ANCON, the anatomical name for "elbow" (from the Gr. i yrccvv); "ancones" in architecture are the projecting bosses left on stone blocks or on drums of columns, to allow of their being either hoisted aloft or rubbed backwards and forwards to obtain a fine joint; the term was also given to the trusses or console brackets on each side of the doorway of a Greek or Roman building. A particular sort of sheep, with short crooked forelegs, is called "ancon" sheep.