Child's Ballads, III

180. Andean (an'de-an), a. [ She brought to him her beauty and truth, But and broad earldoms three. Lowell, Singing Leaves. named from Peruv. anti, copper, or metal in general.] Pertaining to the Andes, a great system of mountains extending along the Pacific coast of South America, and sometimes regarded as including the highlands of Central America and Mexico. B. Conditional use. [In this use not found in AS., but very common in ME.; cf. Icel. end a and MHG. unde in similar use: a development of the coördinate use; cf. so , adv. conj., mark- Andersch's ganglion. See ganglion. ing continuation, with so , conditional conj., if. This and , though identical with the coördiandesin, andesine (an'de-zin), n. [ nate, has been looked upon as a different word, and in modern editions is often artificially discriminated by being printed an: see an2.] If; supposing that: as, and you please. [Common in the older literature, but in actual speech now only dialectal.] For, and I sholde rekenen every vice Which that she hath, ywis I were to nice. Chaucer, Prol. to Squire's Tale, 1. 15. Disadvantage that now childern of gramer-scole Anderson battery. See battery. -in2.] A triclinic feldspar, intermediate between the soda feldspar albite and the lime feldspar anorthite, and consequently containing both soda and lime. It was originally obtained from the Andes, but has since been found in the Vosges and other localities. See feldspar.