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An instrument for measuring external angles.

To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ving; percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill. I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.

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

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

f a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.

Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

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

A little ring. Tennyson.

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

A ring; a ringlike part or space.

ntion; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the "fringe" or "margin" of consciousness.

The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.