Often written āā or ā. [med.L. a. Gr. ἀνά (see next), in its advb. sense.] Used in recipes in the sense of throughout, of each, of everyone alike, in specifying a quantity applicable to every ingredient; hence sometimes in older literature for ‘an equal quantity or number.’
a. 1500. MS. Linc. Med., 293 (Halliw.). Tak ȝarow and waybrede ana.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health (1633), 226. Make a tent of Euphorbium, mastick and French sope ana like much.
1651. Cleveland, Mixt Assembly, 2. An Assembly brew’d Of Clerks and Elders ana.
a. 1667. Cowley, My self, Wks. 1710, II. 786. In the same Weight Prudence and Innocence take, Ana of each does the just Mixture make.
1681. Dryden, Span. Friar, IV. i. (J.). He’ll bring an apothecary, with a chargeable long bill of Ana’s.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., Ana, of each.
