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Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic 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 calle…

Resembling an angel.

without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Alternate angles. See Alternate. -- Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

eel, torpedo, etc. -- Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. -- Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

An animal resembling an annelid.

as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

Want or defect of sight; blindness.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.

of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

Resembling an anther.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

s flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.