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To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

nite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.

goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

ing as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.

Same as Anthokyan.

r other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky A. Trollope. They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

inthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.

Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] Derham.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

their readers. Fit audience find, though few. Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly…

Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect. Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton.

Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.