n. pl. [ L. Angli. See Anglican. ] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of
n. [ From the Isle of Anglesea. ] (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. “A fangless lion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a pang; painless. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Contentious; quarrelsome. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]