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

The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

le of a wall. -- Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the 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…

Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

e element, or the element which, in electro- chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation. Faraday.

A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostoma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's…

To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

ing the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

n. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.

Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words." Spenser.

strophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.

othurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Same as Apodeictic.

d"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.…

The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.

ying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. Jer. Taylor.

the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.

A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.