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riptures the angels appear as God's messengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.

teristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." Thomson."Angelical actions." Hooker. The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host reco…

insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak.

Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic] Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] Ash.

courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

A group of herbivorous 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.

The state of being annihilated. Hooker.

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

The anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.

An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.

A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearl…

respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Milton.

Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.