ANA C 



order monogynia. Named from the Greek 



ANACA'MPTICS, from civet, back, and 

 xctpxria, to bend. That branch of optics 

 now called catoptrics (q. v.). 



ANACAN'THES, a genus of chondroptery- 

 gious fishes ; from uvoc, and xavdet, a 

 spine, being covered with spines. 



ANACARDIA'CEJS, a natural order of exo- 

 genous plants, of which the cashew-nut 

 (Anacardium occidentale),is the type. The 

 marking-nut, Burmcen varnish, niastich, 

 pistacio nuts, and sumach, are all pro- 

 duced by species of this order. 



ANACAR'DIUM, the cashew-nut ; a genus 

 Of the Class enneandria, and order mono- 

 gynia. There are two species, the acajou 

 or acajuba (A. occidentals), the oil of the 

 nut of which is a good marking ink ; and 

 the Malacca bean (A. orientale). Name from 

 civet, resembling, and xaSia, a heart, in 

 allusion to the form of the fruit. 



ANACLAS'TIC, refracting, from etvat,, 

 backwards, and xXcttrt;, a breaking. An- 

 aclastic glasses are sonorous glasses, made 

 chiefly in Germany. They resemble in- 

 rerted funnels, with very thin convex 

 bottoms. On drawing out a little air by 

 applying the mouth to the orifice, the 

 bottom springs into a concave form with 

 a sort of crash, and again, by blowing into 

 them, the bottom with a like noise springs 

 into its convex form. These glasses are 

 used to show the elasticity of glass. 



ANACLAS'TICS. See ANACLASTIC. The old 

 name for that branch of optics which 

 treats of refracted light, and which is now 

 called dioptrics (q. v.). 



ANACOLU'THON, Gr. etvotxoXtvdor, some- 

 thing which does not follow. A gramma 

 tical term denoting the want of sequence 

 among the members of a sentence. 

 ANACON'DA, j a name given in Ceylon to 

 ANACON'DO, J a large snake, a species of 

 boa, " which is said to devour travellers.' 

 Its flesh is much esteemed as food. The 

 name is Ceylonese, and means the grea 

 make. 



ANACKEON'TIC. The anacreontic verse 

 consists of three feet and a half, usually 

 spondees and iambics, but sometimes 

 anapests. An anacreontic is a poem in 

 anacreontic verse. 



ANADIPLO'SIS from cttet and oitr^vos, 

 double, duplication. A rhetorical figure : 

 consisting in the repetition of the last 

 word or words in a line or clause of a 

 sentence, as, 



"He retained his virtues amid all his 

 misfortunes misfortunes which" &c. 

 2. Among physicians, the reduplication o: 

 a paroxysm in agues of a double type, 



ANAOAL'LIS, the herb pimpernel, o 

 which there are two British species ; on< 

 f which is called the poor man'* weather' 



ANA 



jlass. Class pentandria, order monogynia. 

 famed from avaysAoai, to laugh ; because, 

 ays Pliny, it excites pleasure ; and, ac- 

 cording to Dioscorides, because it cures 

 >ilious disorders. 



AX'AGLYPH, from ecvot,, upon, and 

 /XuQcii, to engrave. An embossed or 

 :hased ornament, usually of metal and 

 ivorked in relief. When raised on stone, 

 ;he anaglyph becomes a cameo: when 

 sunk, an intaglio. 



ANAGNOS'TA, Lat. from atOL-yvcaffxti, 

 ,o read. A domestic servant employed by 

 the wealthy Romans to read to them 

 during meals. The old clergy continued 

 :he custom and the name. 



ANAGOGE, ) from OLIO., upwards, and 



ANAGOGY, ) a-ycu, to lead. In theology, 

 a mode of interpreting the Bible , whereby 

 the text is turned from its literal sense to 

 signify something of a more spiritual and 



ysterious nature . 



AN'AGRAM, from avct and j>gtx.u,iMt, 

 a letter. A transposition of the letters of 

 a name, by which a new word or sentence 

 is formed ; e. g. Horatio Nelson becomes 

 Honor est a Nilo. 



AN'AGRAPH,fromava,upon, andy^oup*, 

 to write. A transcription, inventory, 

 register, prescription, anagram, commen- 

 tary. 



ANAGYRIS, avetyvys , bean-trefoil. A 

 genus of shrubaceous plants, natives of 

 the southern parts of Europe. Class de- 

 candria, order monogynia. 



ANAL, Lat. analis, pertaining to the 

 anus ; e. g. the anal fin is that between 

 the vent and the tail. The anal valves of 

 certain of the cephalopods are intended 

 for the defence of the terminal orifice of 

 the intestines. 



ANAL'CIME, cubic zeolite, called also 

 cubizite. A stone which is found chiefly 

 in the cavities of amygdaloidal rocks, re- 

 gularly crystallised, in angulo-granular 

 concretions, and massive. It is remark- 

 able as having no cleavage lines: each 

 crystal is composed in a singular manner 

 of 24 solids, all symmetrically arranged 

 with respect to the axes of the icosatetra- 

 hedron, and each of them possessing a 

 separate optical structure and double re- 

 fraction. It is rendered feebly electrical 

 by heat, whence its name, from avxXxis, 

 feeble. 



ANALBM'MA, Lat. from avaX^uoa, 

 altitude. 1. In geometry, a projection of the 

 sphere on the plane of the meridian, or- 

 thographically made by straight lines, 

 circles, and ellipses, the eye being sup- 

 posed at an infinite distance, and in the 



east or west points of the horizon. 2. 



An instrument of wood or brass, upon, 

 which an analemmatic projection ia 

 drawn, with a horizon and cursor fitted 



