Angelage An"gel·age noun Existence or state of angels.

Angelet An"gel·et noun [ Old French angelet .] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.

Angelhood An"gel·hood noun The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.

Angelic An·gel"ic adjective [ From Angelica .] (Chemistry) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.

Angelic acid , an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

Angelic, Angelical An·gel"ic, An·gel"ic·al adjective [ Latin angelicus , Greek ...: confer French angélique .] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. " Angelic harps." Thomson. " Angelical actions." Hooker.

The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience.
Macaulay.

Angelic Hymn , a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.

Angelica An·gel"i·ca noun [ New Latin See Angelic .] (Botany) 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 angelica.

Angelica tree , a thorny North American shrub ( Aralia spinosa ), called also Hercules' club .

Angelically An·gel"ic·al·ly adverb Like an angel.

Angelicalness An·gel"ic·al·ness noun The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

Angelify An·gel"i·fy transitive verb To make like an angel; to angelize. [ Obsolete] Farindon (1647).

Angelize An"gel·ize transitive verb 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.

Angellike An"gel·like` adjective & adverb Resembling an angel.

Angelolatry An`gel·ol"a·try noun [ Greek ... angel + ... service, worship.] Worship paid to angels.

Angelology An`gel·ol"o·gy noun [ Latin angelus , Greek ... + -logy .] 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.

Angelophany An`gel·oph"a·ny noun [ Greek ... angel + ... to appear.] The actual appearance of an angel to man.

Angelot An"ge·lot noun [ French angelot , Late Latin 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. [ Obsolete]

2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.

Angelus An"ge·lus noun [ Latin ] (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.

Anger An"ger (an"gẽr) noun [ Middle English anger , angre , affliction, anger, from Icelandic angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Danish anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, Anglo-Saxon ange oppressed, sad, Latin angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Greek 'a`gchein to strangle, Sanskrit a&mdot;has pain, and to English anguish , anxious , quinsy , and perhaps awe , ugly . The word seems to have orig. meant to choke , squeeze . √3.] 1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [ Obsolete]

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 hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Shak.

Syn. -- Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. -- 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 anger 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 anger. See Resentment . Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; 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.

Anger An"ger transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Angered ; present participle & verbal noun Angering .] [ Confer Icelandic angra .] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [ Obsolete]

He . . . angereth malign ulcers.
Bacon.

2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.

Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people.
Clarendon.

Angerly An"ger·ly adverb Angrily. [ Obsolete or Poetic]

Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly .
Shak.

Angevine An"ge·vine adjective [ French Angevin .] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- noun A native of Anjou.

Angienchyma An`gi·en"chy·ma noun [ Greek ... receptacle + .... Formed like Parenchyma .] (Botany) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.

Angina An·gi"na noun [ Latin , from angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger , noun ] (Medicine) 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.

Angina pectoris a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang , spasm of the chest .

Anginous, Anginose An"gi·nous, An"gi·nose` adjective (Medicine) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.

Angio- An"gi·o- (ăn"jĭ*o-). [ Greek 'aggei^on 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.

Angiocarpous An`gi·o·car"pous (ăn`jĭ*o*kär"pŭs) adjective [ Angio- + Greek karpo`s fruit.] (Botany) (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.

Angiography An`gi·og"ra·phy noun [ Angio- + -graphy : confer French angiographie .] (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angiology An`gi·ol"o·gy (-ŏl"o*jȳ) noun [ Angio- + -logy .] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angioma An`gi·o"ma (-ō"mȧ) noun [ Angio- + -oma .] (Medicine) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

Angioma An`gi·o"ma noun ; Latin plural -omata . [ New Latin ; angio- + -oma .] (Medicine) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood or lymph vessels. -- An`gi*om"a*tous adjective

Angiomonospermous An`gi·o·mon`o·sper"mous (ăn`jĭ*o*mŏn`o*spẽr"mŭs) adjective [ Angio- + monospermous .] (Botany) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Angioneurosis An`gi·o·neu·ro"sis noun [ New Latin ; angio- + neurosis .] (Medicine) Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. -- An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic adjective

Angiopathy An`gi·op"a·thy noun [ Angio- + Greek ... disease.] (Medicine) Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.

Angioscope An"gi·o·scope (ăn"jĭ*o*skōp) noun [ Angio- + -scope .] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

Angiosperm An"gi·o·sperm (-ăn"jĭ*o*spẽrm) noun [ Angio- + Greek ..., ..., seed.] (Botany) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

» 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 .

Angiospermatous An`gi·o·sper"ma·tous (ăn`jĭ*o*spẽr"mȧ*tŭs) adjective (Botany) Same as Angiospermous .

Angiospermous An`gi·o·sper"mous adjective (Botany) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Angiosporous An`gi·os"po·rous adjective [ Angio- + spore .] (Botany) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.

Angiostomous An`gi·os"to·mous adjective [ Angio- + Greek ... mouth.] (Zoology) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Angiotomy An`gi·ot"o·my noun [ Angio- + Greek ... a cutting.] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.

Angle An"gle (ăn"g'l) noun [ French angle , Latin angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Greek 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, Anglo-Saxon angel hook, fish-hook, German angel , and French anchor .] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; 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 "houses." [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

5. [ Anglo-Saxon 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 90°. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles , such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Alternate angles . See Alternate . -- Angle bar . (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Machinery) Same as Angle iron . -- Angle bead (Architecture) , a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. -- 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. -- Angle iron (Machinery) , 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. -- Angle leaf (Architecture) , a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Angle meter , an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Angle shaft (Architecture) , an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. -- Curvilineal angle , one formed by two curved lines. -- External angles , angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. -- Facial angle . See under Facial . -- Internal angles , those which are within any right- lined figure. -- Mixtilineal angle , one formed by a right line with a curved line. -- Oblique angle , one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle . -- Obtuse angle , one greater than a right angle, or more than 90°. -- Optic angle . See under Optic . -- Rectilineal or Right-lined angle , one formed by two right lines. -- Right angle , one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90° (measured by a quarter circle). -- Solid angle , the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. -- 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. -- 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. -- For Angles of commutation , draught , incidence , reflection , refraction , position , repose , fraction , see Commutation , Draught , Incidence , Reflection , Refraction , etc.

Angle An"gle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Angled ; present participle & verbal noun 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.

Angle An"gle transitive verb To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [ Obsolete] "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.

Angle of entry An"gle of en"try (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.

Angle of incidence Angle of incidence (Aëronautics) The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.

Angled An"gled adjective Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled , many- angled , etc.

The thrice three- angled beechnut shell.
Bp. Hall.

Anglemeter An"gle·me`ter noun [ Angle + - meter .] An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

Angler An"gler noun 1. One who angles.

2. (Zoology) 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.

Angles An"gles noun plural [ Latin Angli . See Anglican .] (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.

Anglesite An"gle·site noun [ From the Isle of Anglesea .] (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

Anglewise An"gle·wise` adverb [ Angle + wise , Middle English wise manner.] In an angular manner; angularly.

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