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an·gle 1       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key  intr.v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles To fish with a hook and line. To try to get something by indirect or artful means: angle for a promotion. n.   Obsolete A fishhook or fishing tackle. [Middle English anglen, from angel, fishhook, from Old English.]

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an·gle 2       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Mathematics The figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point. The figure formed by two planes diverging from a common line. The rotation required to superimpose either of two such lines or planes on the other. The space between such lines or surfaces. A solid angle. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase. A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase. Slang A devious method; a scheme. v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles v.   tr. To move or turn (something) at an angle: angled the chair toward the window. Sports To hit (a ball or puck, for example) at an angle. Informal To impart a biased aspect or point of view to: angled the story in a way that criticized the candidate. v.   intr. To continue along or turn at an angle or by angles: The road angles sharply to the left. The path angled through the woods. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin angulus.]

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An·gle       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A member of a Germanic people that migrated to England from southern Jutland in the 5th century A.D., founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and together with the Jutes and Saxons formed the Anglo-Saxon peoples. [From Latin Anglī, the Angles, of Germanic origin.]

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angle
noun
1.	the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
2.	a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant]
3.	a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
verb
1.	move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"
2.	to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean]
3.	seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: fish]
4.	fish with a hook
5.	present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant]

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angle       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line. The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle, obtuse angle, right angle.

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angle an·gle (āng'gəl)
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.

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Main Entry: an·gle
Pronunciation: 'a[ng]-g&l
Function: noun
1 : a corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosedspace
2 a : the figure formed by two lines extending from the same point b : a measure of an angle or of the amount of turning necessary to bring one line or planeinto coincidence with or parallel to another —an·gled /-g&ld/ adjective

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Ad*ja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." --B. Jonson.

Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near.

Usage: Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.

I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. --Howell. Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.

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An"chor\ ([a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See Angle, n.]

1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground.

Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also waist anchor. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping.

2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.

3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19.

4. (Her.) An emblem of hope.

5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

6. (Zo["o]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

Anchor ice. See under Ice.

Anchor ring. (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b).

Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms.

The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts.

Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled.

The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go.

The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it.

The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground.

The anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of the water.

At anchor, anchored.

To back an anchor, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home.

To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest.

To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper.

To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter.

To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.

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An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]

1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton.

2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden.

4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or 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 90[deg].

Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles.

Alternate angles. See Alternate.

Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.

Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.

Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.

Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.

Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.

Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.

Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.

Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.

External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.

Facial angle. See under Facial.

Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.

Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.

Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.

Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg].

Optic angle. See under Optic.

Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.

Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle).

Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.

Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.

Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.

For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

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