annul (anul)

t.; pret. and pp. annulled, ppr. annulling. [Early mod. E. also adnul, none, nullum, nothing: Milton, P. L., i. 447. Annual a ay, conference, epact, etc. See the nouns. -Annual income, the sum of annual receipts. - Annual rent, in Scots law, a yearly profit due to a creditor by way of interest for a given sum of money; interest: so called because when, before the Reformation, it was illegal to lend money at interest, the illegality was evaded by a stipula tion on the part of the lender for a certain rent yearly from land. - Annual value of a piece of property, that which it is worth for a year's use. It includes what ought to be received, whether it is actually received or not, and amounts to the exce thereof above deducted costs or expenses. II. n. 1. [ annuel , n., annuel , annual is , a.: see above, and cf. annueler .] A ma said for a deceased person, either daily during a year from the day of his death, or on the recurrence of the day for a number of years; an anniversary ma ; also the fee paid for it. Also called annal.-2. A yearly payment or allowance; specifically, in Scotland, quit-rent; ground-rent. Also called ground - annual.-3. A plant or an animal whose natural term of life is one year or one season; especially, any plant which grows from seed, blooms, perfects its fruit, and dies in the course of the same year. Annuals, however, may be carried over two or more years by preventing them from fruiting, as is frequently done with the mignonette. Many species that are perennials in warm climates are only annuals IMG:content-0791.png:[blocks in formation] annulation the size of, the bore of the tube. - Annular bit, a boring. bit which cuts an annular channel without removing the untouched center. It is used in cutting large holes, and in the formation of circular blanks, as for wads, buttons, etc.- Annular borer, a tube which serves as a rock or earth-boring tool, making an annular cutting, and leaving a column of rock or earth in the middle. It is usually armed at the boring extremity with diamonds. See dia mond drill, under drill.- Annular duct, or annular ve el, in bot., a cylindrical tube of delicate vascular ti ue, strengthened at intervals on the inner side by a deposit of material in the form of rings, called annular markings.- Annular eclipse, in astron., an eclipse of the sun in which a portion of its surface is visible in the form of a ring surrounding the dark body of the moon. This occurs when the moon is too remote from the earth to cover the sun completely, and at the moment when the centers of both sun and moon are nearly in a line with the point on the earth's surface where the observer stands.Annular engine, or annular-cylinder engine, a direct action marine engine, having two concentric cylinders; the annular space between them is fitted with a piston, which is attached to a T-shaped cro -head by two piston-rods. The cro -head is formed by two plates, with a space between them in which the connecting-rod vibrates, and its lower end slides within the inner cylinder and is connected with the crank. - Annular finger, the ring-finger. Then calling for a Bason and a Pin He pricks his annular finger , and lets fall Three drops of blood. J. Beaumont , Psyche, v. 50. Annular gear-wheel, a gear-wheel in which the teeth are on the inside of an annulus or ring, while its pinion works within its pitch-circle, turning in the same direction. - Annular ligament, in an at.: (a) The general ligamentous envelop which surrounds the wrist or ankle, and is perforated for the pa age of tendons, ve els, and nerves. (b) The orbicular ligament which holds the upper end of the radius in the sigmoid cavity of the ulna. - Annular markings. See annular duct, above.Annular micrometer, a circular mi Annular Gearwheel. crometer, or ring-micrometer. See micrometer.-Annular pan, the horizontal ring-shaped pan of certain forms of amalgamators and ore-crushers. - Annular proce or not a be rance of the brain, an old name of the pons Varolii: still in use in the form tuber annul are. - Annular saw a cutting tool formed with It is used for button-blanks.-Annular vault, in arch., a barrel vault covering a space of which the plan is formed by two concentric circles, or any portion of such a space. - Annular ve el. See annular duct , above. annularity (an-ū-lar'i-ti), n. [ annular +-ity.] The quality or condition of being annular, or ring-shaped. annularly (an'u-lär-li), adv. In the manner or form of a ring. annulary (an'u-lā-ri), a. and n. [ Having the form of a ring. Because continual respiration is nece ary, the windpipe is made with annulary cartilages, that the sides of it may not flag and fall together. Ray , On the Creation, p. 270. 2. Bearing a ring: specifically said of the ring finger. II. n.; pl. annularies (-riz). The fourth fin ger, or ring-finger. The thumb and annulary cro ed. sa, Labarte, Arts of Mid. Ages (trans.), p. 144. ( N. E. D.) Annul at a (an-ū-lā'tä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of L. annul at us : see annulate .] annulate .] 1. A synonym of Ann elides , Annelid a , Annellata , Annulosa , Amphisbænoida .-2. In Gegenbaur's system of cla ification, a prime division of Vermes , divided into two main groups, Hirudinea (leeches) and Ann elides , the latter comprising the two groups of the Oligochata and the Chatopoda . annulate (an'u-lat), a. [L. annul at us , anulatus , prop. ariannatus, anulatus , ringed, anulus , a ring: see annulus .] 1. Furnished with rings, or circles like rings; having belts. Specifically -2. In bot . , provided with an annulus or with annuli: applied to a capsule, stem, or root encircled by elevated rings or bands. See cut under annulus .-3. In her ., applied to any bearing, such as a cro , whose extremities end in annulets or rings, or which is fretted or interlaced with an annulet. See cut under angle , 5. Equivalent forms are annulettée, annuletty .-4. Of or pertaining to the Annul at a in either sense of that word.-5. In entom ., having aving rings or encircling bands of color, or having raised rings. annulated (an'u-la-ted), a . rings; annulate. Specifically -2. In zoöl . , having or consisting of a ring or rings; composed of a series of ringed segments, segments, as a worm; annelid; annuloid.-3. In arch ., furnished with a projecting annular band or bands. - Annulated columns, columns standing free or grouped in IMG:content-0792.png:[blocks in formation] annulation Pluck'd the gra There growing longest by the meadow's edge, And into many a listle annulet ,. Now over, now beneath her marriage ring, Wove and unwove it. Tennyson, Geraint. 226