Part 431

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

<hw><hw>An"con</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An"cone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ancon</er>, above.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Gwilt</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.</def>

<h1>Anconal, Anconeal</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw><hw>An"co*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An*co"ne*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.</def> "The olecranon on <i>anconeal</i> process."

<i>Flower.</i>

<h1>Anconeus</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*co"ne*us</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ancon</ets> elbow.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle of the elbow and forearm.</def>

<h1>Anconoid</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"co*noid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Elbowlike; anconal.</def>

<h1>Ancony</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"co*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Origin unknown.]</ety> <fld>(Iron Work)</fld> <def>A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.</def>

<h1>-ancy</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>-an*cy</hw>. <ety>[L. -<ets>antia</ets>.-]</ety> <def>A suffix expressing more strongly than -<i>ance</i> the idea of quality or state; <as>as, const<ex>ancy</ex>, buoy<ex>ancy</ex>, inf<ex>ancy</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>And</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>And</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>and</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>endi</ets>, Icel. <ets>enda</ets>, OHG. <ets>anti</ets>, <ets>enti</ets>, <ets>inti</ets>, <ets>unti</ets>, G. <ets>und</ets>, D. <ets>en</ets>, OD. <ets>ende</ets>. Cf, <er>An</er> if, <er>Ante-</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<note>(a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women <i>and</i> 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 <i>and</i>; as, "the <i>tediousness and</i> process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair <i>and outward</i> character," that is, thy outwardly fair character,

<i>Schmidt's Shak. Lex.</i></note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival <i>to</i>, especially after <i>try</i>, <i>come</i>, <i>go</i>.</def>

<blockquote>At least to try <b>and</b> teach the erring soul. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.</def>

<blockquote>When that I was <b>and</b> a little tiny boy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>If; though. See <er>An</er>, <tt>conj.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>As they will set an house on fire, <b>and</b> it were but to roast their eggs. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>And so forth</col>, <cd>and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, <i>etc.<i> (<i>et cetera<i>), or <i>&c.<i>, is usually read <i>and so forth<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Andabatism</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"da*ba*tism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>andabata</ets> a kind of Roman gladiator, who fought hoodwinked.]</ety> <def>Doubt; uncertainty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>