Ancientry An"cient·ry noun 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.

Ancienty An"cient·y noun [ French ancienneté , from ancien . See Ancient .] 1. Age; antiquity. [ Obsolete] Martin.

2. Seniority. [ Obsolete]

Ancile An·ci"le noun [ Latin ] (Rom. Antiq.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Ancillary An"cil·la·ry adjective [ Latin ancillaris , from ancilla a female servant.] 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 administration An"cil·la·ry ad·min`is·tra"tion (Law) An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

Ancille An·cille" noun [ Old French ancelle , Latin ancilla .] A maidservant; a handmaid. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Ancipital, Ancipitous An·cip"i·tal, An·cip"i·tous adjective [ Latin anceps , ancipitis , two-headed, double; an- for amb- on both sides + caput head.] (Botany) Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Ancistroid An·cis"troid adjective [ Greek ...; ... a hook + ... shape.] Hook-shaped.

Ancle An"cle noun See Ankle .

Ancome An"come (ăn"kŭm) noun [ Anglo-Saxon ancuman , oncuman , to come.] A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [ Obsolete] Boucher.

Ancon An"con (ăn"kŏm) noun ; Latin plural Ancones [ Latin , from Greek 'agkw`n the bent arm, elbow; any hook or bend.] (Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow.

Ancon sheep (Zoology) , 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 noun [ See Ancon , above.] (Architecture) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [ Obsolete] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

Anconal, Anconeal An"co·nal, An·co"ne·al adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

Anconeus An·co"ne·us noun [ New Latin , from Latin ancon elbow.] (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Anconoid An"co·noid adjective Elbowlike; anconal.

Ancony An"co·ny noun [ Origin unknown.] (Iron Work) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

And And conj. [ Anglo-Saxon and ; akin to Old Saxon endi , Icelandic enda , Old High German anti , enti , inti , unti , German und , Dutch 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.

(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. [ Obsolete] 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 noun [ Latin andabata a kind of Roman gladiator, who fought hoodwinked.] Doubt; uncertainty. [ Obsolete] Shelford.

Andalusite An`da·lu"site noun (Min.) 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.

Andante An·dan"te adjective [ Italian andante , present participle of andare to go.] (Mus.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- noun A movement or piece in andante time.

Andantino An`dan·ti"no adjective [ Italian , dim. of andante .] (Mus.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

» Some, taking andante in its original sense of "going," and andantino as its diminutive, or "less going," define the latter as slower than andante .

Andarac An"da·rac noun [ A corruption of sandarac .] Red orpiment. Coxe.

Andean An·de"an adjective Pertaining to the Andes.

Andesine An"des·ine noun (Min.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes .

Andesite An"des·ite noun (Min.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

Andine An"dine adjective Andean; as, Andine flora.

Andiron And"i`ron noun [ Middle English anderne , aunderne , aundyre , Old French andier , French landier , from Late Latin andena , andela , anderia , of unknown origin. The Eng. was probably confused with brand-iron , Anglo-Saxon brand- īsen .] A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons .

Andrœcium An·drœ"ci·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... house.] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

Andranatomy An`dra·nat"o·my noun [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ...: confer French andranatomie . See Anatomy , Androtomy .] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe.

Androcephalous An`dro·ceph"a·lous adjective [ Greek ..., ..., man + ... head.] Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.

Androdiœcious, -diecious An`dro·di·œ"cious, -di·e"cious adjective [ Greek ..., ..., man + English diœcious .] (Botany) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*œ"cism , -di*e"cism noun

Androgyne An"dro·gyne noun 1. An hermaphrodite.

2. (Botany) An androgynous plant. Whewell.

Androgynous, Androgynal An·drog"y·nous, An·drog"y·nal adjective [ Latin androgynus , Greek ...; 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + gynh` woman: confer French 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. (Botany) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Androgyny, Androgynism An·drog"y·ny, An·drog"y·nism noun Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Android An"droid (ăn"droid), An*droi"des (ăn*droi"dēz) noun [ Greek 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + e'i^dos form.] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Android An"droid adjective Resembling a man.

Andromeda An·drom"e·da noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

Andromede, Andromed An"dro·mede, An"dro·med noun (Astron.) A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- 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.

Andron An"dron noun [ Latin andron , Greek ..., from 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Andropetalous An`dro·pet"al·ous adjective [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... leaf.] (Botany) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

Androphagi An·droph"a·gi noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ...; 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [ R.]

Androphagous An·droph"a·gous adjective Anthropophagous.

Androphore An"dro·phore noun [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... to bear.] 1. (Botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.

2. (Zoology) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

Andropogon An`dro·po"gon noun [ New Latin ; Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + pw`gwn the beard.] (Botany) 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. schœnanthus , yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

Androsphinx An"dro·sphinx noun [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Androspore An"dro·spore noun [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , a man + ... a seed.] (Botany) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.

Androtomous An·drot"o·mous adjective (Botany) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

Androtomy An·drot"o·my noun [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , man + ... a cutting. Confer Anatomy .] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy ; anthropotomy. [ R.]

androus ·an"drous [ Greek 'anh`r , 'andro`s , a man.] (Botany) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, mon androus , with one stamen; poly androus , with many stamens.

Anear A·near" preposition & adverb [ Prefix a- + near .] Near. [ R.] "It did not come anear ." Coleridge.

The measure of misery anear us.
I. Taylor.

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