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ntity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), ., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces. An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden.

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.

A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

y anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

unset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

mbers of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.

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

Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.

A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.

One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.

An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.