Definition of angles

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Angles (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc..

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Wranglesome :: Wranglesome (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles..
Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A figure having three angles; a triangle.
Tetragon :: Tetragon (n.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc..
Square :: Square (n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.
Square :: Square (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure..
Gonidial :: Gonidial (a.) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian..
Antimeter :: Antimeter (n.) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles..
Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles..
Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..
Octagon :: Octagon (n.) Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.
Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..
Crown Wheel :: Crown wheel () A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..
Bevel :: Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber..
Quadrilateral :: Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters..
Orthotomous :: Orthotomous (a.) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.
Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..
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