Part 448

<note>&hand; The "<i>Anguill\'91formes</i>" of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.</note>

<h1>Anguine</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"guine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anguinus</ets>, fr. <ets>anguis</ets> snake.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.</def> "The <i>anguine</i> or snakelike reptiles."

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Anguineal</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*guin"e*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anguineous.</def>

<h1>Anguineous</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*guin"e*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anguineus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Snakelike.</def>

<h1>Anguish</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"guish</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>anguishe</ets>, <ets>anguise</ets>, <ets>angoise</ets>, F. <ets>angoisse</ets>, fr. L. <ets>angustia</ets> narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. <ets>angustus</ets> narrow, difficult, fr. <ets>angere</ets> to press together. See <er>Anger</er>.]</ety> <def>Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.</def>

<blockquote>But they hearkened not unto Moses for <b>anguish</b> of spirit, and for cruel bondage. <i>Ex. vi. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Anguish</b> as of her that bringeth forth her first child. <i>Jer. iv. 31.</i></blockquote>

<note>Rarely used in the plural: -

<blockquote>Ye miserable people, you must go to God in <b>anguishes</b>, and make your prayer to him. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote></note>

<syn>Syn. -- Agony; pang; torture; torment. See <er>Agony</er>.</syn>

<h1>Anguish</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"guish</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>angoisser</ets>, fr. L. <ets>angustiare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To distress with extreme pain or grief.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Temple.</i>

<h1>Angular</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>angularis</ets>, fr. <ets>angulus</ets> angle, corner. See <er>Angle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; <as>as, an <ex>angular</ex> figure</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Measured by an angle; <as>as, <ex>angular</ex> distance</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; <as>as, remarkably <ex>angular</ex> in his habits and appearance; an <ex>angular</ex> female.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Angular aperture</col>, <col>Angular distance</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Aperture</er>, <er>Distance</er>.</cd> -- <col>Angular motion</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Angular point</col>, <cd>the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex.</cd> -- <col>Angular velocity</col>, <cd>the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.</cd></cs>

<h1>Angular</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gu*lar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.</def>

<h1>Angularity</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An`gu*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being angular; angularness.</def>

<h1>Angularly</h1> <Xpage=57>