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a. [ Pref. bi- + rectangular. ] Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + tangent. ] (Geom.) Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n. A line that touches a curve in two points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contangoes [ Prob. a corruption of contingent. ] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent. ] (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disentangled p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling ] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
Syn. -- extricated, freed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. straightened out.
Syn. -- loosened, unsnarled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entangled p. pr. & vb. n. Entangling ] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. “Entangling alliances.” Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [ Narrower terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; knotted, snarled, snarly; matted; rootbound; intertwined ]
Syn. -- tangled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.
Syn. -- embroiled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Naut.) An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One that entangles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from the name of the first wearer, Mlle. de Fontanges, about 1679. ] A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A cell or organ in which gametes develop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Hepta- + angular: cf. F. heptangulaire. Cf. Septangular. ] Having seven angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intangibilities [ Cf. F. intangibilité. ] The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible. ] Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall.

-- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To entangle; to intertwine. “Moss and intertangled vines.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire. ] Having many angles. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. musteño belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild. ] (Zool.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., touch me not. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octangulus eight-cornered; octo eight + angulus angle. ] Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Malayan ōrang ūtan, i. e., man of the woods; ōrang man + ūtan a forest, wood, wild, savage. ] (Zool.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus, formerly Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. It is now an endangered species. [ Written also orangutan, orangutang, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Orang-outang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + angle. ] A pentagon. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + angular. ] Having five corners or angles. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. rectus right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle. ] (Geom.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rectangular. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rectangular. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. rectangulaire. ] Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. -- Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly adv. -- Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

To their nests of sedge and sea tang. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Septi- + angle. ] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heptagonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea. -- n. One of the Spatangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Spatangus, and -oid. ] (Zool.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of sea urchin, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Sting. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stange, of Scand. or Dutch origin; cf. Icel. stöng, akin to Dan. stang, Sw. stång, D. stang, G. stange, OHG. stanga, AS. steng; from the root of E. sting. ] 1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stang ball, a projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar shot. See Illust. of Bar shot, under Bar. --
To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders. This method of punishing wife beaters, etc., was once in vogue in some parts of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Akin to sting; cf. Icel. stanga to prick, to goad. ] To shoot with pain. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of imitative origin. Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang taste, flavor. ] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang. Cf. Tangle. ] (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus). Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tang sparrow (Zool.), the rock pipit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. √59. See Tong. ] 1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs. See Tongs. ] A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) The tongue of a buckle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. T`ang. ] A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tanged p. pr. & vb. n. Tanging. ] To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din. [ 1913 Webster ]