annoyance 
annoyance (a-noi'aus), . [< ME. anoyancc 
(rare),< OF. anoiance, <iiiiiiaiicc,<(iiiniei;anuier, 
annoy: see ciiinny, i\, and -ance.] 1. The act 
of annoying; vexation; molestation. 
Formidable means of a/i/i<ni<ni<-t r . 
Mamitlai/, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
2. The state of being annoyed; a feeling of 
trouble, vexation, or anger, occasioned by un- 
welcome or injurious acts or events. 
A careless step leading to accident, or some bungling 
manipulation, causes self-comlemnation with its accom- 
panying feeling uf ainioiiainv though no one is liy. 
H. Spencer, Prill, of Psychol., 517. 
3. That which annoys, troubles, or molests. 
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, 
Any annoyance in that precious sense ! 
Shak., K. John, iv. 1. 
The . . . exercise of industry . . . tempereth all annoy- 
ances. Barrow, Sermons, III. xix. 
Jury of annoyance, a jury appointed to report upon 
public nuisances, .v. /;. I). |Eug.] = Syn. 1. Molestation, 
vexation. 2. Discomfort, plague. 
annoyancer (a-noi'an-ser), . An annoyer. 
Lamb. [Rare.] 
annoyer (a-uoi'er), . One who annoys, 
annoyfult (a-iioi'ful), a. [< ME. anoyful, < 
anoye : see annoy, n.] Giving trouble ; incom- 
moding; molesting. 
annoyingly (a-uoi'ing-li), adv. In an annoy- 
ing manner. 
The Times and other papers commented annoyingly on 
"Dog Tear "em," as Mr. has been long nicknamed 
from his satirical temper and speech. 
li. J. Hinton, Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 133. 
annoyingness (a-noi'ing-nes), n. [< annoying 
+ -ness. ] The quality of being annoying ; vexa- 
tiousness. 
annoyment (a-noi'ment), n. [X ME. annoy- 
ment, < OF. anoiemeni : see annoy and -ment.] 
Annoyance. 
annoyoust (a-noi'us), a. [< ME. anayous, anoi- 
ous, annoyus, annuyous, etc., < OF. anoious, 
anoios, anuieus, enuius, mod. F. ennuyeux = Pr. 
enoios = Sp. Pg. enojoso = It. annojoso : see an- 
noy, ., and -ous.] Troublesome; annoying. 
annoyouslyt (a-noi'us-li), adv. [ME. anoyously; 
< aimoyous + -fy 2 .] Annoyingly; vexatiously. 
Chaucer, Boethius. 
annuaire(an-u-ar'), n. [F.] S&me&sannuary, 1. 
annual (an'u-al), a. and . [< ME. annual, usu- 
ally annitel, { OF. anuel, annuel, F. annuel = Pr. 
Pg. an nual = Sp. anual = It. annuale, < ML. an nu- 
alis, yearly, LL. a year old, the regular L. adj. 
being annalis, < L. annus, a year: see annals.] 
1. a. 1. Of, for, or pertaining to a year; year- 
ly: as, the annual growth of a tree; annual 
profits ; the annual motion of the earth. 
A thousand pound a year, annual support, 
Out of his grace he adds. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 3. 
2. Relating to a year, or to the events or trans- 
actions of a year: as, an annual report. 3. 
Lasting or continuing only one year, or one 
season of the year ; coming to an end individu- 
ally within the year: as, annual plants or in- 
sects. 
An annual herb flowers in the nrst year, and dies, root 
and all, after ripening its seed. 
A. Gray, Botany (ed. 1870), p. 21. 
4. Occurring or returning once a year; hap- 
pening or coming at yearly intervals: as, an 
annual feast or celebration. 
Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured 
The Syrian damsels to lament hia fate. 
Milton, P. L., i. 447. 
Annual assay, conference, epact, etc. See the nouns. 
Annual income, the sum of annual receipts. Annual 
rent, in Scot* law, a yearly profit due to a creditor by way 
of interest for a given sum of money ; interest : so called be- 
cause when, before the Reformation, it was illegal to lend 
money at interest, the illegality was evaded by a stipula- 
tion on the part of the lender for a certain rent yearly from 
land. Annual value of a piece of property, that which 
it is worth for a year's use. It includes what ought to 
be received, whether it is actually received or not, and 
amounts to the excess thereof above deducted costs or ex- 
penses. 
II. n. 1 . [< ME. annuel, n.,< OF. annuel, < ML. 
annuale, prop. neut. of annualis, a. : see above, 
and cf. annueler.] A mass said for a deceased 
person, either daily during a year from the day 
of his death, or on the recurrence of the day for 
a number of years ; an anniversary mass ; also 
the fee paid for it. Also called annal. 2. A 
yearly payment or allowance; specifically, in 
Scotland, quit-rent; ground-rent. Also called 
ground-annual. 3. A plant or an animal whose 
natural term of life is one year or one season ; 
especially, any plant which grows from seed, 
blooms, perfects its fruit, and dies in the course 
of the same year. Annuals, however, may lie carried 
over two or more years by preventing them from fruiting, 
as is frequently done with the mignonette. Many species 
that are perennials in warm climates are only annuals 
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where the winters are severe. Winter annuals, frequent 
in warm regions with dry summers, germinate from the 
seed under the rains of autumn, grow through the winter, 
and die after perfecting seed in the spring. 
4. A literary production published annually; 
especially, an illustrated work issued near 
Christmas of each year. The name is more espe- 
cially applied to certain publications handsomely bound, 
illustrated with plates, and containing prose tales, poems, 
etc., which were formerly very popular, but are now no 
longer issued. The first one published in London appeared 
in 1S22, anil the last in 1856. 
annualist (an'u-al-ist), n. [< annual, n., + -int.'] 
An editor of, or a writer for, an annual, or a 
publication issued annually. Lamb. 
annually (an'u-al-i), adv. Yearly; each year; 
returning every year ; year by year. 
annuary (an'u-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. annuaire, 
< ML. *annudrius (neut. annuarium, an anni- 
versary), < L. annus, a year. See annual.] I.t 
a. Annual. 
Supply anew 
With annuary cloaks the wandering Jew. 
John Hall, Poems, I. 10. 
II. ". j pi. annitaries (-riz). 1. An annual 
publication. 
That standard [of the French meter] is declared, in the 
Annuary of the Bureau des Longitudes, to be equal to 
39.37079 British imperial standard inches. 
Sir J. Herschel, Pop. Lects., p. 440. 
2f. A priest who says annual masses ; an an- 
nueler. 
annuelert, n. [ME. annueler, < ML. annuala- 
rius, < annuale, an anniversary mass: see an- 
nual, n.] A priest employed in saying annuals 
for the dead. Chaucer. 
annuent (an'u-ent), . [< L. annuen(t-)s, ppr. 
of annuere, adnuere, nod to, < ad, to, + nuere 
(only in comp.), nod, = Gr. veveiv, nod.] 1. 
Nodding, as if with the purpose of signifying 
assent or consent. Smart (1849). [Bare.] 2. 
Serving to bend the head forward : specifically 
applied to the muscles used in nodding. 
annuitant (a-nu'i-tant), n. [< annuity + -ant.] 
One who receives, or is entitled to receive, an 
annuity. 
annuity (a-nu'i-ti), .; pi. annuities (-tiz). [< 
ME. annuitee, "annuyte, < OF. annuite, mod. F. 
annuite, < ML. annuita(t-)s, an annuity (cf. L. 
annua, an annuity, neut. pi. ), < L . annum, yearly, 
< annus, a year. See annual.] A periodical pay- 
ment of money, amounting to a fixed sum in each 
year, the moneys paid being either a gift or in 
consideration of a gross sum received. When the 
payment is continued for a certain period, as 10, 20, or 100 
years, it is called a certain annuity ; when it continues 
for an uncertain period, a contingent annuity; when the 
period is determined by the duration of one or more lives, 
a life annuity. A deferred or reversionary annuity is one 
that does not begin till after a certain period or number of 
years, or till the decease of a person, or some other future 
event. An annuity in poxsewion is one which has already 
begun. Governments often raise money upon annuities ; 
that is, for a certain sum advanced, the government con- 
tracts to pay a specific sum for life, or for a term of years. 
Annuity Act, an English statute of 1813 (53 Geo. III., 
e. 141) which required the registration of all instruments 
granting annuities, and regulated such grants. To grant 
an annuity, to make a formal contract or testamentary 
provision to pay an annuity. 
nul (a-nul'), <; 
pr. annulling. [Early mod. E. also adnul, < 
Annular Gear- 
wheel. 
annul (a-nul'), <; pret. and pp. annulled, 
ppr. annulling. [Early mod. E. also adnul, < 
ME. annullen, anutten. adnullen, < OF. anuller, 
adnuller, mod. F. annuler = Pr. Pg. annullar 
= Sp. anular = It. annullare, < L. annullare, 
adnullare, bring to nothing, < ad, to, + nullus, 
none, nullum, nothing: see null.] 1. To re- 
duce to nothing ; annihilate ; obliterate. 
Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, 
And all her various objects of delight 
AnmM'd. Milton, S. A., 1. 72. 
2. To make void or null; nullify; abrogate; 
abolish; do away with: used especially of laws, 
decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other 
established rules, usages, and the like. 
Do they mean to invalidate, annul, or call into ques- 
tion . . . that great body of our statute law ? . . .to an- 
nul laws of inestimable value to our liberties? 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
The burgesses now annulled the former election of gov- 
ernor and council. Bancroft, Hist. TJ. S., 1. 172. 
= Syn. 2. Abolish, Repeal, etc. (see abolish); Nullifi/, 
Annihilate, etc. (see neutralize); retract, declare null and 
void, supersede. 
annular (an'u-lar), a. [= F. annulaire = Pg. 
annullar = Sp. anular = It. anulare, < L. annu- 
laris, prop, anularis, relating to a ring, < an- 
nulus, prop, dnulus, a ring: see annulus.] 1. 
Having the form of a ring; pertaining to a 
ring. 2. In zool. and anat., of or pertaining 
to ringed or ring-like structure or form; annu- 
late ; annuloid ; annulose. Annular auger, an 
auger used for cutting an annular channel. The simplest 
f i >rm is a tube with a serrated edge, which is kept centered 
by a point projecting from a movable plug within, and of 
annulation 
the size of, the bore of the tube. Annular bit, a boring- 
bit which cuts an annular channel without removing the 
untouched center. It is used in cutting large holes, and 
in the formation of circular blanks, as for wads, buttons, 
etc. Annular borer, a tube which serves as a rock- or 
earth-boring tool, making an annular cutting, and leaving 
a column of rock or earth in the middle. It is usually 
armed at the boring extremity with diamonds. See dia- 
mond drill, under drill. Annular duct, or annular 
vessel, in bat., a cylindrical tube of delicate vascular 
tissue, strengthened at intervals on the inner side by a 
deposit of material in the form of rings, called annular 
ittarkinijK. Annular eclipse, in a^ti'nn., an eclipse of the 
sun in which a portion of its surface is visible in the form 
of a ring surrounding the dark body of the moon. This 
occurs when the moon is too remote from the earth to 
cover the sun completely, and at the moment when the 
centers of both sun and moon are nearly in a line with the 
point on the earth's surface where the observer stands. 
Annular engine, or annular-cylinder engine, a direct- 
action marine engine, having two concentric cylinders ; the 
annular space between them is fitted with a piston, which 
is attached to a T- shaped cross-head by two piston-rods. 
The cross-head is formed by two plates, with a space be- 
tween them in which the connecting-rod vibrates, and its 
lower end slides within the inner cylinder and is con- 
nected with the crank. Annular finger, the ring-finger. 
Then calling for a Bason and a Pin 
He pricks his annular finger, and lets fall 
Three drops of blood. J. Beaumont, Psyche, v. 50. 
Annular gear-wheel, a gear-wheel in which the teeth 
are on the inside of an annulus or ring, while its pinion 
works within its pitch-circle, turning in 
the same direction. Annular liga- 
ment, in anat. ; (a) The general liga- 
mentous envelop which surrounds the 
wrist or ankle, and is perforated for the 
passage of tendons, vessels, and nerves. 
(6) The orbicular ligament which holds 
the upper end of the radius in the sig- 
moid cavity of the ulna. Annular 
markings. See annular duct, above. 
Annular micrometer, a circular mi- 
crometer, or ring-micrometer. See micrometer. Annu- 
lar pan, the horizontal ring-shaped pan of certain forma 
of amalgamators and ore-crushers. Annular process or 
protuberance of the brain, an old name of the pons 
Varolii : still in use in the form tuber annulare. Annular 
saw, a cutting-tool formed of a tube with a serrated end. 
It is used for cutting button-blanks. Annular vault, in 
arch., a barrel vault covering a space of which the plan is 
formed by two concentric circles, or any portion of such 
a space. Annular vessel. See annular duct, above. 
annularity (an-u-lar'i-ti), n. [< annular + -ity.] 
The quality or condition of being annular, or 
ring-shaped. 
annularly (an'u-lar-li), adv. In the manner or 
form of a ring. 
annulary (an'u-la-ri), . and n. [< L. annula- 
rius, more correctly dnularius, pertaining to a 
ring,< dnulus, a ring: see annulus.] I. a. 1. 
Having the form of a ring. 
Because continual respiration is necessary, the wind- 
pipe is made with annulary cartilages, that the sides of it 
may not flag and fall together. 
Ray, On the Creation, p. 270. 
2. Bearing a ring: specifically said of the ring- 
finger. 
II. n. ; pi. annularies (-riz). The fourth fin- 
ger, or ring-finger. 
The thumb and annulary crossed. 
Labarte, Arts of Mid. Ages (trans.), p. 144. (S. K D.) 
Annulata (an-u-la'ta% n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of L. annulatus': see'annulate.] 1. A synonym 
of Annelides, Annelida, Annellata, Annulosa, and 
Ampnisbatnoida. 2. In Gegenbaur's system of 
classification, a prime division of Femes, di- 
vided into two main groups, Hirudinea (leeches) 
and Annelides, the latter comprising the two 
groups of the Oligochaita and the Chaitopoda. 
annulate (an'u-lat), . [< L. annulatus, prop. 
dnulatus, ringed, < anulus, a ring: see annulus.] 
1. Furnished with rings, or circles like rings; 
having belts. Specifically 2. In bot., provided 
with an annulus or with annuli : applied to a 
capsule, stem, or root encircled by elevated 
rings or bands. See cut under annulus. 3. In 
her., applied to any bearing, such as a cross, 
whose extremities end in annulets or rings, or 
which is fretted or interlaced with an annulet. 
See cut under angle, 5. Equivalent forms are 
annulettee, annuletty. 4. Of or pertaining to 
the Annulata in either sense of that word. 5. 
In entom., having rings or encircling bands of 
color, or having raised rings. 
annulated (an'u-la-ted), a. 1. Furnished with 
rings ; annulate! Specifically 2. In^o67., hav- 
ing or consisting of a ring or rings ; composed 
of a series of ringed segments, as a worm ; an- 
nelid; annuloid. 3. In arcJi., furnished with 
a projecting annular band or bands Annu- 
lated columns, columns standing free or grouped in 
clusters and surrounded in one or more places with pro- 
jecting rings or bands : a form usual in some styles of 
Pointed architecture. 
annulation (an-u-la'shon), n. [< annulate + 
-ion.] 1. A circular or ring-like formation. 
2. The act of forming rings ; the act of becom- 
ing a ring. 
