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Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n.

e entangled. -- The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. -- The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. -- The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. -- The anchor is awash, when i…

; an open space in a building. The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. [ Often used in the plural.]

A box of the lowest tier in a theater. Du Maurier.

ront of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

rom tide and wind. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

To furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson.

A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore. Milton.

The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

used in veering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

ing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.

A prompter at a theater. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.