ANBURY
AN'BURY, noun A disease in turneps, or an injury occasioned by a fly.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ANCE
'ANCE, noun Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing.
ANCESTOR
AN'CESTOR, noun [Latin antecessor, of ante, before, and cedo, to go.]One from whom a person descends, either by the father or mother, at any distance of time, in the tenth or hu...
ANCESTRAL
AN'CESTRAL, adjective Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
ANCESTRY
AN'CESTRY, noun A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence, birth or honorable descent.
ANCHILOPS
AN'CHILOPS, noun [Gr. a goat and an eye.]The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; an incipient fistula lachrymalis.
ANCHOR
AN'CHOR, noun [Latin anchora; Gr.]1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water. It is a strong shank, with a ring at one end, to which a cable may b...
ANCHOR-GROUND
AN'CHOR-GROUND, noun Ground suitable for anchoring.
ANCHOR-HOLD
AN'CHOR-HOLD, noun The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.
ANCHOR-SMITH
AN'CHOR-SMITH, noun The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to make anchors.
ANCHORABLE
AN'CHORABLE, adjective Fit for anchorage. [Not used.]
ANCHORAGE
AN'CHORAGE, noun1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too rocky, nor the water too deep nor too shallow.2. The hold of a ship at anchor, or ...
ANCHORED
AN'CHORED, participle passive Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in safety.
ANCHORESS
AN'CHORESS, noun A female anchoret.
ANCHORET
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, noun [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]
ANCHORING
AN'CHORING, participle present tense Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor.
ANCHORITE
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, noun [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, t...
ANCHOVY
ANCHO'VY,AN'CHOVY, noun A small fish, about three inches in length, of the genus Clupea, found and caught, in vast numbers, in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. It...
ANCHOVY-PEAR
ANCHO'VY-PEAR, noun A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large, contains a stone, and is esculent.
ANCIENT
AN'CIENT, adjective Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient The pronunciation of the first vowel ought to accord with that is antiquity, anger, anchor, etc. [Lt. ante, anti...
ANCIENTLY
AN'CIENTLY, adverb In old times; in times long since past; as Rome was anciently more populous than at present.
ANCIENTNESS
AN'CIENTNESS, noun The state of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
ANCIENTRY
AN'CIENTRY, noun Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient lineage.
ANCIENTY
AN'CIENTY, noun Age; antiquity. [Not used.]AN'CIENTY, noun In some old English statutes and authors, eldership or seniority.
ANCILLARY
AN'CILLARY, adjective [Latin ancilla, a female servant.]Pertaining to a maid servant, or female service; subservient as a maid servant.
ANCIPITAL
ANCIP'ITAL, adjective [Latin anceps.]Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem of a plant, it signifies a two edged stem, compressed and forming tw...
ANCOME
AN'COME, noun A small ulcerous swelling coming suddenly.