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e two side pieces together. Knight. -- Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. -- Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, use…

Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

Having narrow leaves. Wright.

Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill. I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.

Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.

A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.

Having unequal petals.

Having unequal leaves.

A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.

A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.