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Show AN AN 3. The a& of dividing any thing, whethe corporeal or intellectual When a moneyed man hath divided his chefts he feemeth to himfelf richer than he was ; therefore, a wa to amplify any thing, is to break it and to make anatomy of itin leveral parts. Bacon AN jig, a meafure, and a cinque pace; the firft fuit i hot and hafty, like a Scotch jig, and full as fantaftical; th fure full o repentance cinque pac grave weddin ftate an and wit fafter an mannerly modeft, as a meaanchentry 5 and then come his bad legs falls into th fafter, till he finks into hi Shake[peare 4. The body ftripped of its integuments ; A'NCHOR. 7. /. [anchora, Lat. a fkeleton 1 hea iron com ofe o lon O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth fha k hav n rin a on en t d wor th fha wou io paf Then wit which the cable is faftened And rouze from fleep that rell aratomy ‘Which cannot he.ar a feeble lady's voice 5. By way of iron meagre perfon o They brought one Pinch ridicule Shakefp a thi a hungry lean-fac' villain A mere anatomy, a mountebank A thread-bare juggler, and a fortune-teller A needy, hollow-ey'd, fharp looking wretch A living dead man. . Shakefp. Comedy of Errours A'NATRON. 2. /. The fcum which fwim upon the molten glafs in the furnace which, when taken off, melts in th air, and then coagulates into com mon falt. I gathers upo A'NBURY. 7./ A'NCESTOR is likewife that falt whic the walls of vaults See AMBURY #. [ [anceftor, Lat. an On cefire, Fr. defcends, eithe mother from whom a perfo by the father or th It is diftinguithed from prede egffor5 which is not, like anceftor, a na tural, but civil denomination. An hereditary monarch fucceeds to his anceffors an ele&ive, to his predeceffors And the lies buried with her anceffors O, in a tomb where never fcandal {lept Shakefp. Much ado about Noth Save this of het's Cham was the paternal anceffor of Ninus, th father of Chus, the grandfather of Nimrod ; whof Raleigh fon was Belus, the father of Ninus Obfcure ! why priythee what am I? I kno My father, grandfire, and great grandfire too If farther 1 derive my pedigree I can but guefs beyond the fourth degree ‘The reft of my forgotten anceffor ‘Were fons of earth, like him, or fons of whores Dryden A'NCESTREL. adj. [from anceftor.] Claim | al: it 01 _ ed from anceftors ; relating to anceftors a term of law Limitation in actions ancefirel fo here in England wa ancientl Hale A'NCESTRY. 7 /. [from anceffor. 1. Lineage ; a feries of anceftors, or progenitors ; the perfons who compofe th lineage Phedon T hight, quoth he and do advanc Mine anceftry from famous Coradin Who firft to raife our houfe to honour did begin Spenfer A tenacious adherence to the rights and liberties tranfmitted from a wife and virtuous ancef #ry, public fpirit, and a love of one's country are the fupport and ornaments of government Addifon Say from what fcepter'd anceflry ye claim Recorded eminent in deathlefs fame Pope 2. The honour of defcent ; birth Title and anceftry render a good man more il. luftrious, but an ill one more contemptible Addzfon A'NCHENTRY 4 n [fro ancient an therefore properly to be written azcientry.] Antiquity of a family; ancien dignity; appearance or proof of an tiquity Wooing, wedding, and repenting, is a Scotc Smithing comprehends all trades which ufe efther forge or file, from the anchor-fmith to th watchmaker ; they all working by the fame rules though not with equal exaétnefs ; and all ufing th fame tools, though of feveral fizes Moxon A'NCHORAGE. 7. /. [from anchor. 1. The hold of the anchor Let me refolve whether there be indeed fuc efficacy in nurture and firft produétion; for i that fuppofal thould fail us, all our anchorage wer and at th other branching out into two arms o flooks, tending upwards, with barb or edges on each fide. Its ufe is t hold the fhip, by being fixed to th round He faid, and wept; then fpread his fails befor The winds, and reach'd at length the Cuma fhore "Their anchors dropt, his crew the veffels moor Dryden 2. It is ufed, by a metaphor, for any thin which confers ftability or fecurity loofe, and we fhould but wander in a wild fea Wotton 2. 'The fet of anchors belonging toa thip The bark that hath difcharg'd her freight Returns with precious lading to the bay From whence at firft fhe weigh'd her anchorage Shake[peare 3 The dut choring i A'NCHORED chor.] Hel paid for the liberty of ana port particip. adj. [from %0 arby the anchor Like a well-twifted cable, holding faf The anchor'd vellel in the loudeft blaft Ballers # / [contratt A'NCHORET fro Which hope we have as an anchor of the foul both fure and ftedfaft, and which entereth into A'NCHORITE. § anachoret, avoywenrne.] Hebrews that within the veil reclufe; a hermit ; one that retires t 3. The forms of {peech in which it is mof the more {evere duties of religion anchor, t His poetry indeed he- took along with® him: but he made that an anchorite as well as himfelf The Turkiih general, perceiving that the Rhodians would not be drawn forth to battle at fea withdrew his fleet, when cafting anchor, and landing his men, he burnt the corn Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks Ent'ring with the tide He dropp'd bis anchors, and his oars he ply'd Sprat commonly ufed, are to ca lie or ride at anchor Furl'd every fail, and drawing down the matft His veflel moor'd, and made with haullers faft Dryden Far from your capital my fhip refide At Reithrus, and fecure at anchor rides Pope 7o A'NCHOR. @. 2. [from anchor. 1. To caft anchor The fithermen that walk upon the beac Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bar Diminifh'd to her cock Shakefp. King Lear Near Calais the Spaniards anchored, expetin Bacon Or the firait courfe to rocky Chios plow And anchor under Mimos® thaggy brow Pope 2. 'To flop at; to reft on My intention, hearing not my tongue Anchors on Ifabel Shake[peare 7o A'NCHOR. @. a 1. T plac at anchor as, h anchore his fhip 2. To fix on My tongue fhould to my ears not name my boys Till that my nails were anchor'd in thine eyes Shakefpeare A''NCHOR. #. /. Shakefpeare feems to hav ufed this word for anchoret, or an abftemious reelufe perfon To defperation turn my truft and hope An anchor's cheer in prifon be my fcope Shakefpeare A'NCHOR-HOLD. 7. /. [from anchor an hold.] The hold or faftnels of the anchor ; and, figuratively, fecurity The old Englith could exprefs moft aptly al the conceits of the mind in their own fongue without borrowing from any ; as for example : th holy fervice of God, which the Latins called 7eligion becauf it lnitte the mind beyon you for a cav in a rock wit of me to .gether, and moft people of Europe have borrowe the fame from. them, they called moft fignificantly ean-faftnefs, as the one and only afluranc and faft anchor-hold of our fouls health. Camden A''NCHOR-SMITH. #. /. [from anchor an Jmith.] The maker or forger of anchors a fin fpring, or any of the accommodations that befit a folitary life Pope Axcuo'vy. ». [ [from anchova, Span. o anchioe, Ital. of the fame fignification.] A little fea-fith, much ufed by way o {auce, or feafoning Savary W fembl th anima A'NCIENT Lat. 1. Old re invent new fauces and pickles, whic an taft i fermen adj [ancien Fr. antiquus lon happene tha vir the fal Floyer tue, as the falfo-acid gravies of meat pickles of fith, anchovies, oyfters to lie at anchor their land-forces, which came not You defcribe fo well your hermitical ftate o life, that none of the ancient anchorites could g fince ef old time ; not modern. Ancient and ol are diftinguithed ; o/ relates to the duration of the thing itfelf, as, an o/ coat a coat much worn ; and azcient, to tim in general, as, an anciens drefs, a haBut this i bit ufed in former times not always obferved for w old cuftoms; but thoug times oppofed to modern mentio o/d b ancien {omeis fel to zew, but when zeww dom oppofe means zodern Abncienr tenure is that whereby all the manour belonging to the crown, in St. Edward's or Wi liam the Conquerour's days, did hold be an name of whic manours The num as 2ll other belonging to common perfons, he caufed to b written in a book, after ar furvey made of them now remaining ian the Exchequer, and ealle Doomfday Book; and fuch as by that book ap peared to have belonged to the crown at that time, Cowells are called ancient demefnes 2. Old ; that has been of long duration With the anciens is wifdom, and in length o Fob, xii. 12 days underftanding Thales affirms, that God comprehended al things, and that God was of all things the moft a»cient, becaufe he never had any beginning.. Ralcigh Induftr Gave-the tall ancient foreft to.his. axes 3. Paft Thomfoms former I fee thy fury : ifI longer ftay We fhall begin our arcient bickerings A'NCIENT. n. / Shake[p [from ancicnt, adj. 3.. Thafe |