Chapter 41

An*ten"na (&?;), n.; pl. Antennæ (&?;). [L. antenna sail-yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] (Zoöl.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

An*ten"nal (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.

An`ten*nif"er*ous (&?;), a. [Antenna + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing or having antennæ.

An*ten"ni*form (&?;), a. [Antenna + -form.] Shaped like antennæ.

An*ten"nule (&?;), n. [Dim. of antenna.] (Zoöl.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

An`te*num"ber (&?;), n. A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

An`te*nup"tial (&?;), a. Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.

An`te*or"bit*al (&?;), a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital.

An`te*pas"chal (&?;), a. Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

An"te*past (&?;), n. [Pref. ante- + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf. Repast.] A foretaste.

Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

||An`te*pen"di*um (&?;), n. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.] (Eccl.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.

{ An`te*pe"nult (&?;), ||An`te*pe*nult"i*ma (&?;), } n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.

An`te*pe*nult"i*mate (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult.

Ant`eph*i*al"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; nightmare.] (Med.) Good against nightmare. -- n. A remedy nightmare. Dunglison.

Ant`ep*i*lep"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + epileptic.] (Med.) Good against epilepsy. -- n. A medicine for epilepsy.

An"te*pone (&?;), v. t. [L. anteponere.] To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.

An"te*port (&?;), n. [Cf. LL. anteporta.] An outer port, gate, or door.

An`te*por"ti*co (&?;), n. An outer porch or vestibule.

An`te*po*si"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. LL. antepositio. See Position.] (Gram.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

An`te*pran"di*al (&?;), a. Preceding dinner.

An`te*pre*dic"a*ment (&?;), n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

An*te"ri*or (&?;), a. [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.] 1. Before in time; antecedent.

Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for ventral.

Syn. -- Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.

An*te`ri*or"i*ty (&?;), n. [LL. anterioritas.] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.

An*te"ri*or*ly (&?;), adv. In an anterior manner; before.

An"te*ro- (&?;). A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

An"te*room (&?;), n. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

An"tes (&?;), n. pl. Antæ. See Anta.

An`te*stat"ure (&?;), n. (Fort.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.

An"te*stom`ach (&?;), n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.

An"te*tem`ple (&?;), n. The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

An`te*ver"sion (&?;), n. [Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn.] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

An`te*vert" (&?;), v. t. [L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn.] 1. To prevent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion.

Ant*hel"ion (?; 277, 106), n.; pl. Anthelia (&?;). [Pref. anti + Gr. &?; sun.] (Meteor.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

<! p. 63 !>

Ant"he*lix (nt"h*lks), n. (Anat.) Same as Antihelix.

An`thel*min"tic (n`thl*mn"tk), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. "e`lmins, - inqos, worm, esp. a tapeworm, or mawworm..] (Med.) Good against intestinal worms. -- n. An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]

An"them (n"thm), n. [OE. antym, antefne, AS. antefen, fr. LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. 'anti`fwna, neut. pl. of 'anti`fwnon antiphon, or anthem, n. neut., from 'anti`fwnos sounding contrary, returning a sound; 'anti` over against + fwnh` sound, voice: the anthem being sung by the choristers alternately, one half-choir answering the other: cf. OF. anthaine, anteine, antieune, F. antienne. See Antiphon.] 1. Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

2. A song or hymn of praise. Milton.

An"them, v. t. To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]

Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.

|| An*the"mi*on (&?;), [ fr. Gr. 'anqemi`s flower.] A floral ornament. See Palmette.

||An"the*mis (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anqemi`s, equiv. to 'a`nqos flower; an herb like our chamomile.] (Bot.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

An"them*wise` (&?;), adv. Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon.

An"ther (&?;), n. [F. anthère, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. &?; flowery, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. -- An"ther*al (&?;), a.

||An`ther*id"i*um (&?;), n.; pl. Antheridia (&?;). [Anther + &?; (a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al (&?;), a.

An`ther*if"er*ous (&?;), a. [Anther + -ferous.] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.

An*ther"i*form (&?;), a. [Anther + -form.] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.

An`ther*og"e*nous (&?;), a. [Anther + -genous.] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

An"ther*oid (&?;), a. [Anther + - oid.] Resembling an anther.

{ An`ther*o*zoid (&?;), An`ther*o*zoo"id (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?; flowery + &?; animal + -oid. See Zooid.] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

||An*the"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

Ant"-hill (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

An*tho"bi*an (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + bi`os life.] (Zoöl.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.

||An`tho*bran"chi*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &?; gills, n. pl.] (Zoöl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

An`tho*car"pous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

An`tho*cy"a*nin (&?;), n. Same as Anthokyan.

||An*tho"di*um (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; like flowers, flowery; 'a`nqos flower + &?; form.] (Bot.) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

An*thog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -graphy.] A description of flowers.

An"thoid (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -oid.] Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

An`tho*ky"an (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + ky`anos blue.] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

An"tho*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

An`tho*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.

He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.

An*thol"o*gist (&?;), n. One who compiles an anthology.

An*thol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather.] 1. A discourse on flowers. [R.]

2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]

3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.

4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

An`tho*ma"ni*a (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + mani`a madness.] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

An"tho*ny's Fire` (&?;). See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

An*thoph"a*gous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

An"tho*phore (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; bearing flowers; 'a`nqos flower + &?; bearing, &?; to bear.] (Bot.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

An*thoph"o*rous (&?;), a. Flower bearing; supporting the flower.

An*thoph"yl*lite (&?;), n. [NL. anthophyllum clove.] A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic (&?;), a.

An"tho*rism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to bound, define.] (Rhet.) A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [R.]

An"tho*tax`y (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &?; order.] (Bot.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

||An`tho*zo"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &?; animal.] (Zoöl.) The class of the Cœlenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

An`tho*zo"an (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Anthozoa. -- n. One of the Anthozoa.

An"tho*zo"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.

An"thra*cene (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; coal.] (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2. C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also anthracin.]

An*thrac"ic (&?;), a. Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.

An`thra*cif"er*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; coal + -ferous.] (Min.) Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.

An"thra*cite (&?;), n. [L. anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. &?; like coals, fr. &?;, &?;, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax.] A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

An"thra*cit"ic (&?;), a. Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.

An"thra*coid (&?;), a. [Anthrax + - oid.] (Biol.) Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

An"thra*co*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, coal + -mancy.] Divination by inspecting a burning coal.

An`thra*com"e*ter (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; coal, carbon + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

An`thra*co*met"ric (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

An*thrac"o*nite (&?;), n. [See Anthracite.] (Min.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

An`thra*qui"none (&?;), n. [Anthracene + quinone.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2. C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

An"thrax (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; coal, carbuncle.] 1. (Med.) (a) A carbuncle. (b) A malignant pustule.

2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

||An*thre"nus (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a hornet.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

{ An*throp"ic (&?;), An*throp"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; man.] (Zoöl.) Like or related to man; human. [R.] Owen.

||An*throp"i*dæ (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; man.] (Zoöl.) The group that includes man only.

An`thro*po*cen"tric (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; man + &?; center.] Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system. Draper.

An`thro*po*gen"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.

An`thro*pog"e*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; birth.] The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

An*throp"o*glot (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; man + &?;, &?;, tongue.] (Zoöl.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

An`thro*pog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -graphy.] That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.

An"thro*poid (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; man + - oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.

An`thro*poid"al (&?;), a. Anthropoid.

||An`thro*poid"e*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropoid.] (Zoöl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

An`thro*pol"a*try (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; worship.] Man worship.

An*throp"o*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + - lite.] (Paleon.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.

{ An`thro*po*log"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*log"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

An`thro*pol"o*gist (&?;), n. One who is versed in anthropology.

An`thro*pol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -logy.] 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

2. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.

3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.

An"thro*po*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -mancy.] Divination by the entrails of human being.

{ An`thro*po*met"ric (&?;), An`thro*po*met"ric*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to anthropometry.

An`thro*pom"e*try (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -mercy.] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

||An`thro*po*mor"pha (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropomorphism.] (Zoöl.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

An`thro*po*mor"phic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly (&?;), adv.

An`thro*po*mor"phism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; of human form; &?; man + &?; form.] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

An`thro*po*mor"phist (&?;), n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

An`thro*po*mor"phite (&?;), n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

An`thro*po*mor*phit"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) to anthropomorphism. Kitto.

An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism (&?;), n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

An`thro*po*mor"phize (&?;), v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to.

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

An`thro*po*mor*phol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism.] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

An`thro*po*mor"pho*sis (&?;), n. Transformation into the form of a human being.

An`thro*po*mor"phous (&?;), a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. "Anthropomorphous apes." Darwin.

{ An`thro*po*path"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*path"ic*al (&?;), } a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv.

The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.

{ An`thro*pop"a*thism (&?;), An`thro*pop"a*thy (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?;; &?; man + &?; suffering, affection, passion, &?;, &?;, to suffer.] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.

In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

||An`thro*poph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?; eating men; &?; man + + &?; to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.

{ An`thro*po*phag"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*phag"ic*al (&?;), } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

An`thro*poph`a*gin"i*an (&?;), n. One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.

An`thro*poph"a*gite (&?;), n. A cannibal. W. Taylor.

An`thro*poph"a*gous (&?;), a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

An`thro*poph"a*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

<! p. 64 !>

An`thro*poph"u*ism (n`thr*pf"*z'm), n. [Gr. 'anqrwpofyh`s of man's nature; 'a`nqrwpos a man + fyh` nature.] Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.

An`thro*pos"co*py (-ps"k*p), n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

An`thro*pos"o*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; wisdom, knowledge.] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

An`thro*po*tom"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

An`thro*pot"o*mist (&?;), n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

An`thro*pot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; a cutting.] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

Ant`hyp*not"ic (&?;). See Antihypnotic.

Ant`hyp*o*chon"dri*ac (&?;), a. & n. See Antihypochondriac.

Ant`hys*ter"ic (&?;), a. & n. See Antihysteric.

An"ti (&?;). [Gr. &?; against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

||An"ti*æ (&?;), n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zoöl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

An`ti*al*bu"mid (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + -albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

An`ti*al"bu*mose` (&?;), n. (Physiol.) See Albumose.

An`ti-A*mer"i*can (&?;), a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

An`ti*aph`ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac.

An`ti*ap`o*plec"tic (&?;), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic.

An"ti*ar (&?;), n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

An`ti*a*rin (&?;), n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

An`ti*asth*mat"ic (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic.

An`ti*at*tri"tion (&?;), n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

||An`ti*bac*chi"us (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; + &?;. See Bacchius.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

An`ti*bil"lous (&?;), a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

An`ti*brach"i*al (&?;), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

||An`ti*brach"i*um (&?;), n. [NL.] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

An`ti*bro"mic (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; a stink.] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

An`ti*burgh"er (&?;), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

An"tic (&?;), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.] 1. Old; antique. [Obs.] "Lords of antic fame." Phaer.

2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

The antic postures of a merry- andrew.

Addison.

The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape.

Fuller.

An"tic, n. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.

Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.

3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.

And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.

4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]

Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.

An"tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (&?;), Antickt.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.

An"tic, v. i. To perform antics.

An`ti*ca*tarrh`al (&?;), a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. -- n. An anticatarrhal remedy.

An`ti*cath"ode (&?;), n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

An`ti*cau*sod"ic (&?;), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic.

An`ti*cau*sot"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; fever, &?; to burn.] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n. A remedy for such a fever.

An"ti*cham`ber, n. [Obs.] See Antechamber.

An"ti*chlor (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + chlorine.] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

An"ti*christ (&?;), n. [L. Antichristus, Gr. &?;; &?; against + &?;.] A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

An`ti*chris"tian (?; 106), a. Opposed to the Christian religion.

{ An`ti*chris"tian*ism (&?;), An`ti*chris*tian"i*ty (&?;), } n. Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.

An`ti*chris"tian*ly (&?;), adv. In an antichristian manner.

An`ti*chron"ic*al (&?;), a. Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.

An*tich"ro*nism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; against + &?; time.] Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.] Selden.

||An*tich"thon (&?;), n.; pl. Antichthones (&?;). [Gr. &?;; &?; against + &?; the earth.] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote.

2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.

An*tic"i*pant (&?;), a. [L. anticipans, p. pr. of anticipare.] Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey.