Anormal
(A*nor"mal) a. [F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal.] Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]

Anorn
(A*norn) v. t. [OF. aörner, aöurner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form a- ourne was corrupted into anourne.] To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.

Anorthic
(A*nor"thic) a. [See Anorthite.] (Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

Anorthite
(A*nor"thite) n. [Gr. 'an priv. + straight ( sc. right angle); not in a right angle.] A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

Anorthoscope
(A*nor"tho*scope) n. [Gr. 'an priv. + straight + -scope.] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

Anosmia
(||A*nos"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + smell.] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell.

Another
(An*oth"er) pron. & a. [An a, one + other.]

1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Another yet! — a seventh! I 'll see no more.
Shak.

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower.
Shak.

2. Not the same; different.

He winks, and turns his lips another way.
Shak.

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.
Prov. xxvii. 2.

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
John v. 7.

As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

Another-gaines
(An*oth"er-gaines`) a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Another-gates
(An*oth"er-gates`) a. [Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates.] Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.

Another-guess
(An*oth"er-guess) a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another sort. [Archaic]

It used to go in another-guess manner.
Arbuthnot.

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