Part 451

<hw>An*hin"ga</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An aquatic bird of the southern United States <spn>(Platus anhinga)</spn>; the darter, or snakebird.</def>

<h1>Anhistous</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*his"tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ web, tissue: cf. F. <ets>anhiste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Without definite structure; <as>as, an <ex>anhistous</ex> membrane</as>.</def>

<h1>Anhungered</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*hun"gered</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ahungered; longing.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Anhydride</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*hy"dride</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Anhydrous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.</def>

<h1>Anhydrite</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*hy"drite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Anhydrous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).</def>

<h1>Anhydrous</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*hy"drous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wanting water; <?/ priv. + <?/ water.]</ety> <def>Destitute of water; <as>as, <ex>anhydrous</ex> salts or acids</as>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Ani or Ano</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>A"ni</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> or <hw>A"no</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida <spn>(Crotophaga ani)</spn>, allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.</def>

<mhw><h1>Anicut, Annicut</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"i*cut</hw>, <hw>An"ni*cut</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Tamil <ets>anai kattu</ets> dam building.]</ety> <def>A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Anidimatical</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*id`i*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + E. <ets>idiomatical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not idiomatic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Landor.</i>

<h1>Anient, Anientise</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw><hw>An"i*ent</hw>, <hw>An`i*en"tise</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>anientir</ets>, F. <ets>an\'82antir</ets>.]</ety> <def>To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Anigh</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>A*nigh"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>prep. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>nigh</ets>.]</ety> <def>Nigh.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Anight, Anights</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw><hw>A*night"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*nights"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>on niht</ets>.] <def> In the night time; at night.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Does he hawk <b>anights</b> still? <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anil</h1> <Xpage=58>