1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
M. Arnold.
2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
Angola
(An*go"la) n. [A corruption of Angora.] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
Angola pea
(An*go"la pea`) (Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; —
so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
Angor
(||An"gor) n. [L. See Anger.] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the
upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
Angora
(An*go"ra) n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given 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.
Angostura bark
(An`gos*tu"ra bark`) (ä&nsm`gos*t&oomac"ra bärk`). [From Angostura, in Venezuela.] An
aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family U. S. Disp.
Angoumois moth
(||An`gou`mois" moth") [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zoöl.) A small moth
(Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior
of the grain, leaving only the shell.
Angrily
(An"gri*ly) adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
Angriness
(An"gri*ness), n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything.
Whole Duty of Man.
Angry
(An"gry) a. [Compar. Angrier ; superl. Angriest.] [See Anger.]
1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]
God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; — followed generally by
with before a person, and at before a thing.
Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves.
Gen. xlv. 5.
Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice?
Eccles. v. 6.
4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as,
angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.
5. Red. [R.]
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave.
Herbert.
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]
I never ate with angrier appetite.
Tennyson.