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culating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor.

ndicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

le air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Enfield.

Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- n.

caceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

rs. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.

on; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.

Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting 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.

The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

ar; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

o be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.

A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle.

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.