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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Old age; also, old people.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wronging the <b>ancientry</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.</def>

<blockquote>A gentleman of more <b>ancientry</b> than estate. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ancienty</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"cient*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>anciennet\'82</ets>, fr. <ets>ancien</ets>. See <er>Ancient</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Age; antiquity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Martin.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Seniority.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ancile</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*ci"le</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.</def>

<h1>Ancillary</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"cil*la*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ancillaris</ets>, fr. <ets>ancilla</ets> a female servant.]</ety> <def>Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.</def>

<blockquote>The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even <b>ancillary</b>, to the greater province. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ancille</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*cille"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ancelle</ets>, L. <ets>ancilla</ets>.]</ety> <def>A maidservant; a handmaid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ancipital, Ancipitous</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw><hw>An*cip"i*tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An*cip"i*tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anceps</ets>, <ets>ancipitis</ets>, two-headed, double; <ets>an-</ets> for <ets>amb-</ets> on both sides + <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.</def>

<h1>Ancistroid</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*cis"troid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a hook + <?/ shape.]</ety> <def>Hook-shaped.</def>

<h1>Ancle</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"cle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ankle</er>.</def>

<h1>Ancome</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"come</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ancuman</ets>, <ets>oncuman</ets>, to come.]</ety> <def>A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boucher.</i>

<h1>Ancon</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"con</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; L. <plu>pl. <plw>Ancones</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ the bent arm, elbow; any hook or bend.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The olecranon, or the elbow.</def>

<cs><col>Ancon sheep</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the <altname>otter breed</altname>.</cd></cs>