ā.nea
1. vs. Insipid, tasteless.
2. n. Vibration caused by heat.
3. Pas/imp. of ane 1; moth-eaten. Fig., a battered tramp. (PPN anea.)
4. vs. Bare, leafless
5. Pas/imp. of ane 2; gentle, as a breeze.
A-NE-A
v. For aneia; pass. of ane; to be worm-eaten; to be light, as worm-eaten wood; to be dry, as timber.
A-NE-A
s. The dry-rot of wood, occasioned by heat, or the action of insects; applied to timber very old; also to other things. See ANOA.
A-NE-A
s. The heat of the sun; more properly the apparent vibration of the air caused by the heat of the sun.
A-NE-A
adj. Insipid; tasteless, as the inside of worm-eaten food, or of poor food; applied to persons having no appetite for food, on account of oppressive heat; exhausted, as men by hunger, by long abstinence, by long sleep, or by diving in deep water. See KANEA and ANEANE.
Anea (ă-nĕ'a), adj.
/ ă-nĕ'a /Insipid; tasteless; unsavory.
Anea (ă-nĕ'a), n.
/ ă-nĕ'a /1. A disease of timber caused by the attacks of various fungi; the dry-rot.
2. A disease of potato-tubers attributed to fungi.
3. Inward or hidden corruption, as of character or morals.
4. The apparent vibration of the air caused by the heat of the sun.
Anea (ā-nĕ'a), v.
/ ā-nĕ'a /[Contraction of ane-ia, the passive form of ane.].
1. To be bored by insects; to be moth-eaten.
2. To be light, as moth-eaten wood.
3. To become worn out or worthless.
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