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.
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1819
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    ANG ANG ANG Start into her face; a thousand innocent shames In angel whiteness bear away those blushes. Shaksp. Or virgins visited by angel powers, With golden crowns, and wreathes of heav'nly flow Vs. Pope's Rape of the Lock. A'ngel-like, ane'jel-like, adj. [from an- gel and like ] Resembling an angel. In heav'n itself thou sure wert drest With that angel-like disguise. Waller. A'ngel-shot, ane'jel-shot. n. s. [perhaps properly angle-shot, being foldert to- gether with a hinge.] Chain-shot, be- ing a cannon bullet cut in two, and the halves being joined together by a chain. Diet. ANGELICA, an-jel'le-ka.93 n. s. [Lat. ab angelica virtute.'] The name of a plant. It has winged leaves divided into large segments; its stalks are hollow; and jointed; the flowers grow in an umbel upon the tops of the stalks, and consist of five leaves, succeeded by two laxge channelled seeds. The species are, 1. Common or manured angelica. 2. Greater wild angelica. 3. Shining Canada angeli- ca. 4. Mountain perennial angelica, with columbine leaves. Miller. ANGELICA, an-jel'le-ka. n.s. (Berry- bearing) \_aralia, Lat.] A plant. The flower consists of many leaves, expanding in form of a rose, which are naked, growing on the top of the ovary: these flowers are succeeded by globular fruits, which are soft and succulent, and full of oblong seeds. Miller. Ange'lical, an-jel'le-kal. adj. [angelicus, Lat.] 1. Resembling angels. It discovereth unto us the glorious works of God, and carrieth up, with an angelical swiftness, our eyes, that our mind, being informed of his visible marvels, may continually travel upward. Raleigh. 2. Partaking of the nature of angels. Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp, Their own heroick deeds, and hapless fall By doom of battle. Milton. 3. Belonging to angels; suiting the nature or dignity of angels. It may be encouragement to consider the pleasure of speculations, which do ravish and sublime the thoughts with more clear angelical contentments. Wilkins1 Dcedalus. Ange'licalness, an-jel-le-kal-nes. n. s. [from angelical?^ The quality of being angelical; resemblance of angels; ex- cellence more than human. Ange'lick, an-jel'llk.808 adj. [angelicus, Lat.] Partaking of the nature of angels; angelical; above human. Here happy creature, fair angelick Eve, Partake thou also. Milton. My fancy form'd thee of angelick kind, Some emanation of th' all-beauteous mind. Pope. A'ngelot, an'jel-lot. n. s. A musical in- strument somewhat resembling a lute. Diet. VNGER, ang'gur.409 9S n. s. [A word of no certain etymology, but, with most pro- bability, derived by Skinner, from ange, Sax. vexed; which, however, seem9 to come originally from the Latin ango.~] i. Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind, upon the receipt of any inju- •v, with a present purpose of revenge. Locke. VOL. I. Jinger is like A full hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Shaksp. Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers; was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? Habb. iii. 8. Jinger is, according to some, a transient hatred, or at least very like it. Soidh. 2. Pain, or smart, of a sore or swelling. In this sense it seems plainly deducible from angor. I made the experiment, setting the moxa where the first violence of my pain began, and where the greatest anger and soreness still continued, notwith- standing the swelling of my foot. Temple. To A'nger, ang'gur.v. a. [from the noun.] 1. To make angry; to provoke; to enrage. Who would anger the meanest artisan, which carrieth a good mind? Hooker. Sometimes he angers me, With telling me of the moldwarp and the ant. Shaks. There were some late taxes and impositions in- troduced, which rather angered than grieved the people. Clarendon. It angered Turenne, once upon a day, To see a footman kick'd that took his pay. Pope. 2. To make painful. He turneth the humours back, and maketh the wound bleed inwards, and angereth malign ulcers and pernicious imposthumations. Bacon. A'ngerly, an'gur-le. adv. [from anger.~] In an angry manner; like one offended: it is now written angrily. , Why, how now, Hecat?you look angerly. Shaksp. Such jesters dishonest indiscretion, is rather chari- tably to be pitied, than their exception either an- gerly to be grieved at, or seriously to be confuted. Carew. Angio'grafh Y,an-je-og'gra-fe. n.s. [from ccyfelov, and ygx<pu.~\ A description of vessels in the human body; nerves, veins, arteries, and lymphaticks. Angio'logy, an-je-61'6-je. n. s. [from ctyfclov and *oyos.~] A treatise or dis- course of the vessels of a human body. Angiomonospe'rmous, an-je-o-mo-nos- per'mils. adj. [from xyfiiov, pivot, and <r5Tf£j«,<*.] Such plants as have but one single seed in the seed-pod. Angio'tomy, an-je-ot'to-me. n. s. [from etyfeiot, and Tfju,v# to cut.] A cutting open of the vessels, as in the opening of a vein or artery. A'NGLE,ang'gI.406«. s. [angle,Fv. angu- lus. Lat.] The space intercepted between two lines intersecting or meeting, so as, if continued, they would intersect each other. Jingle of the centre of a circle, is an angle whose vertex, or angular point, is at the centre of a circle, and whose legs are two semidiameters of that cir- cle. Stone's Diet. A'NGLE, ang'gl. n. s. [angel, Germ, and Dutch.] An instrument to take fish, con- sisting of a rod, a line, and a hook. She also had an angle in her hand; but the taker was so taken, that she had forgotten taking. Sidney. Give me thine angle, we'll to the river there, My musick playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finn'd fish; my bending hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws. Shaksp. The patient fisher takes his silent stand, Intent, his angle trembling in his hand; With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Pope. To A'nglb, an'gl. v. n. [from the noun.] L 1. To fish with a rod and hook. The ladies angling in the crystal lake, Feast on the waters with the prey they take. Waller 2. To try to gain by some insinuating arti- fices, as fishes are caught by a bait. If he spake courteously, he angled the people's hearts: if he were silent, he mused upon some dan- gerous plot. Sidney. By this face, This seeming brow of justice, did he win The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shaksp The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait; So angle we for Beatrice. Shaksp A'ngLe-rod, ang'gl-rod.ra. s. [angelroede, Dutch.] The stick to which the line and hook are hung. It diSereth much in greatness; the smallest being fit for thatching of houses; the second bigness is used for angle-rods; and, in China, for beating of offend- ers upon the thighs. Bacon. He makes a May-fly to a miracle, and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods. Jiddison. A'ngler, ang'glur.88 n. s. [from angled] He that fishes with an angle. He, like a patient angler, ere he strook, Would let them play a while upon the hook. Dryden Neither do birds alone, but many sorts of fishes, feed upon insects; as is well known to anglers, who bait their hooks with them. Ray. A'nglicism, ang'gle-sizm. n. s. [from An- glus, Lat.] A form of speech peculiar to the English language; an English idiom. They corrupt their stile with untutored anglicisms. Milton. A'ngober, ang'go-bur.98 n. s. A kind of pear. A'ngour, ang'gur. n. s. [angor,Lat.] Pain. If the patient be surprised with a lipothymous an- gour, and great oppression about the stomach, expect no relief from cordials. Harvey. A'ngrily, ang'gre-le. adv. [from angry.,] In an angry manner; furiously; peevish- ly. I will sit as quiet as a lamb; I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word, Nor look upon the iron angrily. Shaksp. A'ngry, ang'gre.409 adj. [from anger.] 1. Touched with anger; provoked. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak peradventure there shall be thirty found there. Gen. xviii. 30. 2. It seems properly to require, when the object of anger is mentioned, the parti- cle at before a thing, and with before a person; but this is not always observed. Your Coriolanus is not much missed, but with his friends: the commonwealth doth stand, and so would do, were he angry at it. Shaksp. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry ivith yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Gen. xiv. 5. I think it a vast pleasure, that whenever two peo- ple of merit regard one another, so many scoundrels envy and are angi-y at them. Swift. 3. Having the appearance of anger; hav- ing the effect of anger. The north wind drivcth away rain: so doth an an • gry countenance a backbiting tongue.Prov. xxv. 2S. 4. In chirurgery, painful; inflamed; smart- ing. This serum, being accompanied by the thinner parts of the blood, grows red and angry; and, want- ing its due regress into the mass, first gathers into a hard swelling, and in a few days, ripens into matter, and so dischargeth. Wiseman. A'nguish, ang'gwish.840 n. s. [angoisse.