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a. Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. lasting through all time; unending; as, The agelong struggle for freedom.
Syn. -- unending [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. ængel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr. 'a`ggelos messenger, a messenger of God, an angel. ] 1. A messenger. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The dear good angel of the Spring,
The nightingale. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a class of “fallen angels;” an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write. Rev. ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Attendant spirit; genius; demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. [ 1913 Webster ]

When pain and anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Numis.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angel bed, a bed without posts. --
Angel fish. (Zool.) (a) A species of shark (Squatina angelus) from six to eight feet long, found on the coasts of Europe and North America. It takes its name from its pectoral fins, which are very large and extend horizontally like wings when spread. (b) One of several species of compressed, bright colored fishes warm seas, belonging to the family Chætodontidæ. --
Angel gold, standard gold. [ Obs. ] Fuller. --
Angel shark. See Angel fish. --
Angel shot (Mil.), a kind of chain shot. --
Angel water, a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orange-flower waters, with ambergris, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Existence or state of angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. angelet. ] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Angelica. ] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Angelic. ] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. angelicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. angélique. ] 1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. “Angelic harps.” Thomson.“Angelical actions.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an angelic smile.
Syn. -- angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.
Syn. -- angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [ Obs. ] Farindon (1647). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. [ 1913 Webster ]

It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Resembling an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; service, worship. ] Worship paid to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. angelus, Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel. ] 1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and Angel. ] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no badge. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Yiddish beygl, prob. fr. dial. G. Beugel. RHUD ] a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust. A similar roll in Russia is called a bublik. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flagellate. ] Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no bridge; not bridged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Bromine + gelatin. ] (Photog.) Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cage + -ling ] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [ Poetic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

-- Change"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Change + -ling. ] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The changeling [ a substituted writing ] never known. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One apt to change; a waverer. “Fickle changelings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. “A little changeling boy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to change; inconstant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from, or with little, charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. congélation, L. congelatio. ] 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds, cudgel. ] A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. --
To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended. --
To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling. ] To beat with a cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who beats with a cudgel. [ Written also cudgeller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n. ] (Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a member of the Dinoflagellata, chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not angelical. [ R. ] “Disangelical nature.” Coventry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a doge. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the direction of the edge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck
Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. évangile, L. evangelium, Gr. e'yagge`lion good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. e'ya`ggelos bringing good news; e'y^ well + 'a`ggelein to bear a message. See Eu-, and Angel and cf. Evangely. ] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendering thanks for favors. [ 1913 Webster ]