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Webster 1913 Edition


Annoyance

An-noy′ance

,
Noun.
[OF.
anoiance
,
anuiance
.]
1.
The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much
annoyance
to passengers.
Fuller.
For the further
annoyance
and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies.
Wilkins.
2.
That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any
annoyance
in that precious sense.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Annoyance

ANNOY'ANCE

,
Noun.
That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It includes something more than inconvenience.