Squatina angelus) from six to eight feet long, found on the coasts of Europe and North America. It takes its name from its pectoral fins, which are very large and extend horizontally like wings when spread. (b) One of several species of compressed, bright colored fishes warm seas, belonging to the family, Chætodontidæ. — Angel gold, standard gold. [Obs.] Fuller. — Angel shark. See Angel fish. — Angel shot (Mil.), a kind of chain shot. — Angel water, a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orange-flower waters, with ambergris, etc. [Obs.]
ANGELAGE An"gel*age, n.
Defn: Existence or state of angels.
ANGELET An"gel*et, n. Etym: [OF. angelet.]
Defn: A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.
ANGEL FISH An"gel fish.
Defn: See under Angel.
ANGELHOOD An"gel*hood, n.
Defn: The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.
ANGELIC; ANGELICAL An*gel"ic, An*gel"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. angelicus, Gr. angélique.]
Defn: Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." Thomson."Angelical actions." Hooker. The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; — so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.
ANGELIC An*gel"ic, a. Etym: [From Angelica.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.
ANGELICA An*gel"i*ca, n. Etym: [NL. See Angelic.] (Bot.)
1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.
ANGELICALLY An*gel"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Like an angel.
ANGELICALNESS An*gel"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
ANGELIFY An*gel"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).
ANGELIZE An"gel*ize, v. t.
Defn: To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor.
ANGELLIKE An"gel*like`, a. & adv.
Defn: Resembling an angel.
ANGELOLATRY An`gel*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Worship paid to angels.
ANGELOLOGY An`gel*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [L. angelus, Gr. -logy.]
Defn: A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.
ANGELOPHANY An`gel*oph"a*ny, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The actual appearance of an angel to man.
ANGELOT An"ge*lot, n. Etym: [F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel.]
1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]
2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.
3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
ANGELUS An"ge*lus, n. Etym: [L.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. Shipley.
ANGER An"ger, n. Etym: [OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. amhas pain, and to. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze.
1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.
2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak.
Syn. — Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. — Anger, Indignation, Resentment, Wrath, Ire, Rage, Fury. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence.
ANGER An"ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Angered; p. pr. & vb. n. Angering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. angra.]
1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. Bacon.
2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. Clarendon.
ANGERLY An"ger*ly, adv.
Defn: Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic] Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.
ANGEVINE An"ge*vine, a. Etym: [F. Angevin.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. — n. A native of Anjou.
ANGIENCHYMA An`gi*en"chy*ma, n. Etym: [Gr. Parenchyma.] (Bot.)
Defn: Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
ANGINA An*gi"na, n. Etym: [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.] (Med.)
Defn: Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; — called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
ANGINOUS; ANGINOSE An"gi*nous, An"gi*nose`, a. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
ANGIO- An"gi*o-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
ANGIOCARPOUS An`gi*o*car"pous, a. Etym: [Angio- + Gr. (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.
ANGIOGRAPHY An`gi*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Angio- + -graphy: cf. F. angiographie.] (Anat.)
Defn: A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
ANGIOLOGY An`gi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Angio- + -logy.] (Anat.)
Defn: That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
ANGIOMA An`gi*o"ma, n. Etym: [ + -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS An`gi*o*mon`o*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Angio- + monospermous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
ANGIONEUROSIS An`gi*o*neu*ro"sis, n. [NL.; angio- + neurosis.] (Med.)
Defn: Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. —An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.
ANGIOPATHY An`gi*op"a*thy, n. [Angio- + Gr. disease.] (Med.)
Defn: Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.
ANGIOSCOPE An"gi*o*scope, n. Etym: [Angio- + -scope.]
Defn: An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.
ANGIOSPERM An"gi*o*sperm, n. Etym: [Angio- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
Note: The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.
ANGIOSPERMATOUS An`gi*o*sper"ma*tous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Angiospermous.
ANGIOSPERMOUS An`gi*o*sper"mous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
ANGIOSPOROUS An`gi*os"po*rous, a. Etym: [Angio- + spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.
ANGIOSTOMOUS An`gi*os"to*mous, a. Etym: [Angio- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
ANGIOTOMY An`gi*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Angio- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.
ANGLE An"gle, n. Etym: [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.
2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.
4. (Astrol.)
Defn: A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] Chaucer.
5. Etym: [AS. angel.]
Defn: A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. — Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. — Alternate angles. See Alternate. — Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. — Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. — Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. — Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. — Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. — Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. — Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. — Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. — External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. — Facial angle. See under Facial. — Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure. — Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. — Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. — Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90º. — Optic angle. See under Optic. — Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines. — Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90º (measured by a quarter circle). — Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. — Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. — Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. — For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
ANGLE An"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled; p. pr. & vb. n. Angling.]
1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shak.
ANGLE An"gle, v. t.
Defn: To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.
ANGLED An"gled, a.
Defn: Having an angle or angles; — used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.
ANGLEMETER An"gle*me`ter, n. Etym: [Angle + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
ANGLE OF ENTRY An"gle of en"try. (Aëronautics)
Defn: The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; — contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE Angle of incidence. (Aëronautics)
Defn: The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.
ANGLER An"gler, n.
1. One who angles.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
ANGLES An"gles, n. pl. Etym: [L. Angli. See Anglican.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
ANGLESITE An"gle*site, n. Etym: [From the Isle of Anglesea.] (Min.)
Defn: A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
ANGLEWISE An"gle*wise`, adv. Etym: [Angle + wise, OE. wise manner.]
Defn: In an angular manner; angularly.
ANGLEWORM An"gle*worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
ANGLIAN An"gli*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Angles. — n.
Defn: One of the Angles.
ANGLIC An"glic, a.
Defn: Anglian.
ANGLICAN An"gli*can, a. Etym: [Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf. English.]
1. English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
ANGLICAN An"gli*can, n.
1. A member of the Church of England. Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists. Burke.
2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
ANGLICANISM An"gli*can*ism, n.
1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
2. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
3. Attachment to England or English institutions.
ANGLICE An"gli*ce, adv. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
ANGLICIFY An*glic"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [NL. Anglicus English + -fly.]
Defn: To anglicize. [R.]
ANGLICISM An"gli*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anglicisme.]
1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden.
2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
ANGLICITY An*glic"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being English.
ANGLICIZATION An`gli*ci*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
ANGLICIZE An"gli*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Anglicizing.]
Defn: To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
ANGLIFY An"gli*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglified; p. pr. & vb. n. Anglifying.] Etym: [L. Angli + -fly.]
Defn: To convert into English; to anglicize. Franklin. Darwin.
ANGLING An"gling, n.
Defn: The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton.
ANGLO- An"glo- Etym: [NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.]
Defn: A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. — n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. — n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. — n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary.
ANGLO-CATHOLIC An"glo-Cath"o*lic, a.,
Defn: Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; — sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
ANGLO-CATHOLIC An"glo-Cath"o*lic, n.
Defn: A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
ANGLO-CATHOLICISM An"glo-Ca*thol"i*cism, n.
Defn: The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant.
ANGLOMANIA An"glo*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Anglo'cf + mania.]
Defn: A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
ANGLOMANIAC An`glo*ma"ni*ac, n.
Defn: One affected with Anglomania.
ANGLOPHOBIA An`glo*pho"bi*a, n. Etym: [Anglo- + Gr.
Defn: Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. — An"glo*phobe, n.
ANGLO-SAXON An"glo-Sax"on, n. Etym: [L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons.]
1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
2. pl.
Defn: The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. It is quite correct to call Æthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.
3. The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.
ANGLO-SAXON An"glo-Sax"on, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
ANGLO-SAXONDOM An"glo-Sax"on*dom, n.
Defn: The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
ANGLO-SAXONISM An"glo-Sax"on*ism, n.
1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold.
2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
ANGOLA An*go"la, n. Etym: [A corruption of Angora.]
Defn: A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
ANGOLA PEA An*go"la pea`. (Bot.)
Defn: A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; — so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
ANGOR An"gor, n. Etym: [L. See Anger.] (Med.)
Defn: Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
ANGORA An*go"ra, n.
Defn: A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. — Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.
ANGOSTURA BARK An`gos*tu"ra bark". Etym: [From Angostura, in Venezuela.]
Defn: An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.
ANGOUMOIS MOTH An`gou`mois" moth". Etym: [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
ANGRILY An"gri*ly, adv.
Defn: In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
ANGRINESS An"gri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger. Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.
ANGRY An"gry, a. [Compar. Angrier; superl. Angriest.] Etym: [See Anger.]
1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; — followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice Eccles. v. 6.
4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.
5. Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Herbert.
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. Tennyson.
Syn. — Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.
ANGUIFORM An"gui*form, a. Etym: [L. angius snake + -form.]
Defn: Snake-shaped.
ANGUILLIFORM An*guil"li*form, a. Etym: [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + - form.]
Defn: Eel-shaped.
Note: The "Anguillæformes" of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.
ANGUINE An"guine, a. Etym: [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.
ANGUINEAL An*guin"e*al, a.
Defn: Anguineous.
ANGUINEOUS An*guin"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. anguineus.]
Defn: Snakelike.
ANGUISH An"guish, n. Etym: [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.]
Defn: Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.
Note: Rarely used in the plural: - Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer.
Syn. — Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
ANGUISH An"guish, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]
Defn: To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.
ANGULAR An"gu*lar, a. Etym: [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.]
1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. — Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. — Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. — Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.
ANGULAR An"gu*lar, n. (Anat.)
Defn: A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
ANGULARITY An`gu*lar"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
ANGULARLY An"gu*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.
ANGULARNESS An"gu*lar*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being angular.
ANGULATE An"gu*late, v. t.
Defn: To make angular.
ANGULATE; ANGULATED An"gu*late, An"gu*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.]
Defn: Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
ANGULATION An`gu*la"tion, n.
Defn: A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.
ANGULO-DENTATE An"gu*lo-den"tate(#), a.. Etym: [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.)
Defn: Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
ANGULOMETER An"gu*lom"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. angulus angle + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring external angles.
ANGULOSE An"gu*lose`, a.
Defn: Angulous. [R.]
ANGULOSITY An`gu*los"i*ty, n.
Defn: A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
ANGULOUS An"gu*lous, a. Etym: [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.]
Defn: Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.
ANGUST An*gust", a. Etym: [L. angustus. See Anguish.]
Defn: Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
ANGUSTATE An*gus"tate, a. Etym: [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.]
Defn: Narrowed.
ANGUSTATION An`gus*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.
ANGUSTICLAVE An*gus"ti*clave (an*gus"ti*klav), n. [L. angustus narrow + clavus a nail, a stripe.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.
ANGUSTIFOLIATE; ANGUSTIFOLIOUS An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate, An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous, a. Etym: [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having narrow leaves. Wright.
ANGUSTURA BARK An`gus*tu"ra bark`.
Defn: See Angostura bark.
ANGWANTIBO An`gwan*ti"bo, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.
ANHANG An*hang", v. t. Etym: [AS. onhangian.]
Defn: To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANHARMONIC An`har*mon"ic, a. Etym: [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. (Math.)
Defn: Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.
ANHELATION An`he*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhélation.]
Defn: Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.
ANHELE An*hele", v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.]
Defn: To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.] They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer.
ANHELOSE An"he*lose, a.
Defn: Anhelous; panting. [R.]
ANHELOUS An*he"lous, a. Etym: [L. anhelus.]
Defn: Short of breath; panting.
ANHIMA An"hi*ma, n. Etym: [Brazilian name.]
Defn: A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
ANHINGA An*hin"ga, n. Etym: [Pg.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
ANHISTOUS An*his"tous, a. Etym: [Gr. anhiste.] (Biol.)
Defn: Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.
ANHUNGERED An*hun"gered, a.
Defn: Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]
ANHYDRIDE An*hy"dride, n. Etym: [See Anhydrous.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; — so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
ANHYDRITE An*hy"drite, n. Etym: [See Anhydrous.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
ANHYDROUS An*hy"drous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
ANI; ANO A"ni or A"no, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.
ANICUT; ANNICUT An"i*cut, An"ni*cut, n. Etym: [Tamil anai kattu dam building.]
Defn: A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.
ANIDIOMATIC; ANIDIOMATICAL; UNIDIOMATIC; UNIDIOMATICAL An*id`io*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. idiomatical.]
Defn: Not idiomatic. [R.] Landor.
ANIENT; ANIENTISE An"i*ent, An`i*en"tise, v. t. Etym: [OF. anientir, F. anéantir.]
Defn: To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANIGH A*nigh", prep. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + nigh.]
Defn: Nigh. [Archaic]
ANIGHT; ANIGHTS A*night", A*nights", adv. Etym: [OE. on niht.]
Defn: In the night time; at night. [Archaic] Does he hawk anights still Marston.
ANIL An"il, n. Etym: [F. anil, Sp. anil, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nil, for al-nil the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nila dark blue, nili indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac.] (Bot.)
Defn: A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
ANILE An"ile, a. Etym: [L. anilis, fr. anus an old woman.]
Defn: Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.
ANILENESS An"ile*ness, n.
Defn: Anility. [R.]
ANILIC An*il"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; — applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]
ANILIDE An"i*lide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
ANILINE An"i*line, n. Etym: [See Anil.] (Chem.)
Defn: An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
ANILINE An"i*line, a.
Defn: Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
ANILINISM An"i*lin*ism, n. [Aniline + -ism.] (Med.)
Defn: A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.
ANILITY A*nil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. anilitas. See Anile.]
Defn: The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.
ANIMADVERSAL An`i*mad*ver"sal, n.
Defn: The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
ANIMADVERSION An`i*mad*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert.]
1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obs.] The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill.
2. Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.
3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon.
4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.
Syn. — Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment.
ANIMADVERSIVE An`i*mad*ver"sive, a.
Defn: Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill. I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.
ANIMADVERT An`i*mad*vert", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Animadverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Animadverting.] Etym: [L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn.]
1. To take notice; to observe; — commonly followed by that. Dr. H. More.
2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; — with on or upon. I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden.
3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic] Grew.
Syn. — To remark; comment; criticise; censure.
ANIMADVERTER An`i*mad*vert"er, n.
Defn: One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.
ANIMAL An"i*mal, n. Etym: [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See Animate.]
1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
ANIMAL An"i*mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. — Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. — Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. — Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. — Animal spirits. See under Spirit. — Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: -Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera, Chætognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea, including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. Coelenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges. Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.
ANIMALCULAR; ANIMALCULINE An`i*mal"cu*lar, An`i*mal"cu*line, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.
ANIMALCULE An`i*mal"cule, n. Etym: [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal.]
1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] Ray.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
Note: Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are Volvox, the Desmidiacæ, and the siliceous Diatomaceæ. Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa.
ANIMALCULISM An`i*mal"cu*lism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalculisme.] (Biol.)
Defn: The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.
ANIMALCULIST An`i*mal"cu*list, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalculiste.]
1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.
2. A believer in the theory of animalculism.
ANIMALCULUM An`i*mal"cu*lum, n.; pl. Animalcula. Etym: [NL. See Animalcule.]
Defn: An animalcule.
Note: Animalculæ, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism.
ANIMALISH An"i*mal*ish, a.
Defn: Like an animal.
ANIMALISM An"i*mal*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalisme.]
Defn: The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.
ANIMALITY An`i*mal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalité.]
Defn: Animal existence or nature. Locke.
ANIMALIZATION An`i*mal*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalisation.]
1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.
ANIMALIZE An"i*mal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. animaliser.]
1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. Warburton.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize. The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy. Coleridge.
ANIMALLY An"i*mal*ly, adv.
Defn: Physically. G. Eliot.
ANIMALNESS An"i*mal*ness, n.
Defn: Animality. [R.]
ANIMASTIC An`i*mas"tic, a. Etym: [L. anima breath, life.]
Defn: Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
ANIMASTIC An`i*mas"tic, n.
Defn: Psychology. [Obs.]
ANIMATE An"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] Etym: [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.]
1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.
3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles.
Syn. — To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
ANIMATE An"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. animatus, p. p.]
Defn: Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.
ANIMATED An"i*ma`ted, a.
Defn: Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.
ANIMATEDLY An"i*ma`ted*ly, adv.
Defn: With animation.
ANIMATER An"i*ma`ter, n.
Defn: One who animates. De Quincey.
ANIMATING An"i*ma"ting, a.
Defn: Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. — An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
ANIMATION An`i*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. animatio, fr. animare.]
1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.
2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.
Syn. — Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness.
ANIMATIVE An"i*ma*tive, a
Defn: Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.
ANIMATOR An"i*ma`tor, n. Etym: [L. animare.]
Defn: One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne.
ANIME A"ni*mé`, a. Etym: [F., animated.] (Her.)
Defn: Of a different tincture from the animal itself; — said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.
ANIME A"ni*mé, n. Etym: [F. animé animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.]
Defn: A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Ure.
ANIMISM An"i*mism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animisme, fr. L. anima soul. See Animate.]
1. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
2. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.
ANIMIST An"i*mist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animiste.]
Defn: One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
ANIMISTIC An`i*mis"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor.
ANIMOSE; ANIMOUS An`i*mose", An"i*mous, a. Etym: [L. animosus, fr. animus soul, spirit, courage.]
Defn: Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] Ash.
ANIMOSENESS An`i*mose"ness, n.
Defn: Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]
ANIMOSITY An`i*mos"i*ty, n.; pl. Animosities. Etym: [F. animosité, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t.]
1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.
Syn. — Enmity; hatred; opposition. — Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church. Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable. Spectator. [These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government. Hume.
ANIMUS An"i*mus, n.; pl. Animi. Etym: [L., mind.]
Defn: Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.
ANION An"i*on, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro- chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; — opposed to cation. Faraday.
ANISE An"ise, n. Etym: [OE. anys, F. anis, L. anisum, anethum, fr. Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
2. The fruit or seeds of this plant.
ANISEED An"i*seed, n.
Defn: The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.
ANISETTE An`i*sette", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
ANISIC A*nis"ic, a.
Defn: Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
ANISOCORIA An`i*so*co"ri*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + pupil.] (Med.)
Defn: Inequality of the pupils of the eye.
ANISODACTYLA; ANISODACTYLS An`i*so*dac"ty*la, An`i*so*dac"tyls, n. pl. Etym: [NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc. (b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
ANISODACTYLOUS An`i*so*dac"ty*lous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
ANISOL An"i*sol, n. [Anisic + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.
ANISOMERIC An`i*so*mer"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
ANISOMEROUS An`i*som"er*ous, a. Etym: [See Anisomeric.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
ANISOMETRIC An`i*so*met"ric, a. Etym: [Gr. isometric.]
Defn: Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; — said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.
ANISOMETROPIA An`i*so*me*tro"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + measure + , , eye.]
Defn: Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.
ANISOPETALOUS An`i*so*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having unequal petals.
ANISOPHYLLOUS An`i*soph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having unequal leaves.
ANISOPLEURA An`i*so*pleu"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
ANISOPODA An`i*sop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
ANISOSPORE An"i*so*spore`, n. [Gr. priv. + isospore.] (Biol.)
Defn: A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; — opposed to isospore.
ANISOSTEMONOUS An`i*so*stem"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
ANISOSTHENIC An`i*so*sthen"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of unequal strength.
ANISOTROPE; ANISOTROPIC An"i*so*trope`, An`i*so*trop"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physics)
Defn: Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
ANISOTROPOUS An`i*sot"ro*pous, a.
Defn: Anisotropic.
ANISYL An"i*syl, n. (Org. Chem.) (a) The univalent radical, CH3OC6H4, of which anisol is the hydride. (b) The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CH2; as, anisyl alcohol. (c) The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CO, of anisic acid.
ANITO A*ni"to, n.; pl. -tos (#). [Sp.]
Defn: In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.
ANKER An"ker, n. Etym: [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.]
Defn: A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8
ANKERITE An"ker*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Prof. Anker of Austria: cf. F. ankérite, G. ankerit.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
ANKH Ankh, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Archæol.)
Defn: A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.
ANKLE An"kle, n. Etym: [OE. ancle, anclow, AS. ancleow; akin to Icel. ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Cf. Haunch.]
Defn: The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.
ANKLED An"kled, a.
Defn: Having ankles; — used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.
ANKLET An"klet, n.
Defn: An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
ANKUS An"kus, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. ankuça.]
Defn: An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.
ANKYLOSE An"ky*lose, v. t. & i.
Defn: Same as Anchylose.
ANKYLOSIS An`ky*lo"sis, n.
Defn: Same as Anchylosis.
ANKYLOSTOMIASIS An`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis, n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.)
Defn: A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostoma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.
ANLACE An"lace, n. Etym: [Origin unknown.]
Defn: A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]
ANLAUT An"laut`, n. [G.; an on + laut sound.] (Phon.)
Defn: An initial sound, as of a word or syllable.
— Im anlaut, initially; when initial; —used of sounds.
ANN; ANNAT Ann, An"nat, n. Etym: [LL. annata income of a year, also, of half a year, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annate annats.] (Scots Law)
Defn: A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
ANNA An"na, n. Etym: [Hindi ana.]
Defn: An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2
ANNAL An"nal, n.
Defn: See Annals.
ANNALIST An"nal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annaliste.]
Defn: A writer of annals. The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.
ANNALISTIC An`nal*is"tic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.
ANNALIZE An"nal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To record in annals. Sheldon.
ANNALS An"nals, n. pl. Etym: [L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual.]
1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. "Annals the revolution." Macaulay. "The annals of our religion." Rogers.
2. Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.
3. sing.
Defn: The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." Young.
4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."
Syn. — History. See History.
ANNATS; ANNATES An"nats, An"nates, n. pl. Etym: [See Ann.] (Eccl. Law)
Defn: The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
ANNEAL An*neal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing.] Etym: [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an; an on + to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro.]
1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
ANNEALER An*neal"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, anneals.
ANNEALING An*neal"ing, n.
1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
ANNECTENT An*nec"tent, a. Etym: [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.]
Defn: Connecting; annexing. Owen.
ANNELID; ANNELIDAN An`ne*lid, An*nel"i*dan, a. Etym: [F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Annelida. — n.
Defn: One of the Annelida.
ANNELIDA An*nel"i*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Annelid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.
ANNELIDOUS An*nel"i*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of the nature of an annelid.
ANNELLATA An`nel*la"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Annelida.
ANNELOID An"ne*loid, n. Etym: [F. annelé ringed + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal resembling an annelid.
ANNEX An*nex", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] Etym: [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.]
1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; — followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.
2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.
3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Syn. — To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.
ANNEX An*nex", v. i.
Defn: To join; to be united. Tooke.
ANNEX An*nex", n. Etym: [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.]
Defn: Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
ANNEXATION An`nex*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.]
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.
ANNEXATIONIST An`nex*a"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors annexation.
ANNEXER An*nex"er, n.
Defn: One who annexes.
ANNEXION An*nex"ion, n. Etym: [L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion.]
Defn: Annexation. [R.] Shak.
ANNEXIONIST An*nex"ion*ist, n.
Defn: An annexationist. [R.]
ANNEXMENT An*nex"ment, n.
Defn: The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.] Shak.
ANNIHILABLE An*ni"hi*la*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being annihilated.
ANNIHILATE An*ni"hi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] Etym: [L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.
3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
ANNIHILATE An*ni"hi*late, a.
Defn: Anhilated. [Archaic] Swift.
ANNIHILATION An*ni`hi*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.
ANNIHILATIONIST An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist, n. (Theol.)
Defn: One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
ANNIHILATIVE An*ni"hi*la*tive, a.
Defn: Serving to annihilate; destructive.
ANNIHILATOR An*ni"hi*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
ANNIHILATORY An*ni"hi*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Annihilative.
ANNIVERSARILY An`ni*ver"sa*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall.
ANNIVERSARY An`ni*ver"sa*ry, a. Etym: [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]
Defn: Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. — Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]
ANNIVERSARY An`ni*ver"sa*ry, n.; pl. Anniversaries. Etym: [Cf. F. anniversaire.]
1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.
ANNIVERSE An"ni*verse, n. Etym: [L. anni versus the turning of a year.]
Defn: Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.
ANNODATED An"no*da`ted, a. Etym: [L. ad to + nodus a knot.] (Her.)
Defn: Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.
ANNO DOMINI An"no Dom"i*ni. Etym: [L., in the year of [our] Lord [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.]
Defn: In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
ANNOMINATE An*nom"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To name. [R.]
ANNOMINATION An*nom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. annominatio. See Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt.
ANNOTATE An"no*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating.] Etym: [L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n.]
Defn: To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
ANNOTATE An"no*tate, v. i.
Defn: To make notes or comments; — with on or upon.
ANNOTATION An`no*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.]
Defn: A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; — usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
ANNOTATIONIST An`no*ta"tion*ist, n.
Defn: An annotator. [R.]
ANNOTATIVE An"no*ta*tive, a.
Defn: Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.
ANNOTATOR An"no*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A writer of annotations; a commentator.
ANNOTATORY An*no"ta*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]
ANNOTINE An"no*tine, n. Etym: [L. annotinus a year old.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird one year old, or that has once molted.
ANNOTINOUS An*not"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. annotinus, fr. annus year.] (Bot.)
Defn: A year old; in Yearly growths.
ANNOTTO; ARNOTTO An*not"to, Ar*not"to, n. Etym: [Perh. the native name.]
Defn: A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]
ANNOUNCE An*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] Etym: [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. Prior.
Syn. — To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. — To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
ANNOUNCEMENT An*nounce"ment, n.
Defn: The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
ANNOUNCER An*noun"cer, n.
Defn: One who announces.
ANNOY An*noy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Annoying.] Etym: [OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See Annoy, n.] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy Prior.
2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Syn. — To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.
ANNOY An*noy", n. Etym: [OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy.]
Defn: A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.
ANNOYANCE An*noy"ance, n. Etym: [OF. anoiance, anuiance.]
1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.
2. That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.
ANNOYER An*noy"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, annoys.
ANNOYFUL An*noy"ful, a.
Defn: Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANNOYING An*noy"ing, a.
Defn: That annoys; molesting; vexatious. — An*noy"ing*ly, adv.
ANNOYOUS An*noy"ous, a. Etym: [OF. enuius, anoios.]
Defn: Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANNUAL An"nu*al, a. Etym: [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]
1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.
2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth. A thousand pound a year, annual support. Shak.
2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.
ANNUAL An"nu*al, n.
1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
ANNUALIST An"nu*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
ANNUALLY An"nu*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Yearly; year by year.
ANNUARY An"nu*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. annuaire.]
Defn: Annual. [Obs.] — n.
Defn: A yearbook.
ANNUELER An"nu*el*er, n.
Defn: A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANNUENT An"nu*ent, a. Etym: [L. annuens, p. pr. of annuere; ad + nuere to nod.]
Defn: Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).
ANNUITANT An*nu"i*tant, n. Etym: [See Annuity.]
Defn: One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.
ANNUITY An*nu"i*ty, n.; pl. Annuities. Etym: [LL. annuitas, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annuité.]
Defn: A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
ANNUL An*nul", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] Etym: [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]
1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.
2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; — used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.
Syn. — To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.
ANNULAR An"nu*lar, a. Etym: [L. annularis, fr. annulis ring: cf. F. annulaire.]
1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
2. Banded or marked with circles. Annular eclipse (Astron.), an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.
ANNULARITY An`nu*lar"i*ty, n.
Defn: Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.
ANNULARRY An"nu*lar*ry, adv.
Defn: In an annular manner.
ANNULARY An"nu*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. annularis. See Annular.]
Defn: Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.
ANNULATA An`nu*la"ta, n. pl. Etym: [Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
ANNULATE An"nu*late, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Annulata.
ANNULATE; ANNULATED An"nu*late, An"nu*la`ted a. Etym: [L. annulatus.]
1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
ANNULATION An`nu*la"tion, n.
Defn: A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.
ANNULET An"nu*let, n. Etym: [Dim. of annulus.]
1. A little ring. Tennyson.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
3. (Her.)
Defn: A little circle borne as a charge.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
ANNULLABLE An*nul"la*ble, a.
Defn: That may be Annulled.
ANNULLER An*nul"ler, n.
Defn: One who annuls. [R.]
ANNULMENT An*nul"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annulement.]
Defn: The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
ANNULOID An"nu*loid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
ANNULOIDA An`nu*loid"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. annulus ring + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]
ANNULOSA An"nu*lo"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoölogists it is applied to the former only.
ANNULOSAN An`nu*lo"san, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Annulosa.
ANNULOSE An"nu*lose` (, a. Etym: [L. annulus ring.]
1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
ANNULUS An"nu*lus, n.; pl. Annuli. Etym: [L.]
1. A ring; a ringlike part or space.
2. (Geom.) (a) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. (b) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
ANNUMERATE An*nu"mer*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate.]
Defn: To add on; to count in. [Obs.] Wollaston.
ANNUMERATION An*nu`mer*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. annumeratio.]
Defn: Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ANNUNCIABLE An*nun"ci*a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]
ANNUNCIATE An*nun"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating.] Etym: [L. annuntiare. See Announce.]
Defn: To announce.
ANNUNCIATE An*nun"ci*ate, p. p. & a.
Defn: Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANNUNCIATION An*nun`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.]
1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
ANNUNCIATION LILY An*nun`ci*a"tion lil"y. (Bot.)
Defn: The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.
ANNUNCIATIVE An*nun"ci*a*tive, a.
Defn: Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More.
ANNUNCIATOR An*nun"ci*a`tor, n. Etym: [L. annuntiator.]
1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
ANNUNCIATORY An*nun"ci*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]
ANOA A*noa", n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
ANODE An"ode, n. Etym: [Gr. (Elec.)
Defn: The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; — opposed to cathode.
ANODON An"o*don, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]
ANODYNE An"o*dyne, a. Etym: [L. anodynus, Gr. anodin.]
Defn: Serving to assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.
Note: "The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce." Am. Cyc.
ANODYNE An"o*dyne, n. Etym: [L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a.]
Defn: Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
ANODYNOUS An"o*dy`nous, a.
Defn: Anodyne.
ANOETIC An`o*et"ic, a. [Gr. unthinkable; priv. + perceptible, thinkable.]
1. Unthinkable. [Rare]
2. (Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the "fringe" or "margin" of consciousness.
Presentation considered as having an existence relatively independent of thought, may be called sentience, or anoetic consciousness. Thought and sentience are fundamentally distinct mental functions. G. F. Stout.
ANOIL A*noil", v. t. Etym: [OF. enoilier.]
Defn: The anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.
ANOINT A*noint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing.] Etym: [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.]
1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.
2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. Exod. xxix. 7. Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 1 Kings xix. 15. The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." 1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
ANOINT A*noint", p. p.
Defn: Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ANOINTER A*noint"er, n.
Defn: One who anoints.
ANOINTMENT A*noint"ment, n.
Defn: The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton.
ANOLIS A*no"lis, n. Etym: [In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.
ANOMAL A*nom"al, n.
Defn: Anything anomalous. [R.]
ANOMALIPED; ANOMALIPEDE A*nom"a*li*ped(#), A*nom"a*li*pede, a. Etym: [L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot.]
Defn: Having anomalous feet.
ANOMALIPED A*nom"a*li*ped, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
ANOMALISM A*nom"a*lism, n.
Defn: An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.
ANOMALISTIC; ANOMALISTICAL A*nom`a*lis"tic, A*nom`a*lis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Anomalistic month. See under Month. — Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. — Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.
ANOMALISTICALLY A*nom`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With irregularity.
ANOMALOFLOROUS A*nom`a*lo*flo"rous, a. Etym: [L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having anomalous flowers.
ANOMALOUS A*nom"a*lous, a Etym: [L. anomalus, Gr. Same, and cf. Abnormal.]
Defn: Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.
ANOMALOUSLY A*nom"a*lous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an anomalous manner.
ANOMALOUSNESS A*nom"a*lous*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being anomalous.
ANOMALY A*nom"a*ly, n.; pl. Anomalies. Etym: [L. anomalia, Gr. Anomalous.]
1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.
2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
3. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
ANOMIA A*no"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
ANOMOPHYLLOUS An`o*moph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having leaves irregularly placed.
ANOMURA; ANOMOURA An`o*mu"ra, An`o*mou"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
ANOMURAL; ANOMURAN An`o*mu"ral, An`o*mu"ran, a.
Defn: Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]
ANOMURAN An`o*mu"ran, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Anomura.
ANOMY An"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. Anomia.]
Defn: Disregard or violation of law. [R.] Glanvill.
ANON A*non", adv. Etym: [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + an one. See On and One.]
1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.
2. Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. Stow.
3. At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.
ANONA A*no"na, n. Etym: [NL. Cf. Ananas.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop.
ANONACEOUS An`o*na"ceous, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
ANONYM An"o*nym, n. Etym: [F. anonyme. See Anonymous.]
1. One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."
2. A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [R.] J. R. Seeley.
ANONYMITY An`o*nym"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.
ANONYMOUS A*non"y*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. Name.]
Defn: Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
ANONYMOUSLY A*non"y*mous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift.
ANONYMOUSNESS A*non"y*mous*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge.
ANOPHELES A*noph"e*les (a*nof"e*lez), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anwfelh`s useless, hurtful.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.
ANOPHYTE An"o*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
ANOPLA An"o*pla, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
ANOPLOTHERE; ANOPLOTHERIUM An*op"lo*there, An`o*plo*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).
ANOPLURA An`o*plu"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of insects which includes the lice.
ANOPSIA; ANOPSY A*nop"si*a, An"op`sy, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Want or defect of sight; blindness.
ANOREXIA; ANOREXY An`o*rex"i*a, An"o*rex`y n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Coxe.
ANORMAL A*nor"mal, a. Etym: [F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal.]
Defn: Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]
ANORN A*norn, v. t. Etym: [OF. aörner, aöurner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form a-ourne was corrupted into anourne.]
Defn: To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.
ANORTHIC A*nor"thic, a. Etym: [See Anorthite.] (Min.)
Defn: Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
ANORTHITE A*nor"thite, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
ANORTHOCLASE A*nor"tho*clase, n. [Gr. priv. + orthoclase.] (Min.)
Defn: A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57 — 2.60.
ANORTHOPIA An`or*tho"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. priv. + ortho- + Gr. , , the eye.] (Med.)
Defn: Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.
ANORTHOSCOPE A*nor"tho*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Physics)
Defn: An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
ANORTHOSITE A*nor"tho*site, n. [F. anorthose triclinic feldspar (fr. Gr. priv. + straight) + -ite.] (Petrol.)
Defn: A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda- lime feldspar, usually labradorite.
ANOSMIA A*nos"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Loss of the sense of smell.
ANOTHER An*oth"er, pron. & a. Etym: [An a, one + other.]
1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! — a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak.
2. Not the same; different. He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak.
3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.
Note: As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.
ANOTHER-GAINES An*oth"er-gaines`, a. Etym: [Corrupted fr. another-gates.]
Defn: Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
ANOTHER-GATES An*oth"er-gates`, a. Etym: [Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates.]
Defn: Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
ANOTHER-GUESS An*oth"er-guess, a. Etym: [Corrupted fr. another-gates.]
Defn: Of another sort. [Archaic] It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
ANOTTA A*not"ta, n.
Defn: See Annotto.
ANOURA An*ou"ra, n.
Defn: See Anura.
ANOUROUS An*ou"rous, a.
Defn: See Anurous.
ANOXAEMIA; ANOXEMIA An`ox*æ"mi*a, An`ox*e"mi*a, n. [NL.; Gr. priv. + oxygen + Gr. blood.] (Med.)
Defn: An abnormal condition due to deficient aëration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. — An`ox*æ"mic, *e"mic (#), a.
ANSA An"sa, n.; pl. Ansæ. Etym: [L., a handle.] (Astron.)
Defn: A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
ANSATED An"sa*ted, a. Etym: [L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle.]
Defn: Having a handle. Johnson.
ANSERATED An"ser*a`ted, a. (Her.)
Defn: Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.
ANSERES An"se*res, n. pl. Etym: [L., geese.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
ANSERIFORMES An`se*ri*for"mes, n. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
ANSERINE An"ser*ine, a Etym: [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Anseres.
ANSEROUS An"ser*ous, a. Etym: [L. anser a goose.]
Defn: Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.
ANSWER An"swer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Answered; p. pr. & vb. n. Answering.] Etym: [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See Answer, n.]