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Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West.

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.

Pertaining to the Andes.

Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.

The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

Of or pertaining to anemometry.

The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

Containing no liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends 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 substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- n. A native of Anjou.

Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.