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An*go"ra (n*g"r), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

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 Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

An`gos*tu"ra bark` (ä`gs*t"r bärk`). [From Angostura, in Venezuela.] An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

||An`gou`mois" 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.

An"gri*ly (&?;), adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

An"gri*ness, n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.

Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.

An"gry (&?;), a. [Compar. Angrier (&?;); superl. Angriest.] [See Anger.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]

God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.

2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.

3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.

Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5.

Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? Eccles. v. 6.

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.

5. Red. [R.]

Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Herbert.

6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]

I never ate with angrier appetite. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.

An"gui*form (&?;), a. [L. angius snake + -form.] Snake-shaped.

An*guil"li*form (&?;), a. [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form.] Eel- shaped.

The "Anguillæformes" of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.

An"guine (&?;), a. [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

An*guin"e*al (&?;), a. Anguineous.

An*guin"e*ous (&?;), a. [L. anguineus.] Snakelike.

An"guish (&?;), n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9.

Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.