Ancone

[Gr. agcon, the bend of the arm.] ( Arch. ) A sort of ornamental console, applied on each side of a door to support the cornice. Ancone'us, n. [Lat., from Gr. agcon, the elbow. ( Anat.) A small triangular muscle, situated on the back part of the elbow. Its use is to extend the fore-arm. Anco'ny, n. ( Metallurgy.) A piece of half-wrought iron, of about three-quarters of a hundred-weight, of the shape of a bar at the middle, but rude and unwrought at the ends. It is afterwards sent to a forge called a chafery, where the ends are wrought into the shape of the middle, and the whole is made into a bar. An'cram, in New York, a post-township of Columbia An'cram Lead-Mine, in New York, a post-village in Ancram township, Columbia co., 50 m. S.S.E. of Albany. So called from the lead ore found in the vicinity. Ancre, CONCINO CONCINI, BARON DE LUSSIGNY, MARSHAL D', a Florentine, who in 1600 accompanied Marie de Medicis, the queen of Henry IV., to France. He married one of the queen's attendants, Leonora Galigai; both acquired a strong influence over her mind, and thereby became unpopular. Upon the queen becoming regent, she made her favorite Concini a marshal of France, and prime minister. He was an object of dislike, both to the court and the people. A conspiracy, to which the young king, Louis XIII., lent himself, was formed against him, and he was a a inated openly in the Louvre, April 24, 1617. His body was ignominiously dragged through the streets of Paris by the people, and burnt. His wife, accused of sorcery, was also executed shortly afterward. An'crum, a village and parish of Roxburghshire, on the Teviot, in Scotland. Area , 8,316 acres. Pop . 600.Here, in 1544, the battle of Ancrum Moor was fought between the English and Scotch, the latter being the victors. or words are joined. IMG:content-0224.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] "Sure his honesty Got him small gains, but shamele flattery. And filthy beverage, and unseemly shift, An'dad Khan, or ANDEJAN, a town of Independent Tartary, Khanat of Khokan, on the Sihoon ( Jaxartes ), 55 m. E. of Khokan; Lat. 41° 20′ N.; Lon. 71° 27′ Ε. It is a place of considerable size and antiquity. Clark co. creeks. is parcelled out into vast estates belonging to the grandees. Agriculture is in a very backward state. The And alus i ans are a mixed race, descended from Africans, Cart hag in i ans, Romans, Goths, Vandals, and Moors. They retain much resemblance, both in person and manners, to the latter, although light hair, eyes, and complexions are by no means unfrequent. When they have any motive for exertion, they are not deficient in industry, and are intelligent and imaginative. Pop . (1898) 3,470,400. Andalu's ia, in Alabama, a post-village cap. of Coving ton co., 80 m. S. of Montgomery. And alus i a, in Illinois, a village of Rock Island co., 10 m. S.W. of Rock Island. Pop. (1898) 850. And alus i a, in Penna ., a post-village of Bucks co. And alus i a, in Tenne ee , a village of Gibson co. An'daman Islands, a narrow group of small islands in the E. part of the bay of Bengal, stretching N. and S. between Lat. 10° 30 and 13° 40′ N., and Lon. about 92° 50. Their inhabitants are in the lowest degree of barbarism and believed to be cannibals. A British settlement was established at Port Cornwall is, in 1793, but was abandoned in 1796. It is now a British convict settlement for East Indian criminals.