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born. In history, the subjects of Scotland, 

 born before the accession of James I. to 

 the English throne, and alive after it; 

 opposed to postnati. 



ANTENI'CENE, anterior to the council of 

 Nice ; ante, before, and A'u-e. A term in 

 ecclesiastical history. 



ANTEN'N^, Lat. plural of mi<e?iwfl,ayard- 

 arm. In zoology, the horns, or feelers of 

 insects. These are peculiar to this order 

 of beings, and seem to constitute very 

 delicate organs of touch. Their form and 

 size vary greatly in different genera and 

 species, and even in the two sexes of the 

 same species. When the antennae have 

 but one joint, they are said to be exarti- 

 ctilate ; when they have two joints, Inar- 

 ticulate; when furnished with three, tri- 

 articulate ; while those whose joints are 

 numerous are said to be multiarticulate. 

 The antennae rarely exceed two in number, 

 but some apterous insects have as many 

 as six. 



ANTEN'N vix, Lat. dim. of antenna (q. v.) 

 A term applied to the small articulate 

 filaments attached to the lower-lip of 

 some mandibulate insects, and -which 

 seem to be endowed with great sensibility. 



ANTENNtrLA'RiA, a subgenus of Tubu- 

 laria of Linnaeus, in which the cells form 

 horizontal rings round the stem ; whence 

 the name. 



AXTF.PAG'MENTS, Lat. antepagmenta. In 

 architecture, the mouldings, or architraves 

 round doors ; also the jambs of a doorway. 



ANTEPEC'TUS, Lat. from ante, opposite 

 to, and pectits, the breast. In entomology, 

 a term used to signify under the breast- 

 plate of the manitrunk, and the bed of the 

 first pair of extremities. 



ANTEPOSI'TION , from ante and position, 

 from pono, to place. In grammar, the 

 placing of a word before another, which, 

 by the ordinary rules, should follow it. 



ASTEPREDIC'AMENT, from ante, before, 

 and predicament. In logic, a preliminary 

 question to illustrate the doctrine of pre"- 

 dicaments and categories. 



ANTE'RIOR, ante, before, in time, or 

 place. Thus historians use the word in 

 the first sense, and anatomists in the 

 latter. In descriptions of shells, the an- 

 terior of bivalves is the side opposite to 

 the hinge ; of a spiral univalve, that part 

 of the aperture most distant from the 

 apex; of a symmetrical conical univalve, 

 that part where the head of the animal 

 lies. 



AN'TES, a range of pilasters attached to 

 the front of a building. See ANTA. 



ANTESIONASI, a class of picked soldiers 

 in the Roman armies, who were drawn 

 up before (ante) the standards (iiyna), 

 whence the name. 



ANTEST.V'TVRK, from ante and ttatura, 

 stature. In fortification, a small retrench- 

 ment made of palisadoes. sacks of earth ,&c 



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ANTHE'LA, Gr. from etvOfain , a litti 

 flower. A name given by Meyer to the 

 inflorescence of the rush tribe of plants. 



ANTHE'LIX, > from cirri, opposite, and 



ANTIHE'UX, } %, the helix, or margin 

 of the external ear. The inward protu- 

 berance of the external ear, being a semi- 

 circle within, and almost parallel to the 

 helix. 



AS'THEM, from , opposite, and 

 VU.YO;, a hymn. A hymn performed in 

 cathedral service by choristers, who sing 

 alternately: first introduced into church 

 service, it is said, in the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth ; but, according to^ Pliny, the 

 early Christians sang their hymn to Christ 

 in parts by turn (secwn invicem). 



AN'THEMIS, the generic name of the 

 camomile, or chamomile ; a genus of the 

 class syngenesia, and order poly, superfiua. 

 Named from av6'.fM, a flower, in allusion 

 to the profusion of its blossoms. There 

 are five indigenous species, the flowers of 

 one of which (the A. nobilis), is much 

 used as a stomachic. 



AN'THER, from oinGos, a flower. In 

 botany, the part of the stamen which is 

 situated on the top of the stem, or fila- 

 ment, and which contains the pollen, or 

 farina; this, when mature, it emits for 

 the impregnation of the stigma. See 

 STAMEN. Different terms are applied to 

 the anthers, to designate their form ; as 

 oblong, globose, semilunar, angular, 

 linear, &c. ; and others to designate their 

 position, as erect, incumbent, versatile, 

 lateral, sessile, free, cuneate, &c. 



ANTHERIF'EROUS, bearing anthers. 

 Anthera, an anther, and fero, to bear 

 Forming a support to an anther. 



ANTHERO'GENOCS, anthera, an anther, 

 and yttvouau, I am produced. A term ap- 

 plied in botany, when in double flowers the 

 anthers are converted into horn-like petals. 



ANTHESPHO'RIA, from StvOot, a flower. 

 and Q^U, to carry. A Sicilian festival in 

 honour of Proserpine. 



ANTHEST'ERIA, an Athenian festival in 

 honour of Bacchus from avSot, flowere 

 being offered to Bacchus. 



ANTHESTE'RION, the sixth month of the 

 Athenian year. It answered to a part of 

 November and December. 



ANTHO'BII, a tribe of pentamerous cole- 

 optera. which take their common name 

 from titOo;, a flower, and pies, life; be- 

 cause they live among flowers, and the 

 varied foliage of shrubs and trees. 



AnTHODicM,Gr.aftuSj?, full of flowers, 

 from *9ot, a flower. A species of calyx 

 which contains many flowers, being com- 

 mon to them all, as the head of a thistle 

 or daisy. 



ANTHO'LOQT, from utQoi , a flower, and 



