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Angle (ăṉg'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agkylos bent, crooked, angular, 'agkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
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Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser.
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To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.
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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.
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3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
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Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.
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4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological “houses.” [Obs.] Chaucer.
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5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
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Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak.
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A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope.
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Coloq. Acute angle , one less than a right angle, or less than 90°. -- Coloq. Adjacent or Coloq. Contiguous angles , such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Coloq. Alternate angles . See . -- Coloq. 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 . -- Coloq. Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. -- Coloq. Angle brace , Coloq. Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Coloq. Angle meter , an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Coloq. Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. -- Coloq. Curvilineal angle , one formed by two curved lines. -- Coloq. External angles , angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. -- Coloq. Facial angle . See under . -- Coloq. Internal angles , those which are within any right-lined figure. -- Coloq. Mixtilineal angle , one formed by a right line with a curved line. -- Coloq. Oblique angle , one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. -- Coloq. Obtuse angle , one greater than a right angle, or more than 90°. -- Coloq. Optic angle . See under . -- Coloq. Rectilineal or Coloq. Right-lined angle , one formed by two right lines. -- Coloq. Right angle , one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90° (measured by a quarter circle). -- Coloq. Solid angle , the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. For Angles of commutation , Coloq. draught , Coloq. incidence , Coloq. reflection , Coloq. refraction , Coloq. position , Coloq. repose , Coloq. fraction , see , , , , , etc.
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Angle (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Angling (�).] 1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
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2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
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The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shak.
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Angle, v. t. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] “He angled the people's hearts.” Sir P. Sidney.
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Angled (�), a. Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
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The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.
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angledozer n. 1. a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side.
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Anglemeter (�), n. [Angle + -meter.] An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
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Angle of entry. (Aëronautics) The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.
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Angle of incidence. (Aëronautics) The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.
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angle-park v. t. & i. 1. to park (a road vehicle) at an angle to the curb; -- contrasted with parallel-park.
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Angler (�), n. 1. One who angles.
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2. (Zoöl.) 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.
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Angles (�), n. pl. [L. Angli. See .] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (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.
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Anglesite (�), n. [From the Isle of Anglesea.] (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
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Anglewise (�), adv. [Angle + wise, OE. wise manner.] In an angular manner; angularly.
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Angleworm (�), n. (Zoöl.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See .
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Anglian (�), a. Of or pertaining to the Angles. -- n. One of the Angles.
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Anglic (�), a. Anglian.
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Anglican (�), a. [Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf. .] 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.
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2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
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Anglican (�), n. 1. A member of the Church of England.
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Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists. Burke.
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2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
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Anglicanism (�), n. 1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
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2. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
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3. Attachment to England or English institutions.
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Anglice (�), adv. [NL.] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
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Anglicify (�), v. t. [NL. Anglicus English + .] To anglicize. [R.]
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Anglicism (�), n. [Cf. F. anglicisme.] 1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden.
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2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
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Anglicity (�), n. The state or quality of being English.
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Anglicization (�), n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
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Anglicize (�), 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.
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Anglify (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglified (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anglifying.] [L. Angli + -fly.] To convert into English; to anglicize. Franklin. Darwin.
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Angling (�), n. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton.
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Anglo- (�) [NL. Anglus English. See .] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish.
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Coloq. Anglo-Danish , a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.
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Anglo-American a. Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America.
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Anglo-American n. an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English.
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Anglo-Catholic, a., Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
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Anglo-Catholic, n. A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
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Anglo-Catholicism (?), n. The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.
Syn. -- High Anglicanism
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Anglo-French n. 1. 1 the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
Syn. -- Anglo-Norman
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Anglo-Indian adj. 1. relating to British India or the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages.
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Anglo-Indian n. 1. a person of English citizenship born or living in India.
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2. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies.
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Anglo-Jewish adj. 1. of English-speaking jews and their culture Anglo-Jewish papers
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Anglomania (�), n. [Anglo'cf + mania.] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
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Anglomaniac, n. One affected with Anglomania.
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Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England.
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Anglo-Norman, n. 1. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.
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2. the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
Syn. -- Anglo-French
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anglophile n. 1. 1 an admirer of England and things English.
Syn. -- anglophil
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Anglophilia n. 1. exaggerated admiration for England and English customs.
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anglophilic adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anglophilia.
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Anglophobe n. 1. a person who hates England and everything English.
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Anglophobia (�), n. [Anglo- + Gr. � fear.] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- Anglophobe (�), n.
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Anglo-Saxon adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland.
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Anglo-Saxon (�), n. [L. Angli-Saxones 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 “Old”) Saxon.
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2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
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It is quite correct to call Æthelstan “King of the Anglo-Saxons,” but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan “an Anglo-Saxon” is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.
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3. The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See .
Syn. -- Old English
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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.
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5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'; this Anglo-Saxon view of things.
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Anglo-Saxondom (�), n. The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
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Anglo-Saxonism (�), n. 1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold.
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2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
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Angola (�), n. [A corruption of Angora.] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
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Angola pea (�). (Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
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Angolese n. 1. a member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola.
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Angor (ăṉgŏr), n. [L. See .] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
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Angora (ăngōrȧ), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
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Coloq. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See . -- Coloq. Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.
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Angostura, Angostura bark (äṉgŏst�rȧ bärk). [From Angostura, in Venezuela.] A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or Galipea officinalis). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines, liqueurs and bitters. U. S. Disp.
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Angoumois moth (?; 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zoöl.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
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Angraecum n. 1. a genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
Syn. -- genus Angrecum, genus Angraecum.
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angrecum n. 1. any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.
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Angrily (�), adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
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Angriness, n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
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Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.
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Angry (�), a. [Compar. Angrier (�); superl. Angriest.] [See .] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]
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God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.
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2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
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3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
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Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5.
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Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? Eccles. v. 6.
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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. “An angry countenance.” Prov. xxv. 23.
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5. Red. [R.]
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Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Herbert.
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6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]
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I never ate with angrier appetite. Tennyson.
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Syn. -- Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.
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Anguidae n. a family comprising the alligator lizards.
Syn. -- family Anguidae.
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Anguiform (�), a. [L. angius snake + -form.] Snake-shaped.
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Anguilla n. 1. a British colony, comprising an island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico, with a total area of 91 sq km. Its population in 1996 was estimated at 10,424. The official language is English.
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2. 1 the type genus of the Anguillidae: eels.
Syn. -- genus Anguilla.
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Anguillan n. 1. a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies.
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Anguillan adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anguilla; as, Anguillan sea food specialties.
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2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anguillans or Anguilla; as, The Anguillan population of the islands.
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Anguillidae n. a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
Syn. -- family Anguillidae.
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Anguilliform (�), a. [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form.] Eel-shaped.
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☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.
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Anguilliformes n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes.
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Anguine (�), a. [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. “The anguine or snakelike reptiles.” Owen.
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Anguineal (�), a. Anguineous.
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Anguineous (�), a. [L. anguineus.] Snakelike.
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Anguish (�), n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See .] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
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But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9.
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Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.
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Rarely used in the plural: --

Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer.
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Syn. -- Agony; pang; torture; torment. See .
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Anguish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.
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anguished adj. [p. p. from .] suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
Syn. -- suffering, tormented
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Angular (�), a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See .] 1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
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2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
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3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
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Coloq. Angular aperture , Coloq. Angular distance . See , . -- Coloq. Angular 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. -- Coloq. Angular point , the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. -- Coloq. Angular velocity , the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.
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Angular, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
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Angularity (�), n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
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Angularly (�), adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.
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Angularness, n. The quality of being angular.
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{ Angulate (�), Angulated (�), } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
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Angulate (�), v. t. To make angular.
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Angulation (�), n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.
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Angulo-dentate (�), a.. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
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Angulometer (�), n. [L. angulus angle + -meter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.
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Angulose (�), a. Angulous. [R.]
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Angulosity (�), n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
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Angulous (�), a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]
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Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.
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Angust (�), a. [L. angustus. See .] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
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Angustate (�), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.
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Angustation (�), n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.
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