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noun plural.
An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
verb.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angle.
Word Usage
"Page 246 cities, thermal rays which part at certain angles from the surface impinge against walls, the sides of houses, porticoes and piazzas, and after several reflections are, in great part, returned to the earth."