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† ˈansal, a. Obs. rare.
[prob. ad. med.L. *ansāl-is two-handled, whence, used both ways, double. Cf. Cotgr. 1611 ‘un pot a deux anses, an equivocation, a word, etc. of double meaning.’]
Cutting both ways, two-edged.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., The other [cultelere] is [called] Ansall bycause it is made in maner of a swerde cuttynge on both sydes. Ibid., Openynge made with a knyfe ansall to drawe out the rottennes. |