Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ANTHER

AN'THER, noun [Latin anthera, a flowery plant, from the Greek, flowery, from a flower.]In botany, the summit or top of the stamen, connected with the flower, and elevated by mea...

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ANTHERAL

AN'THERAL, adjective Pertaining to anthers.

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ANTHERIFEROUS

ANTHERIF'EROUS, adjective [anther and fero, to bear.] Producing anthers.

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ANTHESTERION

ANTHESTE'RION, noun The sixth month of the Athenian year, consisting of 29 days, and answering to a part of November and a part of December. It is supposed to be so called from ...

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ANTHOLOGICAL

ANTHOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to anthology.

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ANTHOLOGY

ANTHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a flower, and a discourse, a collection.]1. A discourse on flowers.2. A collection of beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams. I...

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ANTHOPHYLLITE

ANTHOPH'YLLITE, noun [Gr. a flower, and a leaf.]A mineral in masses composed of interlaced plates, or crystallized in reed-shaped crystals, which appear to be four sided prisms ...

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ANTHORISM

AN'THORISM, noun [Gr. opposite, and definition.]In rhetoric, a description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.

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ANTHRACITE

AN'THRACITE, noun [Gr. a burning coal; infra.]Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that species of coal which has a shining luster, approaching to metallic, and which bur...

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ANTHRACOLITE

AN'THRACOLITE. [See Anthracite.]

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ANTHRAX

AN'THRAX, noun [Gr.; supra.]A carbuncle; a malignant ulcer, with intense burning. The ancients gave this name to a gem, and it is sometimes used for lithanthrax or pit-coal.

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ANTHROPOGLOT

ANTHROP'OGLOT, [Gr. man, and the tongue.]An animal which has a tongue resembling that of a man, of which kind are parrots.

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ANTHROPOGRAPHY

ANTHROPOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. man, and description.]A description of man or the human race, or of the parts of the human body.

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ANTHROPOLITE

ANTHROP'OLITE, noun [Gr. man, and a stone.]A petrifaction of the human body, or skeleton. Some naturalists have asserted that skeletons of the animal frame have been found petri...

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL

ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to anthropology; according to human manner of speaking.

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ANTHROPOLOGIST

ANTHROPOL'OGIST, noun One who describes, or is versed in the physical history of the human body.

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ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOL'OGY, noun [Gr. man, and discourse.]1. A discourse upon human nature.2. The doctrine of the structure of the human body; the natural history or physiology of the human ...

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ANTHROPOMANCY

ANTHROPOM'ANCY, noun [Gr. man, and divination.]Divination by inspecting the entrails of a human being.

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ANTHROPOMORPHISM

ANTHROPOMORPH'ISM, noun The heresy of the anthropomorphites.

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ANTHROPOMORPHITE

ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE, noun [Gr. man, and form.]One who believes a human form in the Supreme Being. A sect of ancient heretics are called anthropomorphites.

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ANTHROPOMORPHOUS

ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, adjective Belonging to that which has the form of man; having the figure of resemblance to a man.

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ANTHROPOPATHY

ANTHROPOP'ATHY, noun [man, and passion.]The affections of man, or the application of human passions to the Supreme Being.

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ANTHROPOPHAGI

ANTHROPOPH'AGI, nounplural [Gr. man, and to eat.]Maneaters; cannibals; men that eat human flesh.

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ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS, adjective Feeding on human flesh.

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ANTHROPOPHAGY

ANTHROPOPH'AGY, noun The eating of human flesh, or the practice of eat it.

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ANTHROPOSCOPY

ANTHROPOS'COPY, noun [Gr. man, and to view.]The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions and inclinations from the lineaments of his body.

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ANTHROPOSOPHY

ANTHROPOS'OPHY, noun [Gr. man, and wisdom.]Knowledge of the nature of man; acquaintance with man's structure and functions, comprehending anatomy and physiology.