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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-noint'er, n. p. 55One who anoints.A-noint'ment, n. p. 55The act of anointing, or state of being anointed. Milton.A-nō'lis, n. p. 55A genus of reptiles which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They appear to take the place in the New World of the chameleon in the Old. Baird.Ăn'o-mal, n. p. 55(Gram.) An anomalous word. [R.]A-nŏm'a-lĭsm, n. p. 55An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Wilkins.A-nŏm/a-list'ic or A-nŏm/a-list'ic-al, a. p. 55Irregular; departing from common or established rules. 2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet…A-nòm'a-lĭst'ic-al-ly, ad. p. 55With irregularity.A-nŏm'a-lite, n. p. 55An irregular mineral.A-nŏm'a-loŭs, a. p. 55Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular. The afflicting and anomalous illness which brought him to his grave. De Quincey. Anomalous chords (Mus.), such as contain…A-nŏm'a-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 55In an anomalous manner.A-nŏm'a-ly, n. p. 55Deviation from the common rule; irregularity; thus oxen, the plural of ox, is an anomaly in grammar, as the regular plural would be oxes. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various…A-nō'mi-a, n. p. 55(Conch.) A genus of bivalve shells, so called from their unequal valves; the beaked cockle. Owen.An'o-moe'an, n. p. 55(Eccl. Hist.) One of the pure Arians, as distinguished from the Semi-Arians. They held the Son to be unlike the Father in his essential nature. Encyc. Brit.A-nŏm'/o-rhŏm'/boid, n. p. 55(Min.) An irregular crystal or spar.Ăn'o-mou'ral, a. p. 55Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomoural crustaceans, a group between the crabs and the shrimps. Dana.Ăn'ō-my, n. p. 55A violation of law. [Obs.] Bramhall.A-nŏn', adv. p. 55Quickly; in a short time; soon; immediately. The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20. 2. At another time; again. Shak. And then, anon, drums in his ear.…A-nō'na, n. p. 55(Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the nat. ord. Anonaceæ, including the sour-sop. Eng. Cyc.Ăn'on-ym'i-ty, n. p. 55The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness. [Rare.] “He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity.” Carlyle.A-nŏn'y-mŏŭs, a. p. 55Wanting a name; without the real name of the author; nameless; as, an anonymous pamphlet.A-nŏn'y-mōŭs-ness, n. p. 55The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge.A-nŏn'y-mōŭs-ly, adv. p. 55In an anonymous manner; without a name.Ăn'o-phyte, n. p. 55(Bot.) A moss. See CRYPTOGAM. Gray.Ăn'op-lo-thē'ri-ŭm, n. p. 55(Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Pachydermata, whose bones were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth…An-ŏp'si-ă or An'ŏp-sy, n. p. 56(Anat.) Want of sight; a case of monstruosity in which the eye and orbit are wanting. Dunglison.An'o-rĕx'y, n. p. 56(Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Coxe.A-nôr'mal, a. p. 56Not according to rule; abnormal.A-nôr'thie, a. p. 56(Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic or triclinic crystals.A-nôr’thite, n. p. 56A species of mineral of the feldspar family, occurring in small glassy crystals.A-nôr'/tho-scōpe, n. p. 56An instrument for producing a peculiar kind of optical illusion by means of two disks rotating rapidly opposite to each other. The posterior one is transparent, and has certain distorted figures…A-nŏs'mi-ă, n. p. 56(Med.) A loss of the sense of smell. Dunglison.An-ôth'er, a. p. 56Not the same; different. He winked, and turned his lips another way. Shak. 2. One more, in addition to a former number. Another yet?—a seventh? I'll see no more. Shak. 3. Any other; any different…An-ôth'er-găines, a. p. 56Of another kind. [Obs.] Sidney.An-ôth’er-gātes, a. p. 56Of another sort. [Obs.] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras.An-ôth'er-guēss, a. p. 56Of a different kind; different. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. Burke uses the word another-guess, in which expression are both vulgarity and ignorance. The real term is…A-nŏt'tă, n. p. 56See ANNOTTO.An-ou'roŭs, a. p. 56(Zoöl.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs among Batrachians. Carpenter.An'sā-ted, a. p. 56Having a handle or handles, or something in the form of handles. Johnson.An'ser, n. p. 56(Ornith.) A Linnæan order of natatorial birds swimming by means of web-feet, as the duck, or of lobe-feet, as the grebe. In this order are included the families Alcidæ, Anatidae, Colymbidæ, Loridæ…An'ser-ā'ted, a. p. 56(Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, &c.; as, an anserated cross.An'ser-ine, a. p. 56Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose; as, an anserine skin.Ăn'slāight, n. p. 56An attack; an affray. [Obs.] I do remember yet that anslaight; thou wast beaten, And fled'st before the butler. Beaum. & Fl.Ăn'swer, v. t. p. 56To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the…An'swer, v. i. p. 56To speak or write by way of return, or in reply; to make response. There was no voice, nor any that answered. I Kings xviii. 26. 2. To make a satisfactory response or return; hence, to render…Ăn'swer, n. p. 56Something said or written in return to a call, a question, an argument, an allegation, an address, or the like. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer.…An'swer-a-ble, a. p. 56Capable of being answered; admitting an answer; — usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson. 2. Obliged to answer; liable to be…An'swer-a-ble-ness, n. p. 56The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.An'swer-a-bly, adv. p. 56In an answerable manner; in due proportion, correspondence, or conformity; suitably.An'swer-er, n. p. 56One who answers.An'swer-less, a. p. 56Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.Ăn’t p. 56A contraction of an it, that is, if it. See An. [Obs.]An't p. 56A colloquial contraction of am not or are not; as in the phrases I an't, we an't, you an't, &c. He an't follows either the analogy of the others, or is a corruption of he is not.Ant- or An'ti- p. 56A prefix in many words, meaning against, or opposed to.Ant, n. p. 56(Entom.) An emmet; a pismire; a species of hymenopterous insects of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera. ☞ Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working…An'tā, n. p. 56(Arch.) A species of pilaster used by the Greeks and Romans to terminate the side walls of temples. Ox. Gloss. In antis, having columns between antae, as in certain porticos.Ant-ăc'id (-ăs'id), n. p. 56(Med.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.Ant-ăç'id, a. p. 56Counteractive of acidity.Ant-ăc'rid, n. p. 56That which corrects acrimony.An-tăg'o-nīsm, n. p. 56Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. Good.An-tăg'ō-nīst, n. p. 56One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent; a competitor. “Our antagonists in these controversies.” Hooker. Antagonist of heaven’s Almighty King. Milton. 2.…