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rate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Of or pertaining to anchylosis.

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days. Witness those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gilda…

In ancient times.

The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West.

Age; antiquity. [Obs.] Martin.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

A maidservant; a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Hook-shaped.

See Ankle.

A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.

The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Elbowlike; anconal.