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. Without bragging. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. awkward to move or use especially because of shape;
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n. [ Cf. OF. aiglesse. ] (Zoöl.) A female or hen eagle. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. “A fangless lion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without fog; clear. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no king. F. Lieber. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not having a leg. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being without lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having no meaning; of no value;
a. Without a pang; painless. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle. ] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. See Single, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. For unmarried persons, or catering especially to unmarried persons;
n.
a. Destitute of the power of song; without song;
a. Having no sting. [ 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. Having no strings. [ 1913 Webster ]
His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no twigs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ √3. See Ugly. ] Ugly. [ Obs. ] “Such an uglesome countenance.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having or wearing no wig. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wingless bird (Zool.),
a. Contentious; quarrelsome. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not wrong; void or free from wrong. [ Obs. ] --