<h1>Anoil</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*noil"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>enoilier</ets>.]</ety> <def>The anoint with oil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Holinshed.</i>
<h1>Anoint</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*noint"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Anointed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Anointing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>enoint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>enoindre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>inungere</ets>; <ets>in + ungere</ets>, <ets>unguere</ets>, to smear, anoint. See <er>Ointment</er>, <er>Unguent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.</def>
<blockquote>And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs <b>anoint</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>He <b>anointed</b> the eyes of the blind man with the clay. <i>John ix. 6.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.</def>
<blockquote>Then shalt thou take the <b>anointing</b> oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and <b>anoint</b> him. <i>Exod. xxix. 7.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>Anoint</b> Hazael to be king over Syria. <i>1 Kings xix. 15.</i></blockquote>
<cs><col>The Lord's Anointed</col>, <cd>Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right."</cd></cs>
<i>1 Sam. xxvi. 9.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Anoint</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*noint"</hw>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Anointed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Anointer</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*noint"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who anoints.</def>
<h1>Anointment</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*noint"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.</def>
<i>Milton.</i>
<h1>Anolis</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*no"lis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[In the Antilles, <ets>anoli</ets>, <ets>anoalli</ets>, a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards which belong to the family <spn>Iguanid\'91</spn>. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called <i>chameleons</i>.</def>
<h1>Anomal</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*nom"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything anomalous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Anomaliped, Anomalipede</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw><hw>A*nom"a*li*ped</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>(#), <hw>A*nom"a*li*pede</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anomalus</ets> irregular + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot.]</ety> <def>Having anomalous feet.</def>
<h1>Anomaliped</h1> <Xpage=60>
<hw>A*nom"a*li*ped</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.</def>
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