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Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. [Archaic] He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. Holland.

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.

Elbowlike; anconal.

Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.

Like an angel.

To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).

d injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

Snakelike.

Like an animal.

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.

rees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.

Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.

A ring; a ringlike part or space.

A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.