ANOTTA
ANOT'TA, noun An elegant red color, formed from the pellicles or pulp of the seeds of the bixa, a tree common in South America. This is called also Terra Orleana and Roco. The a...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ANSATED
AN'SATED, adjective [Latin ansatus, from ansa, a handle.]Having a handle or handles, or something in the form of handles.
ANSER
AN'SER, noun [Latin a goose.]1. In zoology, the name of the goose, whether tame or wild. The domestic goose is the gray-lag or wild goose, domesticated.2. In astronomy, a small ...
ANSERINE
AN'SERINE, adjective [Latin anserinum, from anser, a goose.]1. Resembling the skin of a goose; uneven; as, an anserine skin.2. Pertaining to the ansers.
ANSERS
AN'SERS, noun In Linne's system, the third order of aves or fowls, whose characteristics are a smooth bill, broadest at the point, covered with a smooth skin, and furnished with...
ANSLAIGHT
AN'SLAIGHT, noun [See Slay.] An attack; an affray. [Not in use.]
ANSWER
'ANSWER, verb transitive ansur.1. To speak in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration or argument of another person; as, 'I have called and ye have not answere...
ANSWER-JOBBER
'ANSWER-JOBBER, noun One who makes a business of writing answers.
ANSWERABLE
'ANSWERABLE, adjective1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory; as, an answerable argument.2. Obliged to ...
ANSWERABLENESS
ANSWERABLENESS, noun The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
ANSWERABLY
ANSWERABLY, adverb In due proportion, correspondence or conformity; suitably; as, continents have rivers answerably larger than isles.
ANSWERED
ANSWERED, participle passive Replied to; fulfilled; paid; complied with; accomplished; solved; confuted.
ANSWERER
ANSWERER, noun One who answers; he or that which makes a return to what another has spoken; he who writes an answer.
ANSWERING
'ANSWERING, participle present tense Replying; corresponding to; fulfilling; solving; succeeding; reverberating; confuting.
ANT
AN'T, in old authors, is a contraction of an it, that is if it. [See An.]ANT, in our vulgar dialect, as in the phrases, I ant you ant he ant we ant etc., is undoubtedly a contra...
ANT-BEAR
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, noun A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long ha...
ANT-EATER
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, noun A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long ha...
ANT-EGGS
'ANT-EGGS, noun Little white balls found in the hillocks of ants, usually supposed to be their eggs, but found on examination to be the young brood, in their first state. They a...
ANT-HILL
'ANT-HILL, noun A little tumulus or hillock, formed by ants, for their habitation.
ANTA
AN'TA, noun In ancient architecture, a square column, at the corner of a building; a pilaster; written also ante.
ANTACID
ANTAC'ID, noun [anti and acid.]In pharmacy, an alkali, or a remedy for sourness or acidity; better written anti-acid.
ANTACRID
ANTAC'RID, noun [anti and acrid.] That which corrects acrimony; better written anti-acrid.
ANTAGONISM
ANTAG'ONISM, noun Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles.
ANTAGONIST
ANTAG'ONIST, noun [Gr. against, and a champion. See Act and Agony.]1. One who contends with another in combat; used primarily in the Grecian games. An adversary.2. An opponent i...
ANTAGONISTIC
ANTAGONIS'TIC, adjective Opposing in combat; contending against.
ANTAGONIZE
ANTAG'ONIZE, verb intransitive To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.
ANTAGONY
ANTAG'ONY, noun Contest; opposition [Not used.]