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en its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.…

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

ng angry, or of being inclined to anger. Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.

rocess used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

ng slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle wit…

To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.

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

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

To attribute a human form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

d, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

f one law or rule to another law or rule. Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

Old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity Shak.

A very compact, dark-colored

Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.

Resort to physical means; recourse. Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms. Kent.

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

y clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

ssign, designate, or set apart by authority. Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service. Num. iv. 19. These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx. 9.