A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Date:: 1819

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$AND fire flag or streamer of a ship, and, formerly, of a regiment. 2. The bearer of a flag, as was Ancient. Pistol; whence, in present use, ensign. This is Othello's ancient, as I take it.— The same indeed, a very valiant fellow. Shaksp. A'nciently, ane'tsheut-le. adv. [from an- cient.] In old times. Trebisond anciently pertained unto this crown; now unjustly possessed, and as unjustly abused, by those who have neither title to hold it, nor virtue to rule it. Sidney. The colewort is not an enemy, though that were anciently received, to the vine only, but to any other plant, because it draweth strongly the fattest juice of the earth. Bacon. A'ncientness, ane'tshent-ness. n. s. [from ancient.] Antiquity; existence from old times. The Fescenine and Saturnian were the same; they were called Saturnian from their ancientness, when Saturn reigned in Italy. Dryden. A'ncientry, ane'tshen-tre. n. s. [from an- cient.] The honour of ancient lineage; the dignity of birth. Of all nations under heaven, the Spaniard is the most mingled, and most uncertain. Wherefore, most foolishly do the Irish think to ennoble themselves, by wresting their ancientry from the Spaniard, who is unable to derive himself from any in certain. Spenser on Ireland. There is nothing in the between, but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, steal- ing, fighting. Shakspeare. Ancle, ank/kl.406 See Ankle. A'ncony, an'ko-ne. n. s. [in the iron mills.] A bloom wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar, about three foot long, with two square rough knobs, one at each end. Chambers. And, and. conjunction. 1. The particle by which sentences or terms are joined, which it is not easy to explain by any synonymous word. Sure his honesty Got him small gains, but shameless flattery Jlnd filthy beverage, and unseemly thrift, And borrow base, and some good lady's gift. Spenser. What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own? Cowley. The Danes unconquer'd offspring march behind; And Morini, the last of human kind. Dryden. It shall ever be my study to make discoveries of this nature in human life, and to settle the proper distinctions between the virtues and perfections of mankind, and those false colours and resemblances of them that shine alike in the eyes of the vulgar. Addison. 2. And sometimes signifies though, and seems a contraction of and if. It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. Bacon. 3. In and if, the and is redundant, and is omitted by all later writers. I pray thee, Launce, an' if thou seest my boy, Bid him make haste. Shaksp. Two Gent, of Verona. A'ndiron, and'i-urn.417 n. s. [supposed by Skinner to be corrupted from hand-iron; an iron that may be moved by the hand, or may supply the place of a hand.] Irons at the end of a fire-grate, in which the spit turns; or irons in which wood is laid to burn. If you strike an entire body, as an andiron of brass, at the top, it maketh a more treble sound, and at the bottom a baser. Bacon- ANE AxnRo'GYNAL^n-drodje'e-nal. adj. [from «v;f and yvvy.] Having two sexes; her- maphroclitical. Andro'gynally, an-drodje-e'nal-le. ad%>. [from androgynal.] In the form of her- maphrodites; with two sexes. The examples hereof have undergone no real or new transexion, but were androgynally born, and under some kind of hermaphrodites. Brown. Andro'gynous, an-drodje-e'nus.482 adj. The same with androgynal. AJS/'DRO'G F./VC7S, an-drodje-e'nus. n. s. [See Androgynal.] An hermaphro- dite; one that is of both sexes. Andro'tomy, an-drot'6-me. n. s. [from «v»£ and refi.va>.] The practice of cutting human bodies. Diet. A'necdote, an'ek-dote. n. s. [«v£x<J<>tov.] 1. Something yet unpublished; secret his- tory. Some modern anecdotes aver, He nodded in his elbow chair. Prior. 2. It is now used, after the French, for a biographical incident; a minute passage of private life. Anemo'graphy, an-e-mog'graf-fe.618 n. s. [«v<7*© and yf «.<pu.] An instrument con- trived to measure the strength or velo- city of the wind. AJYE'MONE, an-nem'6-ne. n. s. [«„- ftov)).] The wind flower. Upon the top of its single stalk, surrounded by a leaf, is produced one naked flower, of many petals, with many stamina in the centre; the seeds are col- lected into an oblong head, and surrounded with a copious down. The principal colours in anemonies, are white, red, blue, and purple, sometimes curi- ously intermixed. Miller. Wind flowers are distinguished into those with broad and hard leaves, and those with narrow and soft ones. The broad-leaved anemony roots should be planted about the end of September. These with small leaves must not be put into the ground till the end of October. Mortimer. From the soft wing of vernal breezes shed, Anemonies, auriculas, enrich'd With shining meal o'er all their velvet leaves. Thomson. A'nemoscope, a-nem'6-skope. n. s. [«vf- l*.©* and erxo?r©-.] A machine invented to foretel the changes of the wind. It has been observed, that hygroscopes made of cat's gut proved very good anemoscopes, seldom failing, by the turning the index about, to foretel the shifting of the wind. Chambers. Ane'nt, a-nent'. prep. A word used in the Scotch dialect. 1. Concerning; about; as, he said nothing anent this particular. 2. Over against; opposite to; as, he lives anent the market-house. Anes, anes. ~> n. s. The spires or beards Awns, ans. 5 of corn. Diet. A'neurism, an'u-rlzm.603 n. s. [*vtvfu*».l A disease of the arteries, in which, either by a preternatural weakness of any part of them, they become exces- sively dilated; or, by a wound through their coats, the blood is extravasated amongst the adjacent cavities. Sharp. In the orifice, there was a throbbing of the arterial blood, as in an aneurism. Wiseman. ANG Ane'w, a-nu'. adv. [from c and new.] '. Over again; another time; repeatedly. ^ This is the most common use. Nor, if at mischief taken, on the ground Be slain, but pris'ners to the pillars bound, At either barrier plac'd; nor, captives made, Be freed, or, arm'd anew, the fight invade. ZW. That, as in birth, in beauty you excel, The muse might dictate, and the poet tell: Your art no other art can speak; and you, To show how well you play, must play anew. Prior The miseries of the civil war did, for many years deter the inhabitants of our island from the thoughts of engaging aneio in such desperate undertakings. Addison- 2. Newly; in a new manner. He who begins late, is obliged to form anmo the whole disposition of his soul, to acquire new habits of life, to practise duties to which he is utterly a stranger. ' jRogm Anfra'ctuose, an-frak'tshu-ose.42?) Anfra'ctuous, an-frak'tshu-us.461 \ adJ- [from anfractus, Lat.] Winding; mazy; full of turnings and winding passages. Behind the drum are several vaults and anfrac- tuose cavities in the ear-bone, so to intend the least sound imaginable; that the sense might be affected with it; as we see in subterraneous caves and, vaults how the sound is redoubled. J}™' Anfra'ctuousness, an-frak'tshu-us-n£ss. 461 n. s. [from anfractuous^] Fulness ol windings and turnings. Anfra'cture, an-frak'tshure. n.s. [from anfractus, Lat.] A turning; a mazy winding and turning. Diet. A'NGEL, ane-jel.642 n. s. [»yfeMr, ange- lus, Lat.] 1. Originally a messenger. A spirit em- ployed by God in the administration of human affairs. Some holy angel Fly to the court of England, and unfold His message ere he come. Shakspeare. Had we such a knowledge of the constitution of man, as it is possible angels have, and it is certain his Maker has; we should have a quite other idea of his essence. Locke. 2. Angel is sometimes used in a bad sense; as, angels of darkness. And they had a king over them, which was the angel of the bottomless pit. Revelations. 3. Angel, in Scripture, sometimes means man of God, prophet. 4. Angel is used, in the style of love, for a beautiful person. Thou hast the sweetest face I ever look'd on. Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel. Shaksp. 5. A piece of money anciently coined and impressed with an angel, in memory of an observation of Pope Gregory, that the pagan Angli, or English, were so beautiful, that, if they were Christians, they would be Angeli, or angels. The coin was rated at ten shillings. Take an empty bason, put an angel of gold, or what you will, into it; then go so far from the bason, till you cannot see the angel, because it is not in a right line; then fill the bason with water, and you will see it out of its place, because of the reflection- Bacon. Shake the bags Of hoarding abbots; their imprisoned angels Set thou at liberty. Shaksp- A'ngel, ane'jel. adj. Resembling angels; angelical. I have maik'd A thousand blushing apparitions$