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Anguis fragilis
Blindworm Blind"worm`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
Anguish
Anguish An"guish, n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. --Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. --Jer. iv. 31. Note: Rarely used in the plural: Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. --Latimer. Syn: Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
Anguish
Anguish An"guish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] --Temple.
Conorhinus sanguisuga
Kissing bug Kiss"ing bug` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose (Conorhinus sanguisuga). [U. S.]
Languish
Languish Lan"guish, v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] --Shak. --Dryden.
Languish
Languish Lan"guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished; p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See -ish.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
Languished
Languish Lan"guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished; p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See -ish.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
Languisher
Languisher Lan"guish*er, n. One who languishes.
Languishing
Languishing Lan"guish*ing, a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength. 2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
Languishing
Languish Lan"guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished; p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See -ish.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
Languishingly
Languishingly Lan"guish*ing*ly, adv. In a languishing manner.
Languishment
Languishment Lan"guish*ment, n. 1. The state of languishing. `` Lingering languishment.' --Shak. 2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
Languishness
Languishness Lan"guish*ness, n. Languishment. [Obs.]
Poterium or Sanguisorba oficinalis
Burnet Bur"net, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zo["o]l.), in England, a handsome moth (Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
Poterium Sanguisorba
Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy.
PSanguisorba
Burnet Bur"net, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zo["o]l.), in England, a handsome moth (Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
Sanguisuge
Sanguisuge San"gui*suge, n. [L. sanguisuga; sanguis blood + sugere to suck.] (Zo["o]l.) A bloodsucker, or leech.

Meaning of Anguis from wikipedia

- Anguinae Genus Anguis Anguis cephallonica, Peloponnese slowworm – Werner, 1894 Anguis colchica, eastern slowworm – (Nordmann, 1840) Anguis fragilis, common...
- distinguished from A. fragilis: Anguis graeca (found in southern Balkans) and Anguis veronensis (found on the Apennine Peninsula). Anguis cephalonica (native to...
- later distinguished as a separate species, along with Anguis graeca, Anguis veronensis and Anguis cephalonnica. Eastern slowworms live primarily in areas...
- Mare Anguis /ˈæŋɡwɪs/ (Latin anguis, the "serpent sea") is a lunar mare located on the near side of the Moon, about 150 kilometers in diameter. Located...
- Ag****iz, 1844 [Anguis] Scytale Linnaeus, 1758 Anguis annulata Laurenti, 1768 Anguis fasciata Laurenti, 1768 Anguis caerulae Laurenti, 1768 Anguis corallina...
- Anguis graeca, the Gr**** slow worm, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae found in Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia. It engages in death feigning...
- Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768) Synonyms Anguis ruffa Laurenti, 1768 [Anguis] rufus - Gmelin, 1788 [Anguis] striatus Gmelin, 1788 Eryx rufus - Daudin...
- traveling to Deditia, Catenan's capital, Vis and Ulciscor are ambushed by the Anguis, a rebel group resisting the power of the Hierarchy, but escape the attack...
- Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 532 pp. (Anguis ventralis, new species, p. 391). (in Latin). Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982)...
- colour is a common feature of the whole genus Anguis, especially the similar common slow worm, Anguis fragilis. In the past, slow worms from the Italian...