An*gust" (&?;), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

An*gus"tate (&?;), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.

An`gus*ta"tion (&?;), n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

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{ An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate (n*gs`t*f"l*t), An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous (n*gs`t*f"l*s), } a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.

An`gus*tu"ra bark` (&?;). See Angostura bark.

||An`gwan*ti"bo (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

An*hang" (&?;), v. t. [AS. onhangian.] To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An`har*mon"ic (&?;), a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &?; harmonic.] (Math.) 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 be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.

An`he*la"tion (&?;), n. [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhélation.] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

An*hele" (&?;), v. i. [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.]

They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation.

Latimer.

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