The dictionary of science and technical terms used in philosophy, literature, professions, commerce, arts, and trades / by W.M. Buchanan ; with supplement ; edited by James A. Smith.
- Buchanan, W. M.
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The dictionary of science and technical terms used in philosophy, literature, professions, commerce, arts, and trades / by W.M. Buchanan ; with supplement ; edited by James A. Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![articulate joint. The family includes eight genera : tritoma, phalaerus, ephis- V omus, lciodcs, ngathidium, clnmbus, elypeaster, and sericoderus. Many of tiie species are British. Annats, from annus, a year. A year’s income of a spiritual living, originally given to the pope on the death of an incumbent, and paid by the successor. At the Reformation the annats were vested in the king, but were restored by Queen Anne to the church, and appropri- ated to the augmentation of poor livings. 2. Masses said in the Romish church for the course of a year. An ne. The order of St. Anne is a Russian order of knighthood, which originated in Holstein, and was carried by the princes of tliat country into Russia. It became a Russian order in 1796. Annealing, from Sax.ancelan, toheat. A process by which glass is rendered less frangible ; and metals which have become brittle, either in consequence of fusion or long continued hammering, arc again rendered malleable. The process consists in bringing the material to be annealed to a high heat, and allowing it to cool gradually : it is frequently called nealing by the workmen. Annelida, | the class of sea-worms Annei.ides, ) having the joints of their bodies, like the common earth-worm,dis- posed in rings, and having red blood. They constitute the first elass of articulata in tlie system of Linnaeus. Name, from an- ticllus, a little ring, and ubo;, like. Anno Domini [Lat.] In the year of our Lord; noting the time from Christ’s in- carnation , as Anno Domini 1844, contracted A.D. 1844. Anno'na, the custard-apple. A genus of many species, mostly natives of America and the 'West Indies. Class polyandria, order polygynia. Annot'ta, 1 a species of red dye, formed Annot'to, j of the pulp which surrounds the seeds of the Bixa orellana, a plant common in South America. It is em- ployed in colouring cheese, and, in dyeing, to give an orange tint to simple yellows. Annu'itv, from annus, a year. A peri- odical payment of a specified sum of money at particular dates agreed upon, to be continued either for a definite period, as ten, fifty, &c. years, in which case it is called an annuity certain ; or for an inde- terminate time, dependent upon some contingency, as the death of a person, in which case it is a contingent annuity ; or for an indefinite period, in which case the annuity is said to be perpetual. A deferred annuity is one to commence after a certain number of years: if after the death of a person now living, it is a reversionary an- nuity. When the annuity is limited by the duration of a given life, it is termed a life annuity; when it is to continue only for a term of years, provided a certain life or lives continue, it is a temporary life annuity. The present value of an annuity is that sum which, being improved at compound interest, will be sufficient to pay the annuity. Annula'ria, a species of phalama, of the geometra section. Anncla'ta, the first class of articidata, according to Cuvier, comprehending all red-blooded worms. The body is usually soft, more or less elongated, and divided frequently into a considerable number of segments, whence the name annulata, from annulatus. They nearly all inhabit the water, tfie lumbrici or earth-worms excepted. Several penetrate into holes at the bottom; others construct tubes with the ooze or other matter. An'nulate, ’Lat. annulatus. Formed or divided into rings, or marked with dis- tinct annulations, or surrounded with rings. An'ndlet,from Lat. annulus, aring. In architecture, 1. A small square member in the Doric capital, under the quarter- round. 2. A narrow flat moulding which is common to many places, as the bases and capitals; called also a fillet, a listil, a cincture, or a list, timea, eye-brow, or square-rabbet. In heraldry, a little circle borne as a charge in coats of arms; for- merly regarded as a mark of nobility and jurisdiction, it being the custom of pre- lates to receive their investiture perbacu- lum et annulum, by staff and ring. It is also au emblem of strength and eternity. Annulo'sa, from Lat. anmdus, a ring, segment. A division of the animal king- dom in some systems, containing the five classes Crustacea, myriopoda, araclmida, insecta, and vermes. In the arrangement adopted by Macleay, the anuulosa com- prehend only theclasses insecta,arachnida, and crustacea. Annulose, furnished with, or composed of, rings (annuli). An'nulcs, a Lat. word for ring, used chiefly in botany in that sense, but with considerable latitude. Annun'ciation, order of the Anntin- ciada, Annunciata, Annuntiada. An order of knighthood in Savoy, instituted by Amadeus III., in 1335, but named an- nunciada by Amadeus Till. Annun'ciation. 1. “ The tidings brought by the angel Gabriel to the vir- gin Mary, of the incarnation of Christ. 2. A festival kept by the church of Rome on the 25th of March, in commemo- ration of those tidings; called also Lady- day. 3. The Jens give the name to a part of the ceremony of the passover. Ano'bic.m, a sub-genus of ptini (see Ptinus). Name, from txvaSies, resusci- tated, the species being characterised, in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24875983_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
