a. [ L. ad to + nodus a knot. ] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., in the year of [ our ] Lord [ Jesus Christ ]; usually abbrev. a. d. ] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annominatio. See Agnomination. ] 1. Paronomasia; punning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alliteration. [ Obs. ] Tyrwhitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- family Annonaceae, custard-apple family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating. ] [ L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n. ] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the act of adding notes.
Syn. -- annotation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation. ] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annotator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A writer of annotations; a commentator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annotinus a year old. ] (Zool.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annotinus, fr. annus year. ] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Announced p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing ] [ OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her [ Q. Elizabeth's ] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Publish laws, announce
Or life or death. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. -- To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. stated publicly; as, their announced intentions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who announces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annoyed p. pr. & vb. n. Annoying. ] [ OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See Annoy, n. ] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy. ] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. anoiance, anuiance. ] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which annoys. [ 1913 Webster ]

A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 aroused to impatience or anger; as, feeling annoyed by the constant teasing.
Syn. -- irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
Syn. -- harassed, harried, pestered [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, annoys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ OF. enuius, anoios. ] Troublesome; annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Perh. the native name. ] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [ Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. bonnach. ] A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bannock fluke, the turbot. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. & v. (Billiards) See Carom. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To discharge cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.

He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Cannons collectively Cannon. [ F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane. ] 1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. --
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [ Obs. ] --
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. --
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. --
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. --
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. --
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. --
Cannon shot. (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata. ] 1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading. ] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) See Canon Bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with cannon. [ Poetic ] “Gilbralter's cannoned steep.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The use of cannon. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. canonnier. ] A man who manages, or fires, cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cannon, collectively; artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Can to be able + -not. ] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree. ] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Japanese counterpart of the Chinese Kuan Yin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Pannus. ] (Bot.) Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To announce beforehand. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Sannup. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. stannum tin. ] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relating to tin, or connected with tin, or indicating containing tin as an ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element. [ 1913 Webster ]