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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.

Syn. -- Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.

An"guish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.

An"gu*lar (&?;), a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.] 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.

2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.

3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. -- 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. -- Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. -- Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.

An"gu*lar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

An`gu*lar"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

An"gu*lar*ly (&?;), adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.

An"gu*lar*ness, n. The quality of being angular.

{ An"gu*late (&?;), An"gu*la`ted (&?;), } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

An"gu*late (&?;), v. t. To make angular.

An`gu*la"tion (&?;), n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.

An"gu*lo-den"tate(&?;), a.. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

An"gu*lom"e*ter (&?;), n. [L. angulus angle + -meter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.

An"gu*lose` (&?;), a. Angulous. [R.]

An`gu*los"i*ty (&?;), n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]

An"gu*lous (&?;), a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]

Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

An*gust" (&?;), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

An*gus"tate (&?;), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.

An`gus*ta"tion (&?;), n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

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{ An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate (n*gs`t*f"l*t), An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous (n*gs`t*f"l*s), } a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.

An`gus*tu"ra bark` (&?;). See Angostura bark.