[Angler], a fish with a broad, big-mouthed head and a tapering body, both covered with appendages having glittering tips, by which, as it burrows in the sand, it allures other fishes into its maw.
[Angles], a German tribe from Sleswig who invaded Britain in the 5th century and gave name to England.
[An`glesea] (50), i. e. Island of the Angles, an island forming a county in Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait, flat, fertile, and rich in minerals.
[Anglesey, Marquis of], eldest son of the first Earl of Uxbridge, famous as a cavalry officer in Flanders, Holland, the Peninsula, and especially at Waterloo, at which he lost a leg, and for his services at which he received his title; was some time viceroy in Ireland, where he was very popular (1768-1854).
[Anglia, East] territory in England occupied in the 6th century by the Angles, corresponding to counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
[Ang`lican Church], the body of Episcopal churches all over the British Empire and Colonies, as well as America, sprung from the Church of England, though not subject to her jurisdiction, the term Anglo-Catholic being applied to the High Church section.
[Anglo-Saxon], the name usually assigned to the early inflected form of the English language.
[Ango`la] (2,400), a district on the W. coast of Africa, between the Congo and Benguela, subject to Portugal, the capital of which is St. Paul de Loando.
[Ango`ra] (20), a city in the centre of Anatolia, in a district noted for its silky, long-haired animals, cats and dogs as well as goats.
[Angostu`ra], capital of the province of Guayana, in Venezuela, 240 m. up the Orinoco; also a medicinal bark exported thence.