Defn: Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain.
ANALLAGMATICAn`al*lag*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Math.)
Defn: Not changed in form by inversion. Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; — sometimes called bicircular quartics. — Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.
ANALLANTOICAn`al*lan*to"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Without, or not developing, an allantois.
ANALLANTOIDEAAn`al*lan*toid"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [Gr. allantoidea.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed.It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
ANALOGALA*nal"o*gal, a.
Defn: Analogous. [Obs.] Donne.
ANALOGICAn`a*log"ic, a. Etym: [See Analogous.]
Defn: Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot.
ANALOGICALAn`a*log"ic*al, a.
1. Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill.
2. Having analogy; analogous. Sir M. Hale.
ANALOGICALLYAn`a*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way ofsimilitude.A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as apilot is to the vessel. Berkeley.
ANALOGICALNESSAn`a*log"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being analogical.
ANALOGISMA*nal"o*gism, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. Logic
Defn: an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.Johnson.
2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb.
ANALOGISTA*nal"o*gist, n.
Defn: One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne.
ANALOGIZEA*nal"o*gize, v. i.
Defn: To employ, or reason by, analogy.
ANALOGONA*nal"o*gon, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Analogue.
ANALOGOUSA*nal"o*gous, a. Etym: [L. analogous, Gr. Logic.]
Defn: Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; — often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.
Syn.— Correspondent; similar; like.— A*nal"o gous*ly, adv.— A*nal"o*gous*ness, n.
ANALOGUEAn"a*logue, n. Etym: [F.
1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing. The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. I. Taylor.
2. (Philol.)
Defn: A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
3. (Nat. Hist.) (a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations. (b) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group. (c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.
ANALOGYA*nal"o*gy, n.; pl. Analogies. Etym: [L. analogia, Gr. analogie. SeeAnalogous.]
1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an analogy between these objects, or one thing has an analogy to or with another.
Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of relations, and in this consists the difference between the argument from example and that from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their relations. Karslake.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
3. (Geom.)
Defn: Proportion; equality of ratios.
4. (Gram.)
Defn: Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to pl. analogies. Johnson.
ANALYSE; ANALYSERAn"a*lyse, v., An"a*ly`ser, n., etc.
Defn: Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.
ANALYSISA*nal"y*sis, n.; pl. Analyses. Etym: [Gr. Loose.]
1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
3. (Logic)
Defn: The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
4. (Math.)
Defn: The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
6. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.
ANALYSTAn"a*lyst, n. Etym: [F. analyste. See Analysis.]
Defn: One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
ANALYTIC; ANALYTICALAn`a*lyt"ic, An`a*lyt"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. analytique. See Analysis.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; — opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. — Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. — Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.
ANALYTICALLYAn`a*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an analytical manner.
ANALYTICSAn`a*lyt"ics, n.
Defn: The science of analysis.
ANALYZABLEAn"a*ly`za*ble, a.
Defn: That may be analyzed.
ANALYZATIONAn`a*ly*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.
ANALYZEAn"a*lyze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Analyzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing.]Etym: [Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis.]
Defn: To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.
ANALYZERAn"a*ly`zer, n.
1. One who, or that which, analyzes.
2. (Opt.)
Defn: The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.
ANAMESEAn`a*mese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.— n.
Defn: A native of Anam.
ANAMNESISAn`am*ne"sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A recalling to mind; recollection.
ANAMNESTICAn`am*nes"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.
ANAMNIOTICAn*am`ni*ot"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Without, or not developing, an amnion.
ANAMORPHISMAn`a*mor"phism, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. A distorted image.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.
ANAMORPHOSCOPEAn`a*mor"pho*scope, n. [Anamorphosis + -scope.]
Defn: An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.
ANAMORPHOSISAn`a*mor"pho*sis, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Persp.)
Defn: A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
ANAMORPHOSYAn`a*mor"pho*sy, n.
Defn: Same as Anamorphosis.
ANANA*nan", interj. Etym: [See Anon.]
Defn: An expression equivalent to What did you say Sir Eh [Obs.]Shak.
ANANASA*na"nas, n. Etym: [Sp. ananas, from the native American name.](Bot.)
Defn: The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
ANANDROUSAn*an"drous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Destitute of stamen
ANANGULARAn*an"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Gr. angular.]
Defn: Containing no angle. [R.]
ANANTHEROUSAn*an"ther*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. anther.] (Bot.)
Defn: Destitute of anthers. Gray.
ANANTHOUSAn*an"thous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
ANAPAEST; ANAPAESTICAn`a*pæst, An`a*pæs"tic.
Defn: Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
ANAPEST An"a*pest, n. Etym: [L. anapaestus, Gr. i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr.
1. (Pros.)
Defn: A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.
2. A verse composed of such feet.
ANAPESTICAn`a*pes"tic, a. Etym: [L. anapaesticus, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. — n.
Defn: Anapestic measure or verse.
ANAPESTICALAn`a*pes"tic*al, a.
Defn: Anapestic.
ANAPHORAA*naph"o*ra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
ANAPHRODISIAAn*aph`ro*dis"i*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Absence of sexual appetite.
ANAPHRODISIACAn*aph`ro*dis"i*ac, a. & n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison.
ANAPHRODITICAn*aph`ro*dit"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Produced without concourse of sexes.
ANAPLASTICAn`a*plas"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
ANAPLASTYAn`a*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Gr. anaplastie.] (Surg.)
Defn: The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
ANAPLEROTICAn`a*ple*rot"ic, a. Etym: [L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.— n.
Defn: A remedy which promotes such granulation.
ANAPNOGRAPHA*nap"no*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Defn: A form of spirometer.
ANAPNOICAn`ap*no"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Relating to respiration.
ANAPODEICTICAn*ap`o*deic"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Apodeictic.]
Defn: Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]
ANAPOPHYSISAn`a*poph"y*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.
ANAPTOTICAn`ap*tot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.
ANAPTYCHUSAn*ap"ty*chus, n.; pl. Anaptichi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
ANARCHAn"arch, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton.Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron.
ANARCHALA*nar"chal, a.
Defn: Lawless; anarchical. [R.] We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence. Landor.
ANARCHIC; ANARCHICALA*nar"chic, A*nar"chic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. anarchique.]
Defn: Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
ANARCHISMAn"arch*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anarchisme.]
Defn: The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
ANARCHISTAn"arch*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anarchiste.]
Defn: An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
ANARCHIZEAn"arch*ize, v. t.
Defn: To reduce to anarchy.
ANARCHYAn"arch*y, n. Etym: [Gr. anarchie. See Anarch.]
1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their reFuller.
ANARTHROPODAAn`ar*throp"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -poda. See Anarthrous.](Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; — opposed to Arthropoda.
ANARTHROPODOUSAn`ar*throp"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
ANARTHROUSAn*ar"throus, a. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Gr. Gram.)
Defn: Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
ANASA"nas, n. Etym: [L., duck.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
ANASARCAAn`a*sar"ca, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
ANASARCOUSAn`a*sar"cous, a.
Defn: Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.Wiseman.
ANASEISMICAn`a*seis"mic, a. [Cf. Gr. a shaking up and down.]
Defn: Moving up and down; — said of earthquake shocks.
ANASTALTICAn`a*stal"tic, a. & n. Etym: [Gr. fitted for checking, fr. (Med.)
Defn: Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.
ANASTATEAn"a*state, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; — opposed to katastate. Foster.
ANASTATICAn`a*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Note: In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.
ANASTIGMATICAn*as`tig*mat"ic, a. [Pref. an-not + astigmatic.] (Optics)
Defn: Not astigmatic; —said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.
ANASTOMOSEA*nas"to*mose, v. i. [imp. p. p. Anastomozed; p. pr. Anastomosing.]Etym: [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. &Bot.)
Defn: To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as thearteries and veins.The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.I. Taylor.
ANASTOMOSIS A*nas`to*mo"sis, n.; pl. Anastomoses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.)
Defn: The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
ANASTOMOTICA*nas`to*mot"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
ANASTROPHEA*nas"tro*phe, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet. & Gram.)
Defn: An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
ANATHEMAA*nath"e*ma, n.; pl. Anathemas. Etym: [L. anath, fr. Gr. anath, fr.Gr. Thesis.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. Anathema Maranatha Etym: (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."
ANATHEMATIC; ANATHEMATICALA*nath`e*mat"ic, A*nath`e*mat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.— A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
ANATHEMATISMA*nath"e*ma*tism, n. Etym: [Gr. anathématisme.]
Defn: Anathematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.
ANATHEMATIZATIONA*nath`e*ma*ti*za"tion, n. Etym: [LL. anathematisatio.]
Defn: The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.
ANATHEMATIZEA*nath"e*ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anathematized; p. pr. & vb. n.Anathematizing.] Etym: [L. anathematizare, Gr. anathématiser.]
Defn: To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.
ANATHEMATIZERA*nath"e*ma*ti`zer, n.
Defn: One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.
ANATIFAA*nat"i*fa, n.; pl. Anatifæ. Etym: [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. SeeAnatiferous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
Note: The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.
ANATIFERA*nat"i*fer,, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Anatifa.
ANATIFEROUSAn`a*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. anas, anatis, a duck + -ferous.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Producing ducks; — applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
ANATINEAn"a*tine, a. Etym: [L. anatinus, fr. anas, anatis, a duck.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
ANATOCISMA*nat"o*cism, n. Etym: [L. anatocismus, Gr. (Law)
Defn: Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier.
ANATOMIC; ANATOMICALAn`a*tom"ic, An`a*tom"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. anatomicus, Gr. anatomique.See Anatomy.]
Defn: Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.
ANATOMICALLYAn`a*tom"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
ANATOMISMA*nat"o*mism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anatomisme.]
1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.
2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
ANATOMISTA*nat"o*mist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anatomiste.]
Defn: One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
ANATOMIZATIONA*nat`o*mi*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of anatomizing.
ANATOMIZEA*nat"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized; p. pr. & vb. n.Anatomizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. anatomiser.]
1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume.
ANATOMIZERA*nat"o*mi`zer, n.
Defn: A dissector.
ANATOMYA*nat"o*my, n.; pl. Anatomies. Etym: [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr.
1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.
Note: "Animal anatomy" is sometimes called zomy; "vegetable anatomy," phytotomy; "human anatomy," anthropotomy. Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. Shak.
ANATREPTICAn`a*trep"tic, a. Etym: [overturning, fr.
Defn: Overthrowing; defeating; — applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Enfield.
ANATRON An"a*tron, n. Etym: [F. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, fr. Ar. al-natr. See Natron, Niter.] [Obs.]
1. Native carbonate of soda; natron.
2. Glass gall or sandiver.
3. Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.
ANATROPAL; ANATROPOUSA*nat"ro*pal, A*nat"ro*pous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; — opposed to orthotropous. Gray.
ANATTOA*nat"to, n.
Defn: Same as Annotto.
ANBURY; AMBURY An"bur*y, Am"bur*y, n. Etym: [AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit.]
1. (Far.)
Defn: A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; — called also fingers and toes.
ANCE *ance. Etym: [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
Defn: A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
Note: All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or - ence, according to the Latin spelling.
-ANCE -ance. [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
Defn: A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or -ence,according to the Latin spelling.
ANCESTOR An"ces*tor, n. Etym: [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. ancêtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3. (Law)
Defn: One from whom an estate has descended; — the correlative of heir.
ANCESTORIALAn`ces*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Ancestral. Grote.
ANCESTORIALLYAn`ces*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With regard to ancestors.
ANCESTRALAn*ces"tral, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
ANCESTRESSAn"ces*tress, n.
Defn: A female ancestor.
ANCESTRYAn"ces*try, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.
2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
ANCHOR An"chor, n. Etym: [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. angle: cf. F. ancre. See Angle, n.]
1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground.
Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also waist anchor. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping.
2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.
4. (Her.)
Defn: An emblem of hope.
5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; — a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
6. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. Anchor ice. See under Ice. — Anchor ring. (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). — Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. — The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. — Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. — The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. — The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. — The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. — The anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. — At anchor, anchored. — To back an anchor, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. — To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. — To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. — To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. — To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.
ANCHORAn"chor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anchored; p. pr. & vb. n. Anchoring.]Etym: [Cf. F. ancrer.]
1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.
ANCHORAn"chor, v. i.
1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
2. To stop; to fix or rest. My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. Shak.
ANCHORAn"chor, n. Etym: [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta.See Anchoret.]
Defn: An anchoret. [Obs.] Shak.
ANCHORABLEAn"chor*a*ble, a.
Defn: Fit for anchorage.
ANCHORAGEAn"chor*age, n.
1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
ANCHORAGEAn"cho*rage, n.
Defn: Abode of an anchoret.
ANCHORATEAn"chor*ate, a.
Defn: Anchor-shaped.
ANCHOREDAn"chored, a.
1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]
ANCHOR ESCAPEMENTAn"chor es*cape"ment. (Horol.)(a) The common recoil escapement.(b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin.
ANCHORESSAn"cho*ress, n.
Defn: A female anchoret.And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.
ANCHORET; ANCHORITEAn"cho*ret, An"cho*rite, n. Etym: [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr.Gr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]
Defn: One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
ANCHORETIC; ANCHORETICALAn`cho*ret"ic, An`cho*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
ANCHORETISHAn"cho*ret`ish, a.
Defn: Hermitlike.
ANCHORETISMAn"cho*ret*ism, n.
Defn: The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
ANCHOR-HOLDAn"chor-hold`, n.
1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
2. Hence: Firm hold: security.
ANCHORITEAn"cho*rite, n.
Defn: Same as Anchoret.
ANCHORITESSAn"cho*ri`tess, n.
Defn: An anchoress. [R.]
ANCHORLESSAn"chor*less, a.
Defn: Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
ANCHOR LIGHTAnchor light. (Naut.)
Defn: The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.
ANCHOR SHOTAnchor shot. (Billiards)
Defn: A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
ANCHOR SPACEAnchor space. (Billiards)
Defn: In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.
ANCHOR WATCHAnchor watch. (Naut.)
Defn: A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
ANCHOVYAn*cho"vy, n. Etym: [Sp. anchoa, anchova, or Pg. anchova, prob. ofIberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc. antzuadry: cf. D. anchovis, F. anchois.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
ANCHOVY PEARAn*cho"vy pear`. (Bot.)
Defn: A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
ANCHUSINAn"chu*sin, n. Etym: [L. anchusa the plant alkanet, Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
ANCHYLOSEAn"chy*lose, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Anchylosed; p. pr. & vb. n.Anchylosing.] Etym: [Cf. F. ankyloser.]
Defn: To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.
ANCHYLOSIS; ANKYLOSISAn`chy*lo"sis, An`ky*lo"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ankylose.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.Dunglison.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
ANCHYLOTICAn`chy*lot"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
ANCIENT An"cient, a. Etym: [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See Ante-, pref.]
1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; — opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days. Witness those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.
2. Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle. "Our ancient bickerings." Shak. Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy fathers have set. Prov. xxii. 28. An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. Scott.
3. Known for a long time, or from early times; — opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent. A friend, perhaps, or an ancient acquaintance. Barrow.
4. Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. [Archaic] He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. Holland.
5. Experienced; versed. [Obs.] Though [he] was the youngest brother, yet he was the most ancient in the business of the realm. Berners.
6. Former; sometime. [Obs.] They mourned their ancient leader lost. Pope. Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. — Ancient lights (Law), windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive right.
Syn. — Old; primitive; pristine; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. — Ancient, Antiquated, Obsolete, Antique, Antic, Old. — Ancient is opposed to modern, and has antiquity; as, an ancient family, ancient landmarks, ancient institutions, systems of thought, etc. Antiquated describes that which has gone out of use or fashion; as, antiquated furniture, antiquated laws, rules, etc. Obsolete is commonly used, instead of antiquated, in reference to language, customs, etc.; as, an obsolete word or phrase, an obsolete expression. Antique is applied, in present usage, either to that which has come down from the ancients; as, an antique cameo, bust, etc. ; or to that which is made to imitate some ancient work of art; as, an antique temple. In the days of Shakespeare, antique was often used for ancient; as, "an antique song," "an antique Roman;" and hence, from singularity often attached to what is ancient, it was used in the sense of grotesque; as, "an oak whose antique root peeps out; " and hence came our present word antic, denoting grotesque or ridiculous. We usually apply both ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never, the old stars, an old river or mountain. In general, however, ancient is opposed to modern, and old to new, fresh, or recent. When we speak of a thing that existed formerly, which has ceased to exist, we commonly use ancient; as, ancient republics, ancient heroes; and not old republics, old heroes. But when the thing which began or existed in former times is still in existence, we use either ancient or old; as, ancient statues or paintings, or old statues or paintings; ancient authors, or old authors, meaning books.
ANCIENTAn"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.
ANCIENTAn"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.
ANCIENTLYAn"cient*ly, adv.
1. In ancient times.
2. In an ancient manner. [R.]
ANCIENTNESSAn"cient*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
ANCIENTRYAn"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.
ANCIENTYAn"cient*y, n. Etym: [F. ancienneté, fr. ancien. See Ancient.]
1. Age; antiquity. [Obs.] Martin.
2. Seniority. [Obs.]
ANCILEAn*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.
ANCILLARYAn"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 ADMINISTRATIONAn"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.
ANCILLEAn*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.
ANCISTROIDAn*cis"troid, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Hook-shaped.
ANCLEAn"cle, n.
Defn: See Ankle.
ANCOMEAn"come, n. Etym: [AS. ancuman, oncuman, to come.]
Defn: A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.[Obs.] Boucher.
ANCONAn"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; ANCONEALAn"co*nal, An*co"ne*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.
ANCONEUSAn*co"ne*us, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. ancon elbow.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
ANCONOIDAn"co*noid, a.
Defn: Elbowlike; anconal.
ANCONYAn"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.
ANDALUSITEAn`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.
ANDANTEAn*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.
ANDANTINOAn`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.
ANDARACAn"da*rac, n. Etym: [A corruption of sandarac.]
Defn: Red orpiment. Coxe.
ANDEANAn*de"an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the Andes.
ANDESINEAn"des*ine, n. (Min.)
Defn: A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
ANDESITEAn"des*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
ANDINEAn"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.
ANDRANATOMYAn`dra*nat"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. andranatomie. See Anatomy, Androtomy.]
Defn: The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe.
ANDROCEPHALOUSAn`dro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. , , man + head.]
Defn: Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.
ANDRODIOECIOUS; ANDRODIECIOUSAn`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.
ANDROECIUMAn*droe"ci*um, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (bot.)
Defn: The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
ANDROGYNEAn"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; ANDROGYNISMAn*drog"y*ny, An*drog"y*nism, n.
Defn: Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
ANDROIDAn"droid, a.
Defn: Resembling a man.
ANDROID; ANDROIDESAn"droid, An*droi"des, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
ANDROMEDAAn*drom"e*da, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Astron.)
Defn: A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythicalAndromeda.
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; ANDROMEDAn"dro*mede, An"dro*med, n. (Astron.)
Defn: A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellationAndromeda, — 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.
ANDRONAn"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.
ANDROPETALOUSAn`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.
ANDROPHAGIAn*droph"a*gi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]
ANDROPHAGOUSAn*droph"a*gous, a.
Defn: Anthropophagous.
ANDROPHOREAn"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.
ANDROSPHINXAn"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.
ANDROSPOREAn"dro*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.
ANDROTOMOUSAn*drot"o*mous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
ANDROTOMYAn*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.
ANEARA*near", prep. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + near.]
Defn: Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.
ANEARA*near", v. t. & i.
Defn: To near; to approach. [Archaic]
ANEATHA*neath", prep. & adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.]
Defn: Beneath. [Scot.]
ANECDOTAGEAn"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.
ANECDOTALAn"ec*do`tal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
ANECDOTEAn"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; ANECDOTICALAn`ec*dot"ic, An`ec*dot"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes."Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.
ANECDOTISTAn"ec*do"tist, n.
Defn: One who relates or collects anecdotes.
ANELACEAn"e*lace, n.
Defn: Same as Anlace.
ANELEA*nele", v. t. Etym: [OE. anelien; an on + AS. ele oil, L. oleum. SeeOil, Anoil.]
1. To anoint. Shipley.
2. To give extreme unction to. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
ANELECTRICAn`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.
ANELECTRODEAn`e*lec"trode, n. Etym: [Gr. electrode.] (Elec.)
Defn: The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
ANELECTROTONUSAn`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.
ANEMOGRAMA*nem"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]
Defn: A record made by an anemograph.
ANEMOGRAPHA*nem"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.