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Anagram
Anagram An"a*gram, v. t.
To anagrammatize.
Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into
Benevolus. --Warburton.
AnagramAnagram An"a*gram, n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. ?
back, again + ? to write. See Graphic.]
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its
usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into
another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus
becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I.,
and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law. AnagrammaticAnagrammatic An`a*gram*mat"ic, Anagrammatical
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. AnagrammaticalAnagrammatic An`a*gram*mat"ic, Anagrammatical
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. AnagrammaticallyAnagrammatic An`a*gram*mat"ic, Anagrammatical
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. Anagrammatism
Anagrammatism An`a*gram"ma*tism, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
anagrammatisme.]
The act or practice of making anagrams. --Camden.
Anagrammatist
Anagrammatist An`a*gram"ma*tist, n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste.]
A maker anagrams.
Anagrammatize
Anagrammatize An`a*gram"ma*tize, v. t. [Gr. ? cf. F.
anagrammatiser.]
To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an
anagram. --Cudworth.
Anagraph
Anagraph An"a*graph, n. [Gr. ? a writing out, fr. ? to write
out, to record; ? + ? to write.]
An inventory; a record. [Obs.] --Knowles.
Tanagra zenaOrange Or"ange, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia,
Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per.
n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o-
in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum,
because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C.
Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned
orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra
zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
(Cypr[ae]a aurantia), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri),
and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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