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om the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

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

sed by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.

ution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. -- Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.

irs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

Having a handle. Johnson.

purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand Dryden.

A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.

rgan, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.

said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.] All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev.

One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody.