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(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. A member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. See Anger. ] >1. (Med.) Extreme anxiety. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Med) Angina{ 2 }. [ AS ]

3. (Med) Angina pectoris; also called angor pectoris. [ AS ]

n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angora cat (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Angostura, in Venezuela. ] A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or Galipea officinalis). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines, liqueurs and bitters. U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ So named from Angoumois in France. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Arangoes [ The native name. ] A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Bengal light. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a game commonly used for low-stakes gambling, in which numbered balls or slips are drawn at random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards, called Bingo cards, which have square arrangement of such numbers. Each card has a different arrangement of the numbers, and the first player to cover all numbers in one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is the winner, usually announcing that fact by a cry of “Bingo!” Variants of the game may require that all peripheral numbers are covered, to form a box, or other figure. The numbers usually have one letter from the group “B”, “I”, “N”, “G”, and “O”, plus two digits. The “cards” may be disposable sheets of paper on which the numbers are printed.
Syn. -- lotto, beano, keno. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. bongos or bongo. one of a pair of attached small drums, each tuned to a different pitch, played by striking with the hands. [ PJC ]

n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure. ] (Min.) A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Syn. -- smoky quartz. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It. ] The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [ Written also camerlengo and camarlengo. ]

a. [ Caranx + -oid. ] (Zool.) Belonging to the Carangidæ, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Native name ] (Zool.) A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. clangere. See Clang, v. t. ] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a loud resonant repeating noise.
Syn. -- clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash, jangle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ LL. clangorosus. ] Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) See Cundurango. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Chin. kung-foo labor. ] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.” S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ From Congo red. ] A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also
benzidine dyes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; as, Congolese rulers; the Congolese republic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Chem.) An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (
Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contangoes [ Prob. a corruption of contingent. ] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. shrimps.
Syn. -- family Crangonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [ Written also condurango. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. same as Dongola kid.

Dongola kid,
D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process. --
Dongola process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. --
Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Drongos (Zool.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridæ. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Deadly engored of a great wild boar. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make bloody. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engorged p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging ] [ Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram. ] 1. To gorge; to glut. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. engorgement. ] 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth. ] (Her.) Same as Engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The sea holly. See Eryngo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fandangoes [ Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain. ] 1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot. ] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flamingoes [ Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame. ] (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Phœnicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum. [ 1913 Webster ]