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Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Work chased or embossed relief.

Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.

a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.

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

An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.

der Ice. -- Anchor ring. (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). -- Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. -- The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. -- Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a ca…

Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]

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

k, esp. for protecting an angle 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…

. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.

e to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.

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