AnÏfrac·tuÏos¶iÏty (?), n.; pl. Anfractuosities (?). [Cf. F. anfractuosit‚.] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper.
Macaulay.
2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
AnÏfrac¶tuÏous (?), a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; anÏ, for ambÏ + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. Ð AnÏfrac¶tuÏousÏness, n.
AnÏfrac¶ture (?), n. A mazy winding.
AnÏga¶riÏa¶tion (?), n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us, Gr. ? (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.]
Speed.
An·geiÏol¶oÏgy (?), n., An·geiÏot¶oÏmy, etc. Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
An¶gel (?), n. [AS. ‘angel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr. ? messenger, a messenger of God, an ~.] 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, pureÐeyed Faith, whiteÐhanded Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings.
Milton.
3. One of a class of ½fallen 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]
UntoÐthe 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.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
Amer. Cyc.
µ Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness.
÷ bed, a bed without posts. Ð ÷ fish. (Zo”l.) (a) A species of shark (Sq??tina 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, Ch‘todontid‘. Ð ÷ gold, standard gold. [Obs.] Fuller. Ð ÷ shark. See Angel fish. Ð ÷ shot (Mil.), a kind of chain shot. Ð ÷ water, a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orangeÐflower waters, with ambergris, etc. [Obs.]
An¶gelÏage (?), n. Existence or state of angels.
An¶gelÏet (?), n. [OF. angelet.] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
Eng. Cyc.
An¶gel fish. See under Angel.
An¶gelÏhood (?), n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature.
Mrs. Browning.
{ AnÏgel¶ic (?), AnÏgel¶icÏal (?), } a. [L. angelicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. ang‚lique.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. ½Angelic harps.¸ Thomson.½Angelical actions.¸ Hooker.
The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience.
Macaulay.
Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; Ð so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14.
Eadie.
AnÏgel¶ic, a. [From Angelica.] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
÷ acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.
AnÏgel¶iÏca (?), n. [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 ~.
÷ tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.
AnÏgel¶icÏalÏly (?), adv. Like an angel.
AnÏgel¶icÏalÏness, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
AnÏgel¶iÏfy (?), v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.]
Farindon (1647).
An¶gelÏize (?), v. t. 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.
An¶gelÏlike· (?), a. & adv. Resembling an angel.
An·gelÏol¶aÏtry (?), n. [Gr. ? angel + ? service, worship.] Worship paid to angels.
An·gelÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [L. angelus, Gr. ? + Ïlogy.] 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.
An·gelÏoph¶aÏny (?), n. [Gr. ? angel + ? to appear.] The actual appearance of an angel to man.
An¶geÏlot (?), n. [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.
Ø An¶geÏlus (?), n. [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.
An¶ger (?), n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, ~, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. †nger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. ? to strangle, Skr. 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 not horse, who being allowed his way,
SelfÐmettle tires him.
Shak.
Syn. - Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. Ð 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 ~ 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 ~. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of ~; 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.
An¶ger (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Angered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Angering.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.]
He... angereth malign ulcers.
Bacon.
2. To excite to ~; to enrage; to provoke.
Taxes and impositions... which rather angered than grieved the people.
Clarendon.
An¶gerÏly, adv. Angrily. [Obs.or Poetic]
Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly.
Shak.
An¶geÏvine (?), a. [F. Angevin.] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. Ð n. A native of Anjou.
Ø An·giÏen¶chyÏma (?), n. [Gr. ? receptacle + ?. Formed like Parenchyma.] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
Ø AnÏgi¶na (?), n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.] (Med.) 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.
÷ pectoris (?), a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; Ð called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
{ An¶giÏnous (?), An¶giÏnose· (?), } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
An¶giÏoÏ (?). [Gr. ? vessel receptacle.] 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.
An·giÏoÏcar¶pous (?), a. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? fruit.] (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.
An·giÏof¶raÏphy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïgraphy: cf. F. angiographie.] (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
An·giÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïlogy.] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
Ø An·giÏo¶ma (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïoma.] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
An·giÏoÏmon·oÏsper¶mous (?), a. [AngioÏ + monospermous.] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
An¶giÏoÏscope (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïscope.] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Morin.
An¶giÏoÏsperm (?), n. [AngioÏ + Gr. ?, ?, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
µ 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.
An·giÏoÏsper¶maÏtous (?), a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous.
An·giÏoÏsper¶mous (?), a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
An·giÏos¶poÏrous (?), a. [AngioÏ + spore.] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thec‘, as in the case of some fungi.
An·giÏos¶toÏmous (?), a. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? mouth.] (Zo”l.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
An·giÏot¶oÏmy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? a cutting.] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
Dunglison.
An¶gle (?), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. ? bent, crooked, angular, ? a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fishÏ
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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.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological ½houses.¸ [Obs.]
Chaucer.
5. [AS. angel.] 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 900. Ð Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. Ð Alternate angles. See Alternate. Ð 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. Ð Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. Ð 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. Ð 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. Ð Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. Ð Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. Ð Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. Ð Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. Ð External angles, angles formed by the sides of any rightÐlined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. Ð Facial angle. See under Facial. Ð Internal angles, those which are within any rightÐlined figure. Ð Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. Ð Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. Ð Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 900. Ð Optic angle. See under Optic. Ð Rectilineal or RightÐlined angle, one formed by two right lines. Ð Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 900 (measured by a quarter circle). Ð Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. Ð 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. Ð 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. Ð For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
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.
An¶gle, v. t. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] ½He angled the people's hearts.¸
Sir P. Sidney.
An¶gled (?), a. Having an angle or angles; Ð used in compounds; as, rightÐangled, manyÐangled, etc.
The thrice threeÐangled beechnut shell.
Bp. Hall.
An¶gleÏme·ter (?), n. [Angle + Ïmeter.] An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
An¶gler (?), n. 1. One who angles.
2. (Zo”l.) 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.
An¶gles (?), n. pl. [L. Angli. See Anglican.] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called EnglaÐland (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.
An¶gleÏsite (?), n. [From the Isle of Anglesea.] (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
An¶gleÏwise· (?), adv. [Angle + wise, OE. wise manner.] In an angular manner; angularly.
An¶gleÏworm· (?), n. (Zo”l.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
An¶gliÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Angles. Ð n. One of the Angles.
An¶glic (?), a. Anglian.
An¶gliÏcan (?), a. [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.
An¶gliÏcan (?), 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.
An¶gliÏcanÏism (?), 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 highÐchurch party.
3. Attachment to England or English institutions.
Ø An¶gliÏce (?), adv. [NL.] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
AnÏglic¶iÏfy (?), v. t. [NL. Anglicus English + Ïfly.] To anglicize. [R.]
An¶gliÏcism (?), n. [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.
AnÏgic¶iÏty (?), n. The state or quality of being English.
An·gliÏciÏza¶tion (?), n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
An¶gliÏcize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglicized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anglicizing.] To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
An¶gliÏfy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anglifying.] [L. Angli + Ïfly.] To convert into English; to anglicize.
Franklin. Darwin.
An¶gling (?), n. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Walton.
An¶gloÐ (?). [NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, AngloÐTurkish treaty, AngloÐGerman, AngloÐIrish.
AngloÐAmerican, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. Ð n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States.
AngloÐDanish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.
AngloÐIndian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. Ð n. One of the ^ race born or resident in the East Indies.
AngloÐNorman, a. Of or pertaining to the ^ and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. Ð n. One of the ^ Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.
AngloÐSaxon. See AngloÐSaxon in the Vocabulary.
An¶gloÐCath¶oÏlic , a,. Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; Ð sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
An¶gloÐCath¶oÏlic, n. A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
An¶gloÏma¶niÏa (?), n. [AngloÏ + mania.] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
An·gloÏma¶niÏac, n. One affected with Anglomania.
An·gloÏpho¶biÏa (?), n. [AngloÏ + Gr. ? fear.] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. Ð An¶gloÏphobe (?), n.
An¶gloÏSax¶on (?), n. [L. AngliÐSaxones 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 ½Old¸) Saxon.
2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
It is quite correct to call ’thelstan ½King of the AngloÐSaxons,¸ but to call this or that subject of ’thelstan ½an AngloÐSaxon¸ is simply nonsense.
E. A. Freeman.
3. The language of the ^ 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.
An¶gloÐSax¶on, a. Of or pertaining to the AngloÐSaxons or their language.
An¶gloÐSax¶onÏdom (?), n. The AngloÐSaxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the AngloÐSaxon race.
An¶gloÐSax¶onÏism (?), n. 1. A characteristic of the AngloÐSaxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the AngloÐSaxon tongue.
M. Arnold.
2. The quality or sentiment of being AngloÐSaxon, or ^ in its ethnological sense.
AnÏgo¶la (?), n. [A corruption of Angora.] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
AnÏgo¶la pea· (?). (Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; Ð so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
Ø An¶gor , n. [L. See Anger.] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
AnÏgo¶ra (?), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
÷ cat (Zo”l.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. Ð ÷ goatÿ(Zo”l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.
An·gosÏtu¶ra bark¶ (?). From Angostura, in Venezuela.] An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis).
U. S. Disp.
Ø An·gou·mois¶ moth¶ (?; 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zo”l.) 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.
An¶griÏly (?), adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
An¶griÏness, n. 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.
An¶gry (?), a. [Compar. Angrier (?); superl. Angriest.] [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; Ð 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. ½An 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.
An¶guiÏform (?), a. [L. angius snake + Ïform.] SnakeÐshaped.
AnÏguil¶liÏform (?), a. [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + Ïform.] EelÐshaped.
µ The ½Anguill‘formes¸ of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.
An¶guine (?), a. [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. ½The anguine or snakelike reptiles.¸
Owen.
AnÏquin¶eÏal (?), a. Anguineous.
AnÏguin¶eÏous (?), a. [L. anguineus.] Snakelike.
An¶guish (?), n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.] 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.
Rarely used in the plural: Ð
Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
Latimer.
Syn. - Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
An¶guish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.]
Temple.
An¶guÏlar (?), a. [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; sharpÐcornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; rawÐboned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
÷ aperture, ÷ distance. See Aperture, Distance. Ð ÷ 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. Ð ÷ point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. Ð ÷ velocity, the ratio of ~ motion to the time employed in describing.
An¶guÏlar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
An·guÏlar¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
An¶guÏlarÏly (?), adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
B. Jonson.
An¶guÏlarÏness, n. The quality of being angular.
{ An¶guÏlate (?), An¶guÏla·ted (?), } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
An¶guÏlate (?), v. t. To make angular.
An·guÏla¶tion (?), n. A making angular; angular formation.
Huxley.
An¶guÏloÐden¶tate (?), a. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
An¶guÏlom¶eÏter (?), n. [L. angulus angle + Ïmeter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.
An¶guÏlose· (?), a. Angulous. [R.]
An·guÏlos¶iÏty (?), n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
An¶guÏlous (?), a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]
Held together by hooks and angulous involutions.
Glanvill.
AnÏgust¶ (?), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
AnÏgus¶tate (?), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.
An·gusÏta¶tion (?), n. The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
Wiseman.
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