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A wanton woman; a courtesan. Sir T. Herbert.

The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] Galt.

A lover; a man enamored.

A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n.

e of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

Same as Anamorphosis.

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake.

Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.