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AN-A-LITIE, a. Pertaining to analysis; that resolves AN-A-LYTIC-AL, into first principles; that separates into parts, or original principles; that resolves a compound body or subject. It is opposed to synthetic. AN-A-LYTIC-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of analysis. AN-A-LYTICS, R. The science of analysis. AN-A-LYZIA-BLE, That can be analyzed.

AN-A-LIZA-BLE-NESS, n. The state of being analyzable. ANALĪZE, C. 4. [Gr. αναλυω.] To resolve a body into its elements; to separate a compound subject into its, parts or propositions, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

ANA-LYZED (an'a-lizd), pp. Resolved into its constituent parts or principles for examination.

ANA-LIZ-ER, n. One who analyzes; that which analyzes, or has the power to analyze.

ANA-LIZING, ppr. Resolving into elements, constituent parts, or first principles.

AN-AM-NESIS, n. [Gr. αναμνησις.]

A figure in rhetoric which calls to remembrance something omitted.-Knowles. AN-AM-NESTIC, 4. That aids the memory. *AN-A-MORPHO-SIS, or AN-A-MORPH-O'SIS, n. [Gr. aνα and μορφωσις.] 1. In perspective drawings, a distorted portrait or figure, which, in one point of view, is confused or unintelligible, and, in another, is an exact and regular representation.-2. In botany, any part of a plant in which there is an unusual cellular development, is said to be in a state of anamorphosis.

A-NANAS, 2. The name of a species of pine-apple.
AN-AN-GU-LAR, a. Without angles. (Bad.]
ANA-PEST,. (Gr. ava and πατω.] In poetry, a foot con-
sisting of three syllables, the first two short, the last long.
AN-A-PESTIC, a. The anapestic measure.
AN-A-PESTIC, &. Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of

anapests.

A-NAPHO-RA (a-naf'o-ra), n. [Gr. from αναφερω.] 1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more succeeding verses or clauses of a sentence. 2. Among physicians, the discharge of blood or purulent matter by the mouth.

AN-A-PLF-ROTIC, α. (Gr. αναπληροω.] Filling up; promoting granulation, as of wounds.

AN-A-PLE-ROTIC, n. A medicine which promotes the granulation or incarnation of wounds and ulcers.-Parr.

ANARCH (an'ärk), n. The author of confusion; one who excites revolt-Milton.

A-NARCHIЄ, a. Without rule or government; in a A-NARCHIE-AL, state of confusion; applied to a state or society. Fielding uses anarchial. ANARCH-ISM (anark-izm), n. Confusion. ANARCH-IST, n. An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state.

AN-ARCH-Y, n. [Gr. αναρχια.) Want of government; a state of society when there is no law or supreme power, or when the laws are not efficient; political confusion.

A-NARHI-CHAS, . The sea wolf.

AN-ARTHROUS, a. [Gr. avand αρθρον.] In grammar, with

out the article.

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A-NASTO-MOSE, v. i. (Gr. ava and στομα.] Το inosculate; to communicate with each other, as the arteries and veins.

A-NAS-TO-MOSING, ppr, or a. Inosculating. A-NAS-TO-MO'sis, n. The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into another artery, or a vein into a vein.

A-NAS-TO-MOTIE, a. Pertaining to anastomosis, or the opening of one vessel into another. ANAS-TO-MOTIE, 2. A medicine supposed to have the power of opening vessels into each other, and promoting

circulation

A-NASTRO-PHE,. (Gr.aναστροφη.] In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words. ANA-TASE, α. (Gr. ανάτασις.] A native oxyd of titanium, occurring in brilliant octahedral crystals of a brown or

somewhat bluish color externally, but greenish-yellow by transmitted light. It is also called octahedrite. Α-ΝΑΤΗΣ-ΜΑ, η. [Gr. αναθεμα.] 1. Excommunication with curses. Hence, a curse or denunciation by ecclesiastical authority, accompanying excommunication.-2. In heathen antiquity, an offering or present made to a deity, and deposited in his temple, especially as a token of gratitude for deliverance from danger, or success in some great undertaking.

A-NATH-E-MATIC-AL, a. Pertaining to anathema.
A-NATH-E-ΜΑΤΙΕ-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of anathema.
Α-ΝΑΤΗE-MA-TISM. n. Excommunication. Tooker.
A-NATH-E-MA-TI-ZATION, n. The act of anatheinatizing.
Α-ΝΑΤΗΣ-ΜΑ-ΤΙΖΕ, τ. 1. To excommunicate with a de-
nunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema against.
Α-ΝΑΤΗΣ-ΜΑ-TIZED, pp. Excommunicated with curses.
Α-ΝΑΤΗΕ-MA-TIZ-ER, n. One who anathematizes.
Α-ΝΑΤΗΣ-ΜΑ-ΤIZ-ING, ppr. Pronouncing an anathema.
AN-A-TIFER-OUS, a. [L.anas and fero.] Producing ducks.
A-ΝΑΤΟ-CISM, n. [L. anatocismus.) Interest upon inter
est; the taking of compound interest. [Rarely used.]
AΝ-Α-ΤΟΜΙΕ-AL, a. Belonging to anatomy or dissection;
relating to the parts of the body when dissected or sep-

arated.

AN-A-TOMIC-AL-LY, adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.

A-NATO-MIST, n. One who dissects bodies; one who is skilled in the art of dissection, or versed in the doctrine

and principles of anatomy.

A-NAT-O-MI-ZATION, n. The act of anatomizing. A-ΝΑΤΟ-ΜΙΖΕ, v. t. To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the parts of a body or subject.

A-NATO-MIZED, pp. Dissected, as an animal body. Α-ΝΑΤΟ-ΜΙZ-ING, ppr. Dissecting. Α-ΝΑΤΟ-ΜΥ, π. (Gr. ανατομη.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. 2. The doctrine of the structure of the body, learned by dissection. 3. The act of dividing any thing, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts. 4. The body stripped of its integuments and muscles; a skeleton; an improper use of the sword. 5. Ironically, a meager person.

AN-A-TREPTΤΙΕ, α. [Gr. ανατρεπω.] Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating.

AN'A TRON, n. [Gr. νιτρον.] 1. Soda, or mineral fixed alkali. 2. Spume, or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass in the furnace, and, when taken off, dissolves in the air, and then coagulates into a salt.. 3 The salt which collects on the walls of vaults.

AN'BU-RY, n. 1. A soft tumor on horses, containing blood. 2. A sort of gall produced by insects on the roots of turnips, cabbages, &c.

ANCES-TOR, n. [Fr. ancestres; L. antecessor.] One from whom a person descends, either by the father or mother, at any distance of time, in the tenth or hundredth generation. An ancestor precedes in the order of nature or blood; a predecessor in the order of office. AN-CES-TORI-AL, a. Ancestral.-Pollok. AN-CESTRAL, a. Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors. AN-CESTRESS, n. A female ancestor.

AN'CES-TRY, n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence, birth, or honorable descent.

ANCHEN-TRY. See ANCIENTRY.

ANCHI-LOPS, n. [Gr. αιγίλωψ.] The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; an incipient fistula lachrymalis.

ANCHOR, n. [L. anchora.] 1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water. At anchor is when a ship rides by her anchor. Hence, to lie or ride at anchor-To cast anchor, or to anchor, is to let go an anchor, to keep a ship at rest. To weigh anchor is to heave or raise the anchor out of the ground. 2. In a figurative sense, that which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety-3. In architco ture, anchors are carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor-In heraldry, anchors are emblems of hope.

ANCHOR, v. t. 1. To place at anchor. A ship is anchored, but not moored, by a single anchor. 2. To fix or fasten on; to fix in a stable condition.

ΑΝΘΗOR, v. i. 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor. 2. To stop; to fix or rest on. ANCHOR-A-BLE, a. Fit for anchorage. ANCHOR-AGE, n. 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor. 2. The hold of a ship at anchor, or, rather, the anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring. 3. A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor. ANCHORED, pp. Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; fixed in safety.

ANCHO-RESS, n. A female anchoret. ANCHO-RET, n. [Gr. αναχωρητης. Written by some auANCHO-RITE, thors, anachoret. A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world, and devote himself to religious duties.

ANCH-OR-ETIO, a. Pertaining to a hermit, or his ANCH-OR-ETIC-AL, mode of life.

ANCHOR-GROUND, n. Ground suitable for anchoring. ANCHOR-HOLD, n. The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.

ANCHOR-ING, ppr. Coming to anchor, as a ship; casting

anchor.

ANCHOR-SMITH, n. A maker of anchors.

AN-CHOVY, n. [Port. and Sp. anchova.) A small fish of the herring kind, caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and used as a sauce or seasoning.

AN-CHOVY-PEAR, n. A fruit of the West Indies. It resembles the mango in taste, and, like it, is sometimes pickled when green.

AÑCHY-LOSED (ank'y-lōst), a. Immovably united or fixed, as joints of bones.-Mantell. ANCH-Y-LO'SIS, n. [Gr. αγχυλωσις.] In medicine, stiffness or immobility of a joint naturally movable. ANCH-Y-LOTIC, a. Pertaining to anchylosis.

ANCIENT (an'shent), a. [Fr. ancien.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; as, ancient authors, ancient days. 2. Old; that has been of long duration; as, an ancient city. 3. Known from ancient times; as, the ancient continent, opposed to the new continent. - SYN. Old; primitive; pristine; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. ANCIENT, n. Generally used in the plural, ancients. 1. Those who lived in former ages, opposed to moderns.In Scripture, very old men. Also, governors, rulers, political and ecclesiastical. Hooker uses the word for seniors. 2. Ancient is also used for a flag or streamer, in a ship of war, and also the colors of a regiment.

ANCIENT-LY, adv. In old times; in times long since past. ANCIENT-NESS, n. The state of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. ANCIENT-RY, n. Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient | lineage.-Shak.

ANCIENT-Y, n. Age; antiquity.-Martin.

ANCIENT-Y, n. In some old English statutes and authors, eldership, or seniority.

AN-CILE, n. [L.] In Roman antiquity, the sacred shield of Mars, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. AN'CIL-LA-RY, a. [L. ancilla.) 1. Literally, pertaining to a maid-servant, or female service. 2. Subservient or subordinate; as, a court which is ancillary to another. AN-CIPT-TAL, a. [L. anceps.) Doubtful, or double; doublefaced or double-formed. In botany, double-edged.

ΑΝ'COME, n. A small, ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly. -Boucher.

ΑΝΘΟΝ, n. [L. ancon.] The olecranon, the upper end of the ulna, or elbow. Coze.

AN'CONES, n. pl. [L.ancon.] In architecture, the brackets supporting a cornice on the flanks, as in doorways, &c. Also, the corners or quoins of walls, cross-beams, or rafters.

AN'CO-NY, n. In iron works, a piece of half-wrought iron, in the shape of a bar in the middle, but rude and unwrought at the ends.

AND, conj. [Sax. and; Ger. und.] And is a conjunction, connective, or conjoining word. It signifies that a word or part of a sentence is to be added to what precedes. Thus, give me an apple and an orange; that is, give me an apple, add, or give, in addition to that, an orange. ANDA-BA-TISM, n. Uncertainty.

AN-DA-LU'SĪTE, n. A mineral first found in Andalusia, in Spain, usually occurring in thick, lamellar forms of a grayish or pale-reddish tint, and sometimes in rhombic prisms. It consists of silica and alumina.

AN-DAN'TE. [It.] In music, a word used to direct to a movement moderately slow, between largo and allegro.

ANDAR-AC, n. Red orpiment.-Coze.
AN'DE-AN, a. Pertaining to the Andes.
AN-DIRA, n. The genus of plants to which belongs the
cabbage-bark tree of Jamaica,

ANDI-RON (and-furn), n. [Teutonic, andena, or andela; Sax. brand-isen.) An iron utensil, used, in Great Britain, where coal is the common fuel, to support the ends of a spit; but, in America, used to support the wood in fireplaces.

AN-DRA-NATO-MY, n. [Gr. ανηρ, ανδρος, and ανατομη.] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male. ANDRE-O-LITE, n. A mineral, the harmotome, or cross-stone, AN-DROGY-NAL, a. [Gr. ανηρ and γυνη.) Having two AN-DROGY-NOUS, sexes; being male and female; hermaphroditical.-In botany, the name is applied to plants bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers on the

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AN-DROGY-NUS, n. A hermaphrodite. Johnson. AN-DROID'ES, n. [Gr. avyp and είδος.] A machine in the human form, which, by internal springs, performs some of the natural motions of a living man. AN-DROME-DA, n. A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia, and Perseus. The name of a celebrated tragedy of Euripides, now lost. Also, a genus of plants. ANDRON, n. [Gr. ανηρ.] In Grecian and Roman architec ture, the apartment of a house for the males; this was in the lower part of the house, and the gynecaa, or apartments for females, in the upper part-Brande.

AN-DRO-PETAL-OUS, a. [Gr. ανηρ and πεταλον.] A term applied to double flowers, produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as in the garden ranunculusBrande.

AN-DROPHA-GI, n. pl. [Gr. ανηρ and φαγω.] Man-eaters; but the word is little used, being superseded by anthropophagi.

AN-DROTO-MY, n. [Gr. ανηρ and τομη.] A cutting of human bodies; dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy.

A-NEAR', prep. Near.-Atterbury.
ANEE-DO-TAL, a. Pertaining to anecdotes.
ΑΝEC-DOTE, n. [Gr. a and εκδοτος.] 1. In its original
sense, secret history, or facts not generally known. But
in more common usage, a particular or detached incident or
fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident; a
single passage of private life. 2. A narration of a particu-
lar incident or event.-Melmouth.

AN-EC-DOTIE-AL, a. Pertaining to anecdotes.
A-NĒLE, v. t. [Sax. all.] To give extreme unction.
AN-E-MOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. ανεμος and γραφη.] A descrip-
tion of the winds.

AN-E-MOLO-GY, n. [Gr. ανεμος and λογος.] The doctrine
of winds, or a treatise on the subject.
AN-E-ΜΟΜΕ-ΤΕR, η. [Gr. ανεμος and μετρεω.) An instru-
ment or machine for measuring the strength or velocity
of the wind.

Α-ΝΕΜΟ-ΝΕ, n. [Gr. ανεμωνη.] Wind-flower; a genus of plants, of numerous species.-Sca-Anemone. See ANIMAL FLOWER.

Α-ΝΕΜΟ-ΝΙN, n. An acrid, crystallizable substance obtained from some species of anemone. It burns like camphor.Brande.

Α-ΝΕΜΌ-SCOPE, n. [Gr. ανεμος and σκοπεω.] A machine
which shows the course or direction of the wind.
A-NENT, prep. About; concerning; over against. [A
Scottish word.]

ANES. See AWNS.

ANEU-RISM, n. [Gr. ava and ευρύνω.] A soft, pulsating tumor, arising from a preternatural dilatation or rupture of the coats of an artery.

AN-EU-RISMAL, a. Pertaining to an aneurism.
A-NEW' (a-nu), adv. Over again; another time; in a new
form; as, to create anew.

AN-FRACTU-OUS, a. [L. anfractus.] Winding; full of
windings and turnings; written less correctly, anfractuose.
AN-FRAC-TU OST-TY, (n. A state of being full of wind-
AN-FRACTU-OUS-NESS, 3 ings and turnings.
AN-FRACTURE (an-frakture), n. A mazy winding.
AN-GA-RI-ATION, n. [L.angario.] Compulsion; exertion.
AN-GEI-OTO-MY. See ANGIOTOMY.

ANGEL, n. [L. angelus; Gr. αγγελος.] 1. Literally, a messenger; one employed to communicate news or informa tion from one person to another at a distance. 2. A spirit, or a spiritual, intelligent being, employed by God to com municate his will to man. 3. In a bad sense, an evil spirit, as, the angel of the bottomless pit. 4. Christ, the Mediator and Head of the Church. Rev. x. 5. A minister of the gospel, who is an embassador of God.-Rev., ii. and iii. 6. Any being whom God employs to execute his judg ments. Rev., xvi.-7. In the style of love, a very beautiful person.-Shak.

ANGEL, n. A fish found on the coast of Carolina.
ANGEL, n. A gold coin formerly current in England, bear-
ing the figure of an angel, worth ten shillings sterling.
ANGEL, a. Resembling angels; angelic-Shak.
ANGEL-AGE. พ. The existence or state of angels.
ANGEL-BED, n. An open bed, without posts. Knowles.
ANGEL-FISH, n. A species of shark.
AN-GEL'IC, a. [L. angelicus.) Resembling angels; be-
AN-GELIC-AL, longing to angels, or partaking of their
nature; suiting the nature and dignity of angels.

AN-GELI-CA, n. A plant of a pungent, aromatic taste, used
in confectionery and medicine.
AN-GEL16-AL-LY, adv. Like an angel.
AN-GEL'IC-AL-NESS, n. The quality of being angelic; ex-
cellence more than human.

ANGEL-ITES, n. pl. In Church history, a sect so called from Angelium, in Alexandria, where they held their first meetings. They held that each person of the Trinity is a God, existing by a participation of a common na IN-GEL-LIKE, a. Resembling, or having the manners of angels

ture.

IN-GEL-OLOGY, A discourse on angels; or, the doctrine of angelic beings-Ch. Spectator.

ANGE-LOT, a. [Fr. anche.] 1. An instrument of music, somewhat resembling a lute. 2. An ancient English coin. 3. A small, rich sort of cheese.

INTEL-PEOPLED, a. Peopled with angels.-Jewsbury.
INGEL-SHOT, n. [Fr.ange.] Chain-shot, being two halves
of a cannon ball fastened to the ends of a chain.
INGEL-WELCOME, #. Welcome by angels.-Bowring.
INGEL-WINGED, 4, Winged like angels.
ANGEL-WOR-SHIP, n. The worshiping of angels.

AN GER (ang'ger), n. [L. angor.] 1. A violent passion of the mind, excited by a real or supposed injury; usually accompanied with a propensity to take vengeance, or to obtain satisfaction from the offending party. 2. Pain or smart of a sore or swelling; the literal sense of the word, but little used. - SYN. Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire; gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen.

ANGER, 5. L. 1. To excite anger; to rouse resentment. 2. To make painful; to cause to smart. SYN. To irritate; enrage; intlame; provoke; exasperate; rouse; incite.

AN GERED, pp. Provoked; made angry.

AN GER-LY, ade. In an angry manner; more generally writter angrily.

FANGER-NESS, n. The state of being angry. AN-GINA, a. [L. from ango.) In medicine, a term applied to all intiammatory affections of the throat or fauces, from the accompanying difficulty of breathing; it includes the quinsy, croup, malignant sore-throat, &c.

AN-GINA PECTO-RIS, n. [L.] A periodical nervous affection of the chest, occasioning great pain. -Coze. AN-GI-OGRA-PHY, π. (Gr. γγειών and γραφη.] A description of the vessels in the human body.

AN-GI-OL'O-GY, π. (Gr. αγγειον and λόγος.] A treatise or discourse on the vessels of the human body. AN'GI-O-MON-O-SPERM'OUS, α. [Gr. αγγείον, μόνος, and σπερμα.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

ANGI-O-SCOPE, π. [Gr. αγγείων and σκοπεω.] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of a body.

Morin.

ANGI-O-SPERM, π. [Gr. αγγειον and σπερμα.] In botany, a plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

AN-GI-O-SPERM'OUS, a. Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

AN-GI-OTO-MY, π. (Gr. αγγειον and τομη.] 1. The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as in bleeding. 2. A dissection of the vessels of the body.-Parr.

ANGLE (anggl), n. [Fr. angle.] In popular language, the point where two lines meet, or the meeting of two lines in a point; a corner. In geometry, the space comprised between two straight lines that meet in a point, or between two straight converging lines, which, if extended, would meet; or the quantity by which two straight lines, departing from a point, diverge from each other. The point of mecting is the vertex of the angle, and the lines containing the angle are its sides or legs.

ANGLE, n. 1. A hook; an instrument to take fish, consist ing of a rod, a line, and a hook, or a line and hook. 2. One who may be easily enticed; a gull.-Shak.

ANGLE, z. a. 1. To tich with an angle, or with line and hook. 2. .tori. To fish for; to try to gain by some bait or insinuation, as men angle for fish.

ANGLED (ang'gld), 4. Having angles. [Used only in compounds.]

AN GLER, . One that fishes with an angle; also, a fish, a species of lophius, sometimes called fishing-frog. ANGLE-ROD, n. The rod or pole to which a line and hook are fastened.

AN GLES, n. pl. [L. Angli.] A people of Germany, from whom the name of England was derived.

AN GLE SITE, . Native sulphate of lead, named from the Ieland of Anglesea, England. It occurs in white or yel lown h prismatic crystals, semi-transparent, with a glassy or adamantine lustre.

AN GLIC, a. (From Angles.) English; pertaining to ANGLIC-AN, England or the English nation.

AN GLIC-AN, R. A member of the English Church.-Burke. AN GLI-CE. (L.) In English; in the English manner. AN GLI-CISM, a. An English idiom; a form of language peculiar to the English-Milton.

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AN GERED, }(anggerd), pp.

Made angry; provoked.

ANGRI-LY, adv. In an angry manner; peevishly; with indications of resentment.

ANGRY, a. 1. Feeling resentment; provoked. 2. Showing anger; wearing the marks of anger; caused by anger. 3. Inflamed, as a sore; red; manifesting inflammation. 4. Roused or excited like one angry; as, the angry waves. -SYN. Passionate; resentful; irritated; indignant; provoked; hot; raging furious; tumultuous; wrathful; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.

ANG-SANA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of ANG-SA'VA, dragon's blood.

AN"GU, n. Bread made of the cassada plant. AN GUI-FER (anggwe-fer), n. [L. anguis and fero. In astronomy, a cluster of stars in the form of a man holding a serpent; Serpentarius, one of the constellations of the northern hemisphere.

AN-GUIL'LI-FORM, a. [L. anguilla and forma.] In the form of an eel, or of a serpent.

AN-GUIN'E-AL, a. [L. anguis.] Pertaining to or resembling

a snake.

AN GUISH (anggwish), n. [Fr. angoisse.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind. -SYN. Distress; pang; throe; agony; torture; torment.

AN GUISH, v. 1. To distress with extreme pain or grief.Temple.

AN GUISHED (ang gwisht), pp. Extremely pained; tortured; deeply distressed.

AN"GU-LAR, a. 1. Having an angle, angles, or corners; pointed. 2. Consisting of an angle; forining an angle. AN GU-LART-TY, n. The quality of having an angle or

corner.

With angles or corners; in the di

The quality of being angular.

AN GU-LAR-LY, adv.
rection of the angles.
AN GU-LAR-NESS, n.
AN GU-LA-TED, a. Formed with angles or corners.
AN GU-LOST-TY, n. Angularity.
AN"GU-LOUS, a. Angular; having corners; hooked.
IAN-GUST, a. [L. angustus.] Narrow; strait.
AN-GUSTATE, a. [L.] Narrow; diminishing rapidly in
breadth.

AN-GUST-ATION, n. [L. angustus.] The act of making narrow; a straitening.

AN-GUSTI-CLAVE, n. [L. angustus.] A robe or tunic embroidered with purple studs or knobs, or by purple stripes, worn by Roman knights.

AN-HE-LATION, n. [L. anhelo.] Shortness of breath; a panting; difficult respiration.

AN-HE-LOSE', a. Out of breath; panting; breathing with

difficulty. [Little used.] ΑΝΗΙ-ΜΑ, π. A Brazilian aquatic fowl, resembling a crane. ANHY-DRITE, n. Anhydrous gypsum. It differs from gypsum in not containing water, and occurs in rectangular crystals, nearly colorless, or of a pale shade of blue or red, also fibrous, radiated, and granular.

AN-HYDROUS, α. [Gr. ανυδρος.] Destitute of water; as, an. hydrous salts or acids.

AN-I-ENTED, a. [It. niente.) Frustrated; brought to naught.-Chaucer.

A-NIGHT (a-nite), adv. In the night-time.-Anights, in the plural, is used of frequent and customary acts.-Shak.

ANIL, n. [Sp. añil.] A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; a species of indigo plant. ANTLE, a. Aged; imbecile.

A-NILENESS, n. [L. anilis, anilitas.] The state of being A-NILT-TY, an old woman; the old age of a woman. dotage.

+ ANT-MA-BLE, a. Susceptible of animation.

ANGLI-CIZE, v. 1. To make English; to render conform-AN-I-MAD-VER'SAL, n. That which has the power of able to the English idiom.

AN GLL-CIZED. pp. Made English; rendered conformable to the English idiom.

ANGLING, ppr. Fishing with an angle.

AN GLING, n. A fishing with a rod and line.

ANGLO-A-MERT-CAN, n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States.

AN GLO-A-MERICAN, a. Pertaining to the descendants

of Englishmen in America.

perceiving or judging.

AN-I-MAD-VER'SION, n. [L. animadversio. Remarks by way of censure or criticism. It may sometimes be used for punishment. -SYN. Stricture; criticism; censure; remark; reproof; blame; comment.

AN-I-MAD-VER'SIVE, a. That has the power of perceiving. Glanville. AN-I-MAD-VER'SIVE-NESS, n. The power of animad

verting.

AN-I-MAD-VERT, v. i. [L. animadverto.] 1. To turn the mind to; to consider. 2. To consider or remark upon by way of criticism or censure. 3. To inflict punishment.SYN. To remark; criticise; blame; censure; comment. AN-I-MAD-VERTER, n. One who animadverts, or makes remarks by way of censure.

AN-I-MAD-VERTING, ppr. Considering; remarking by
way of criticism or censure.

ANT-MAL, n. [L.) An organized body, endowed with life,
sensation, and the power of voluntary motion; a living,
sensitive, locomotive body; as, man is an intelligent animal.
By way of contempt, a dull person is called a stupid animal.
ANI-MAL, a. That belongs or relates to animals.
AN-I-MAL'CU-LAR, a. Pertaining to animalcules. Lon-
AN-I-MALCU-LINE, don Quarterly Review.

AN-I-MAL'CULE, n. [L. animalculum, animalcula.) A little
animal; an animal whose figure can not be discerned with-
out the aid of a magnifying glass. The Latin animalcula
is often used in the plural.

AN-I-MAL'EU-LIST, n. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.-Keith,

ANT-MAL-FLOW-ER, n. A name applied to several species of zoophytes, but especially to the Sea Anemone. They are usually fixed to rocks, and appear, when expanded, like a large flower, at whose center is the mouth of the animal.

ANT-MAL-MAGNET-ISM, n. A supposed agent of a mysterious nature, said to have a powerful influence on the patient when acted on by contact or voluntary emotion on the part of the operator. See MESMERISM.

ANI-MAL-ISH, a. Like an animal. Cudworth.

AN-IS-ETTE, n. A cordial flavored with anise seed.
ANKER, n. A measure of liquids, formerly used in Eng-
land, and now in Holland, containing about ten wine gallons.
ANKER-ITE, n. A mineral consisting of the carbonates of
lime, iron, and magnesia. It resembles carbonate of lime
in color and crystalline structure, but turns brown on ex-
posure, owing to the iron it contains.

ANK'LE (ank'kl), n. [Sax. ancleow; D. enkel.] The joint
which connects the foot with the leg.
ANKLE-BONE, n. The bone of the ankle.
ANKLED, a. Relating to the ankles.
ANKLET, n. A little ankle; an ornament for the ankle.
AN'LACE, n. A kind of dagger shaped like a scythe. [Obs.]
ANN, 2. In Scotch law, the right of the executors of a
AN'NAT, deceased clergyman to a half year's revenue
of his benetice. Ed. Encус.

AN'NAL, n A mass said for a person either every day in
the year, or on a particular day every year.-P. Сус.
ANNAL-IST, n. A writer of annals.

AN'NAL-IZE, v. t. To record; to write annals. (Rare.] ANNALS, n. pl. [L. annales.] 1. A species of history digested in order of time, or a relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. 2. The books containing annals. AN'NATS, n. pl. [L. annus.) A year's income of a spirituad living.

AN-NEAL', v. t. [Sax. analan.] 1. To heat, as glass, cast iron or other metals, and then cool very slowly, for the purpose of rendering them less brittle, or to fix colors. AN-NEALED' (an-neeld'), pp. or a. Heated; tempered; made malleable and less brittle by heat.

ANT-MAL-ISM, n. The state of mere animals, actuated by AN-NEALING, ppr. or a. Heating; tempering by heat.

sensual appetites only. - Beecher.

AN-1-MALI-TY, n. Animal existence. - Smith.

AN-I-MAL-I-ZATION, n. 1. The act of giving animal life.
2. Conversion into animal matter, by the process of assim-
ilation.

ANT-MAL-IZE, v. t. To give animal life to; to endow with
the properties of animals.
ANI-MAL-IZED. pp. Endowed with animal life.
ANI-MAL-IZ-ING, ppr. Giving animal life to,
ANI-MAL-NESS, n. The state of animal existence.

ΑΝΤ-ΜΑΤΕ, v. t. [L. animo.] 1. To give natural life to; to
make alive. 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the
powers or effect of a thing. 3. To give spirit or vigor; to
infuse courage, joy, or other enlivening passion.-SYN. Το
enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; insti-
gate; rouse; urge cheer; prompt; incite; quicken;
gladden.

ΑΝΤ-ΜΑΤΕ, α. Alive; possessing animal life. [Used chiefly
in poetry for animated.]

ANI-MA-TED, pp. or a. 1. Being endowed with animal life.
2. a. Lively; vigorous; full of spirit; indicating animation.
ANT-MA-TING, ppr. Giving life; infusing spirit; enlivening.
ANT-MA-TING-LY, adv. In an animating manner.

AN-I-MATION, n. 1. The act of infusing life; the state of
being animated. 2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full
of spirit and vigor.-SYN. Life; vivacity; spirit; buoy-
ancy; sprightliness; liveliness; airiness; promptitude.
ANT-MA-TIVE, a. That has the power of giving life or
spirit.-Johnson.

ΑΝΤ-ΜΑ-TOR, n. One that gives life; that which infuses life or spirit.

ΑΝΊΜ-Ε. n. [Fr.) In heraldry, a term denoting that the eyes of a rapacious animal are borne of a different tincture from the animal itself.

ΑΝΊΜ-Ε, η. [Sp.) A resin of an amber color, used as a varnish.

AN-I-METTA, n. Among ecclesiastical writers, the cloth which covers the cup of the eucharist.

ANI-MISM. п. The doctrine that the living phenomena of organized bodies is produced by some actuating or vital principle distinct from those bodies; also, as taught by some, the doctrine that all the phenomena of the animal system are produced by the agency of the soul.

ANI-MIST, n. One who maintains the doctrines of ani
mism.

ANI-MO FU-RANDI. [L.] In law, with intent to steal.
AN-I-MOSE', a. Full of spirit; resolute.
†AN-I-MOSENESS, n. Spirit; heat.

AN-I-MOST-TY, n. [L. animositas.) Violent hatred leading
to active opposition; active enmity.

A-NINGA, n. A root growing in the West Indies, like the
China plant, used in refining sugar.

ΑΝΤ-ΟΝ, n. [Gr. avi, upward, and των, going.] A term
equivalent to electro-negative element; being that element
in electro-chemical decompositions which is evolved at
the surface where the electrical current enters the elec-
trolyte; opposed to cation,

ANISE, n. [L. anisum.) An annual aromatic plant, placed
by Linnæus under the genus pimpinella.
ANTSE SEED, n. The seed of anise. Used against flatu-
lence, and for making cordials.

AN-NEALING, n. The process of applying heat to remove brittleness from metals, glass, &c.

Connecting; annexing.

AN-NECTANT, a.
ANNE-LID, n.
AN-NELI-DAN, n,
AN-NELI-DA, n. pl.
AN-NEL-LATA. n. pl.)

[L. annellus and Gr. ειδος.] Terms applied in natural history to the common earth-worm, and the various allied animals. They con

stitute one division of the articulata, or articulate animals, ΑΝ-ΝΕΧ ́, ν. 1. [L. annecto.] 1. To unite at the end; to subjoin; to affix, 2. To unite, as a smaller thing to a greater. 3. To unite to something preceding, as the main object; to connect with.

AN-NEX', v. i. To join; to be united.-Tooke.
†ΑΝ-ΝΕΧ', n. The thing annexed.-Brown.
AN-NEX-A'TION, n. The act of annexing, or uniting at the
end; conjunction; addition; the act of connecting; union.
AN-NEXED (an-next), pp. Joined at the end; connected
with; affixed.

ΑΝ-ΝΕΧΊNG, ppr. Uniting at the end; affixing.
ΑΝ-ΝΕΧΊΟΝ (an-nek'shun), n. The act of annexing; an-
nexation; addition. [Little used.]

AΝ-ΝΕΧ'ΜΕΝΤ, n. The act of annexing; the thing an-
nexed.-Shak.

AN-NIHI-LA-BLE, a. That may be annihilated.
AN-NIHI-LATE, v. 1. [L. ad and nihilum.] 1. To reduce to
nothing; to destroy the existence of. 2. To destroy the
form or peculiar distinctive properties, so that the specific
thing no longer exists.

AN-NIHI-LATE, a. Annihilated.-Swift.
AN-NIHI-LA-TED, pp. Reduced to nothing; destroyed.
AN-NIHI-LA-TING, ppr. Reducing to nothing; destroying
the specific form of.

AN-NI-HI-LATION, n. 1. The act of reducing to nothing
or non-existence; 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. 2. The state of
being reduced to nothing.

AN-NI-VERS'A-RI-LY, adv. Annually.-Hall.
AN-NI-VERS'A-RY, a. [L. anniversarius.] Returning with
the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly.
AN-NI-VERS'A-RY, n. 1. A stated day, returning with the
revolution of the year. The term is applied to a day on
which some remarkable event is annually celebrated. 2.
The act of celebration; performance in honor of an event.
-Anniversary days, in the Roman Catholic Church, are
days in which an office is yearly performed for the souls
of the deceased, or in which the martyrdom of a saint is
celebrated.-Р. Сус.

ANNI-VERSE, n. Anniversary.

ANNO DOMINI. (L.) In the year of our Lord, noting the time from our Savior's incarnation; as, Anno Domini, or A.D. 1800.

AN-NOI'SANCE. n. A nuisance.

AN-NOM-IN-ATION, n. [L. ad and nominatio.] 1. A pun;
the use of words nearly alike in sound, but of different
meanings; a paronomasia. 2. Alliteration.

AN'NO MUNDI. [L.] In the year of the world.
AN-NOʻNA, n. [L. annona.] 1. A year's production or in-
crease; hence, provisions.-2/A tax payable in corn, im-
posed, in the Roman empire, on the more fertile provin

ces. Brande.

ANNO-TITE, e. ¿. [L. annoto.] To comment; to make remarks on a writing.-Tatler.

AN-NO-TITION, n. [L. annotatio.] 1. A remark, note, or commentary on some passage of a book, intended to illustrate its meaning. 2. The first symptoms of a fever, or attack of a paroxysm.-Coze.

ANNO-TA-TOR, A. A writer of notes; a commentator; a
scholiast.

AN-NOTA-TO-RY, a. Containing annotations.
AN-NOTTA,
AN-NOTTO, S

See ANOTTA.

AN-NOUNCE (an-nouns), v. t. [Fr. annoncer.] 1. To publish; to give notice, or first notice. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.-SYN. To proclaim; publish; make known; promulgate.

AN-NOUNCED (an-nounst), pp. Proclaimed; first pub

li-hed.

AN-NOUNCEMENT (an-nouns'ment), n. The act of giving
notice: proclamation; publication.-Month. Mag.
AN-NOUNCER, A. One that announces, or first gives no-
tice; a proclaimer.

AN-NOUNCING, ppr. Introducing notice; first publishing;
proclaiming.

ΑΝ-ΝΟΥ, τ. ε. [Norm. annoyer.) To incommode, or disturb, by continued or repeated acts.-SYN. To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease,

ΑΝ-ΝΟΥ, . Injury or molestation from continued acts or
inconvenience.-Shak.

AN-NOYANCE, n. That which annoys, or injures; the act
of annoying; the state of being annoyed.
AN-NOYED (an-noyd), pp. Incommoded, injured, or mo-
lested by something that is continued or repeated.

AN-NOYER, π. One that annoys.
TAN-NOYFUL, a. Giving trouble; incommoding; molest-
ing-Chaucer.

AN-NOYING, ppr. Incommoding; hurting; molesting.
†AN-NOYOUS, a. Troublesome. --Chaucer.

ANNU-AL, a. [Fr. annuch.] 1. Yearly; that returns every year; coming yearly. 2. Lasting or continuing only one year or season; that requires to be renewed every year. 3. Performed in a year.

ANNU-AL, R. A plant that lives but one year, or rather
but one summer-Martyn.

AN'NU-AL, R. A book published yearly, containing select
compositions and elegant engravings.
ANNUAL-LY, adv. Yearly; returning every year; year
by year.

FANNU-A-RY, 4. Annual.-J. Hall.

AN-NUT-TANT, n. One who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity.

AN-NU1-TY, n. [Fr. annuité.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual income, charged on the person of the grantor; or an annual allowance.

AN-NUL,.. [Fr. anuuller.] 1. To make void or of no effect. 2. To reduce to nothing.-SYN. To abolish; nul hly; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; destroy; set aside; obliterate.

ANNU-LAR, a. [L. annulus.) Having the form of a ring;
pertaining to a ring. Annular eclipse, an eclipse of the
sun obscuring the entire disc, except a bright ring round
the border-Brande.

AN NU-LA-RY, a. Having the form of a ring.-Ray.
ANNU LATE, a. Furnished with rings, or circles, like
ANNU-LA-TED, rings; having belts; surrounded by
AN-NU-LATION, n. A circular or ring-like formation; a
ring or belt.

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Α-ΝΟΙΝΤ', v. t. (Fr. oindre.] 1. To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous substances; also, to spread over, as oil. 2. To consecrate by unction, or the use of oil. 3. To smear or daub. 4. To prepare, in allusion to the consecrating use of oil.

A-NOINTED, pp. or a. Smeared or rubbed with oil; set
apart; consecrated with oil.

A-NOINTED, n. The Messiah, or Son of God.
A-NOINTER, n. One who anoints.

A-NOINTING, ppr. Smearing with oil; pouring on oil, or
other oleaginous substance; consecrating.

A-NOINTING, n. The act of smearing with oil; a conse crating.

A-NOINTMENT, n. The act of anointing, or state of being

anointed.

A-NOMA-LISM, n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule.
A-NOM-A-LISTIC, (n. Irregular; departing from com-
A-NOM-A-LISTIC-AL, mon or established rules.
A-NOM'A-LOUS, a. Irregular; deviating from a general
rule, method, or analogy.

A-NOM'A-LOUS-LY, adv. Irregularly; in a manner differ-
ent from common rule, method, or analogy.
A-NOM'A-LY, n. [Fr. anomalie.) 1. Irregularity; deviation
from the common rule.-2. In astronomy, an irregularity
in the motion of a planet. 3. In music, a false scale or in-
terval.

A-NOMI-A, n. [Gr. ανομία.] A genus of bivalve shells, so
called from their unequal valves; the beaked cockle.
ΑΝΟ-ΜΙΤΕ, n. A fossil shell of the genus anomia.
AN-O-MEANS, n. pl. [Gr. ανομοιο..] In Church history, the
pure Arians, who held the Son to be unlike the Father in
his essential nature; as distinguished from the Semi-
Arians.

AΝΟ-ΜΥ. η. [Gr. ανομια.]
[Rarely used.)

A-NON'. adv. (Sax. on an.]

A violation of law. Bramhall.

1. Quickly; without intermis

sion; soon; immediately. 2. Sometimes; now and then; at other times.

A-NONY-MOUS, a. Fr. anonyme; L. anonymus.] Name-
less; wanting a name; without the real name of the au-
thor.

Α-ΝΟΝΥ-ΜOUS-LY, adv. Without a name.
AN-O-PLO-THE'RI-UM, n. [Gr. αν. όπλον, and θηριον.] Α
name which Cuvier has given to a genus of extinct ani-
mals, whose bones were first found in the gypsum quar-
ries near Paris.

A-NOP'SY, n. [Gr. αν and wψ.] Want of sight; invision.
[Little used.]

ANO-REX-Y, n. [Gr. a and όρεξις.] Want of appetite,
without a loathing of food-Core.
A-NORMAL, a. Not according to rule; abnormal.
A-NORTHITE, n. A species of the feldspar family, occur-
ring in small glassy crystals. It has been found only in
lavas.

AN OTHER (an-uth'er), a. [an, or one, and other.] 1. Not the
same; diff rent. 2. One more, in addition to a former
number, indefinitely. 3. Any other; any different person,
indefinitely. This word is often used without a noun, be
coming a substitute for the name of the person or thing.

rings.†AN-OTHER-GAINES, adv. Of another kind.
†AN-OTHER-GATES, adv. Of another sort.
†AN-OTHER-GUESS, a. Of a different kind.
AN-OTHER-GUISE (an-uth'er-gize), a. Of a different kind;
different. (This is a vulgar word, and usually contracted
into other-guess.]

ANNU-LET, n. [L. annulus.] In architecture, a small,
square member in the Doric capital, under the quarter
round; also, a narrow, flat molding; a fillet. In heraldry,
a little circle, borne as a charge in coats of arms.
AN-NULLED (an-nuld'), pp. Made void; abrogated.
AN-NULLING, ppr. Abrogating; abolishing.

AN-NUL MENT, n. The act of annulling.
ANNU-LOSE, a. [L. annulus.) Furnished with rings; com-
posed of rings. The annulose animals (annulosa) are the
same as the articulate animals, or articulata.-Partington.
AN-NU ME-RATE, v. t. [L. annumero.) To add to a former
number; to unite to something before mentioned.-John-

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Α-ΝΟΤΤΑ, η. An elegant red color, obtained from the pulp of the seed-vessel of the biza orellana, a tropical tree

+A-NOUGH', See Enough, Enow.

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AN'SA-TED, a. [L. ansatus.) Having a handle or handles,
or something in the form of handles.
AN'SER, n. [L.] 1. In zoology, the name of the goose,
whether tame or wild.-2. In astronomy, a small star in
the milky way.

AN'SER-INE, a. [L. anserinus.] 1. Resembling the skin of
a goose; uneven. 2. Pertaining to the anstres.
AN'SER-ES, n. pl. In Linnaeus's system, the third order of
ares, or birds, including the web-footed water-fowls.
AN'SLĀIGHT (an'slate), n. An attack; an affray.
AN'SWER (an'ser), v. t. [Sax. andswarian.] 1. To speak in
return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, or
argument of another person. 2. To be equivalent to; to
be adequate to, or sufficient to accomplish the object. 3.
To comply with, fulfill, pay, or satisfy. 4. To act in re-
turn, or opposition. 5. To bear a due proportion to; to
be equal or adequate to suit, 6. To perform what was
intended; to accomplish. 7. To be opposite to; to face.
8. To write in reply; to reply to another writing, by way

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