angle meter

[Lat. angulus, and Gr. μέτρον ( metron ) = a measure.] An instrument used by geologists to measure the dip of strata, the angle of joint-planes, . ( Brande.) ǎng'-ler, s. [Eng. angle; -er. In Ger. angler; Dut, hengelaar.] 1. Gen. One who angles; one who fishes with a rod. "Five or six years after the Revolution, an indefatigable angler published an account of Scotland."Macaulay: Hist . of Eng ., ch. xiii. 2. Spec .: A fish called also Sea-Devil, Frog, or Frog-fish; and in Scotland, Wide-gab, signify img wide mouth. It is the Lophius piscator i us of Linnæus, and is placed under the order Acanthopterygii, and the family which has the pectoral fins feet-like. It has an enormous head, on which are placed two elongated ap IMG:content-0536.png:[blocks in formation]