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Aavef , a discourse. A collection of flowers, 

 or beautiful passages from authors. In 

 the Greek church, a collection of devotional 

 pieces. 



ANTHO'LTSIS, from oLvQos, a flower, and 

 Xvrif, a loosening. The expanding of a 

 flower-bud ; also the changing of flowers 

 from their usual state to some other state, 

 as leaves, branches, &c. 



ANTHOMY'CA, a genus of diptera of the 

 Muscide family. Name from v 9os, a 

 flower, and fjujiot, a fly. There are up- 

 wards of 100 British species of this insect. 



ANTHO'PHILA, a family of aculeate or 

 stinging hymenoptera. Name from t8o;, 

 a flower, and <ft\of, a lover. The insects 

 of this family all collect the pollen of 

 flowers or honey. Latreille divides them 

 into two sections, the andrenatcs and the 

 apiaria, to which the honey-bee properly 

 so called belongs. 



ANTHOPHO'RUM. from SLvSos, a flower, and 

 qipi*, to bear. In botany, the name given 

 to a columnar process arising from the 

 bottom of the calyx , and having the petals, 

 stamens, and pistil, at its apex. 



ANTHOPHY'LLITE, from aivdos, a flower, 

 and fd/'.Xciv, a leaf. A mineral usually 

 massive, but sometimes found crystal- 

 lised, of a yellowish-grey, inclined to 

 brown ; pearly lustre. It is found in In- 

 verness-shire, and in the cobalt mines of 

 Modum in Norway. Its constituents are 

 silica, alumina, lime, with oxide of iron 

 and manganese. 



ANTHU'KISM, from v, against, and 

 tgio-fAOf, definition. In rhetoric, a defini- 

 tion or description opposite to what is 

 given by the adverse party. 



ANTHOXAN'THBM, the sweet " vernal- 

 grass." A genus of perennials, of which 

 there are two British species : class dian- 

 dria, order digynia. Name from oUvSof, 

 a flower, and favBos, yellow, " from the 

 yellowish hue of the spikes, especially in 

 age." Hay is supposed to derive its fra- 

 grance from the presence of this dwarf 

 grass, which is found plentifully in pas- 

 tures. 



ANTOOZA'SIA, from oivOos, a flower, and 

 law, to flourish. A term used by botanists 

 to signify that the leaves of a plant as- 

 sume the appearance of petals. 



AX'THRACITE, a species of coal found in 

 the transition-rock formation, and often 

 called stone-coal. Its colour is iron-black, 

 lustre imperfect metallic, fracture con- 

 choidal; Sp. gr. from 1-3 to 1'6. It con- 

 tains about 97 per cent, of carbon, with 

 minute proportions of iron, alumina, and 

 silica. It is difficult to kindle, but burns 

 without smell or smoke, and with intense 

 heat- whence its name from a0, 



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charcoal. It is called also glance-coal and 

 blind-coal. 



AxTHRACOTHE'RirM, a name given to a 

 fossil and extinct mammiferous animal 

 of the tertiary strata, supposed to belong 

 to the pachydermata. Seven species are 

 known, some approximating to the size 

 and appearance of the hog, others resem- 

 bling the hippopotamus. Name from 

 tlv6$et.ziis , carbonaceous, and ft^o, wild 

 beast ; the bones being found chiefly in 

 the tertiary coal or lignite of Cadibona, 

 in Liguria. 



AN'THRAX, Gr. v#g<*|> a burning coal. 

 A carbuncle, which is the name of a gem, 

 and also of a disease nearly allied to a boil, 

 but more aggravated in its symptoms. 

 The name is also given to a genus of dip- 

 terous insects belonging to the tanystoma 

 of Cuvier, and placed among the bomby- 

 liers by Latreille. The genus is now raised 

 to the rank of a family, and named an- 

 thracidee. 



ANTHRE'NUS, the name of a Unnaean 

 genus of pentamerous coleoptera, from 

 civd^tv-n- An ancient name of an insect, 

 probably allied to this genus, in the habit 

 of living among flowers. 



AX'THRIBCS, the name of a Fabrieian 

 genus of tetramerous coleoptera, fnm 

 i'v&w, a flower, and ru, to destroy. The 

 genus is formed of a section of the curcu- 

 liones of Lin., which has the lip and jaw 

 bind and short, also the proboscis short. 



AJJTHRIS'CCS, the beaked- parsley. A 

 genus of which there are three British 

 species, one of which is well known as a 

 salad and pot-herb, under the name of 

 garden chervil : class pentandria, order 

 digynia. Name given by Pliny to a plant 

 analogous to this genus. 



ANTHROP'OGLOTE, j from cttBguvos, 



ANTHROP'OOLOTTE, > man,andyXoTT, 

 tongue. A name given to animals, in 

 which the tongue resembles the human 

 tongue ; e. g. the various species of parrot, 



AXTHROP'OLITE, from ayOgwrof, man, 

 and KtBos, a stone. A petrifaction of the 

 human body; a fossil human skeleton, of 

 which several have been found in the 

 West Indies. 



ANTHROPOMOR'PHITE, from ctvG^cavos, 

 man, and fjiegQ^, form. One who believes 

 a human form in the Supreme Being. An 

 ancient sect of heretics were called an- 

 thropomorphites, because they took literally 

 the passage, " God made man after his own 

 image." Their doctrine was called an- 

 thropomorphism. 



ANTHROPOP'ATHT, from ctvBgiuirof , man, 

 and xaQot , passion. A rhetorical figure, 

 by which some passion is ascribed to the 

 Supreme Being that belongs only to man. 



ANTHROPOPH'AGI. from atd*uirof, man, 





