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Angle   /ˈæŋgəl/   Listen
noun
Angle  n.  
1.
The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. "Into the utmost angle of the world." "To search the tenderest angles of the heart."
2.
(Geom.)
(a)
The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(b)
The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3.
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. "Though but an angle reached him of the stone."
4.
(Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." (Obs.)
5.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. "Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there." "A fisher next his trembling angle bears."
Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90°.
Adjacent angles or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles.
Alternate angles. See Alternate.
Angle bar.
(a)
(Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet.
(b)
(Mach.) Same as Angle iron.
Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.
Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together.
Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.
Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.
Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.
Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.
Facial angle. See under Facial.
Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.
Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.
Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.
Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90°.
Optic angle. See under Optic.
Rectilineal angle or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.
Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90° (measured by a quarter circle).
Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.
Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.
Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.
For Angles of commutation, Angles of draught, Angles of incidence, Angles of reflection, Angles of refraction, Angles of position, Angles of repose, Angles of fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.



verb
Angle  v. t.  To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. (Obs.) "He angled the people's hearts."



Angle  v. i.  (past & past part. angled; pres. part. angling)  
1.
To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2.
To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. "The hearts of all that he did angle for."






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"Angle" Quotes from Famous Books



... directly implicated in the murder, only taking sides with his brother Bob when he learned that he was a fugitive. In such a premise it was not unnatural that his bitterness toward Waring should take the angle that it did. And it would be difficult to prove that Andy Brewster was guilty of more than aiding ...
— Jim Waring of Sonora-Town - Tang of Life • Knibbs, Henry Herbert

... for the stage, in a short, white, satiny skirt reaching to the knees, pink stockings, and a sort of sleeveless bodice bright with relucent, armour-like scales. Upon her curly, light hair was perched, at a rollicking angle, a shining tin helmet. The costume was to be instantly recognized as one of those amazing conceptions to which competition has harried the inventors of the spectacular ballet. One of the officers bore a long cloak upon his arm, which, doubtless, had been intended ...
— Whirligigs • O. Henry

... and quietly approached the house, placing themselves in the angle of an outhouse out of sight from the windows. There was no sound, and no light appeared. Just above the ground about a foot of window was visible, with a grating over it, apparently lighting a basement. Suddenly ...
— Martin Hewitt, Investigator • Arthur Morrison

... on a note of rather shaky laughter. Roberta's arm lay across her mother's knee, her head upon it. She turned her head downward for an instant, burying her face in the angle of her arm. Mrs. Gray regarded the mass of dark locks beneath her hand with ...
— The Twenty-Fourth of June • Grace S. Richmond

... myself of the Malay creese, which I held in my right hand, while with the other I discovered as accurately as I could by pulsation the exact locality of the heart. It was essential that all the aspects of his death should lead to the surmise of self-murder. I calculated the exact angle at which it was probable that the weapon, if leveled by Simon's own hand, would enter his breast; then with one powerful blow I thrust it up to the hilt in the very spot which I desired to penetrate. A convulsive thrill ran through Simon's limbs. I heard ...
— The Diamond Lens • Fitz-James O'brien


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