<hw>A*nor"thic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Anorthite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Having unequal oblique axes; <as>as, <ex>anorthic</ex> crystals</as>.</def>
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<hw>A*nor"thite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ straight (<?/ sc. <?/ right angle); not in a right angle.]</ety> <def>A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See <er>Feldspar</er>.</def>
<h1>Anorthoscope</h1> <Xpage=61>
<hw>A*nor"tho*scope</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ straight + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.</def>
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<hw>A*nos"mi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ smell.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Loss of the sense of smell.</def>
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<hw>An*oth"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>pron. & a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>An</ets> a, one + <ets>other</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.</def>
<blockquote><b>Another</b> yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Would serve to scale <b>another</b> Hero's tower. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not the same; different.</def>
<blockquote>He winks, and turns his lips <b>another</b> way. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.</def>
<blockquote>Let <b>another</b> man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. <i>Prov. xxvii. 2.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>While I am coming, <b>another</b> steppeth down before me. <i>John v. 7.</i></blockquote>
<note>&hand; As a pronoun <i>another</i> may have a possessive <i>another's</i>, pl. <i>others</i>, poss. pl. <i>other'</i>. It is much used in opposition to <i>one</i>; as, one went one way, <i>another another</i>. It is also used with <i>one</i>, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love <i>one another</i>," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in <i>one another's</i> arms."</note>
<i>Milton.</i>
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<hw>An*oth"er-gaines`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>another</ets>-<ets>gates</ets>.]</ety> Of another kind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>
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<hw>An*oth"er-gates`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Another</ets> + <ets>gate</ets>, or <ets>gait</ets>, way. Cf. <er>Algates</er>.]</ety> <def>Of another sort.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Another-gates</i> adventure."
<i>Hudibras.</i>
<h1>Another-guess</h1> <Xpage=61>
<hw>An*oth"er-guess</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>another</ets>-<ets>gates</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of another sort.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>
<blockquote>It used to go in <b>another-guess</b> manner. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>
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