Part 434

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.</def>

<h1>Androsphinx</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"dro*sphinx</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, man + <?/ sphinx.]</ety> <fld>(Egypt. Art.)</fld> <def>A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.</def>

<h1>Androspore</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"dro*spore</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a man + <?/ a seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A spore of some alg\'91, which has male functions.</def>

<h1>Androtomous</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*drot"o*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.</def>

<h1>Androtomy</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An*drot"o*my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, man + <?/ a cutting. Cf. <er>Anatomy</er>.]</ety> <def>Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from <i>zo\'94tomy</i>; anthropotomy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>androus</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>*an"drous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a man.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; <as>as, mon<ex>androus</ex>, with one stamen; poly<ex>androus</ex>, with many stamens.</as></def>

<h1>Anear</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>A*near"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>prep. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>near</ets>.]</ety> <def>Near.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "It did not come <i>anear</i>."

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<blockquote>The measure of misery <b>anear</b> us. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anear</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>A*near"</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To near; to approach.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Aneath</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>A*neath"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>prep. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>neath</ets> for <ets>beneath</ets>.]</ety> <def>Beneath.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Anecdotage</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"ec*do`tage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.</def>

<blockquote>All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon <b>anecdotage</b>, must be a tissue of lies. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anecdotal</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"ec*do`tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; <as>as, <ex>anecdotal</ex> conversation</as>.</def>

<h1>Anecdote</h1> <Xpage=55>

<hw>An"ec*dote</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>anecdote</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ not published; <?/ priv. + <?/ given out, <?/ to give out, to publish; <?/ out + <?/ to give. See <er>Dose</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Unpublished narratives.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.</def>