Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AN-A-DI-PLO'SIS, n. [Gr. ανα, again, and διπλοος, double.]

Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence, in the beginning of the next; as, “He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes, misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.” Encyc.

AN'A-DROM, n. [See below.]

A fish that ascends rivers. Morin.

A-NAD'RO-MOUS, a. [Gr. ανα, upward, and δρομος, course.]

Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons. Encyc.

AN'A-GLYPH, n. [Gr. ανα, and γλυφω, to engrave.]

An ornament made by sculpture.

AN-A-GLYPH'IC, a.

In ancient sculpture, applied to chased or embossed work on metal.

AN-A-GLYP'TIC, a.

Relating to the art of carving, engraving, enchasing or embossing plate. Evelyn.

A-NAG-NO'SIS, n. [Gr.]

Recognition; the unraveling of plot in dramatic action. Blair.

AN'A-GO-GE, or AN'A-GO-GY, n. [Gr. αναγωγη, of ανα, upward, and αγωγη, a leading, from αγω.]

An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual meaning or application of words; also the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New. Encyc.

AN-A-GO-GET'IC-AL, a.

Mysterious.

AN-A-GOG'IC-AL, a.

Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven.

AN-A-GOG'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In a mysterious sense; with religious elevation.

AN-A-GOG'ICS, n.

Mysterious considerations. Addison.

AN'A-GRAM, n. [Gr. ανα, and γραμμα, a letter.]

A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is formed. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy, [attorney-general to Charles I., a laborious man,] may be turned into I moyl in law.

AN-A-GRAM-MAT'IC, or AN-A-GRAM-MAT'IC-AL, a.

Making an anagram. Camden's Remains.

AN-A-GRAM-MAT'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In the manner of anagram.

AN-A-GRAM'MA-TISM, n.

The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.

AN-A-GRAM'MA-TIST, n.

A maker of anagrams.

AN-A-GRAM'MA-TIZE, v.i.

To make anagrams. Herbert.

AN'A-GRAPH, n.

An inventory; commentary. Knowles.

AN'A-GROS, n.

A measure of grain in Spain, containing something less than two bushels. Encyc.

A'NAL, a. [L. anus.]

Pertaining to the anus; as, the anal fin. Encyc. Pennant.

A-NAL'CIM, or A-NAL'CIME, n.

Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated cubic crystals. Ure. This mineral is generally crystalized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, laminated or radiated masses. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name, Gr. αναλκις, weak. Cleaveland.

AN-A-LEC'TIC, a.

Collecting or selecting; as an analectic magazine, made up of selections.

AN'A-LECTS, n. [Gr. ανα, and λεγω, to collect.]

A collection of short essays or remarks. Encyc.

AN'A-LEM-MA, n. [Gr. αναλημμα, altitude.]

1. In geometry, a projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, orthographically made by straight lines, circles and ellipses, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance and in the east or west points of the horizon. Also,
2. An instrument of wood or brass on which this kind of projection is drawn, with a horizon and cursor fitted to it, which the solstitial colure, and all the circles parallel to it, will be concentric circles; all circles oblique to the eye will be ellipses; and all circles whose planes pass through the eye, will be right lines. Encyc. Ash.