Andropogon 
central and northern India is the source of what is known 
as rusa-oil, or oil of fringer-grass or of geranium. Thrsr 
oils are much esteemed in India for external application 
in rheumatism, but in Europe and America they are used 
almost exclusively by soap-makers and perfumers. The 
rusa-oil is used in Turkey for tlir adulteration of attar of 
roses. Tlie cuscus of India is the Ion*;, tibruus, fragrant 
root of A. viuricatux, which is woven into screens, <.nia- 
mental baskets, and other articles. There are about '10 
species in the United States, commonly knmvn as broom- 
grans or broom-sedge, mostly tall perennial grasses, with 
tough, wiry stems, of little value. 
androsphinx (an'dro-sfingks), n. [< Or. avfipn- 
o-^<;-f, a sphinx with the bust of a man, < av>/p 
(avSp-), a man, + o-0/yf, a sphinx.] In ane. K</i//>t. 
sculp., a man-sphinx ; a sphinx having the body 
Andrusphinx of Thothmes III. (i$th century B.C.), 
Boulak Museum, Cairo. 
of a lion with a human head and masculine at- 
tributes, as distinguished from one with the 
head of a ram (criosphinx), or of a hawk (hiera- 
cosphinx). See sphinx. 
androspore (an'dro-spor), n. [< NL. andro- 
sporus. < Gr. avqp (avSp-), a man, male, + air6pof, 
attaches itself near or upon an oogonium and 
becomes a miniature plant, developing anther- 
ozoids. 
These antherozoids are not the immediate product of 
the sperm-cells of the same or of another filament, but are 
developed within a body termed an androspore. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 255. 
androtomous (an-drot'6-mus), a. [< NL. an- 
drotomus, < Gr. avf/p (av6p-), a man, in mod. bot. 
a stamen, + -TO/J.OI;, < re/iveiv, Tcijielv, cut. Cf . an- 
drotomy.] In bot., characterized by having 
the stamens divided into two or more parts by 
chorisis. Syd. Soc. Lex. 
androtomy (an-drot'o-mi), n. [< Gr. avjp 
(avdp-), a man, + TOJIIJ, a cutting, < TEfiveiv, ra/ielv, 
cut. Cf. anatomy."] Human anatomy ; anthro- 
potomy as distinguished from zootomy ; the dis- 
section of the human body. [Bare. ] 
-andrqus. [< NL. -andrm. < Gr. -avSpof, term, 
of adjectives compounded with avf/p (av6p-), a 
man, a male : see andro-.] In bot., a termina- 
tion meaning having male organs or stamens, 
as in monandrous, diandrons, triandrous, poly- 
androus, etc., having one, two, three, or many 
stamens, and gynandrous, having stamens situ- 
ated on the pistil. The corresponding English noun 
ends in -ander, as in monander, etc., and the New Latin 
class name in -andria, as in Monandria, etc. 
ane (an), a. and n. Scotch and northern Eng- 
lish form of one. 
-ane. [< L. -anus, reg. repr. by E. -an, in older 
words by -ain, -en: see -an.] 1. A suffix of 
Latin origin, the same as -an, as in mundane, 
ultramontane, etc. In some cases it serves, with a dif- 
ference of accent, to differentiate words in -ane, as ger- 
mane, humane, urbane-, from doublets in -an, as gerntan, 
human, urban. 
2. In diem., a termination denoting that the 
hydrocarbon the name of which ends with it 
belongs to the paraffin series having the general 
formula CnH 2 n + 2 : as > methane, CH 4 ; ethane, 
C^HR. 
aneal 1 (a-neT ), v . t. The earlier and historically 
correct form of anneal 1 . 
anea! 2 t (a-nel'), '. t. [Early mod. E. also an- 
neal, aneel, < late ME. anele, earlier anelien, ene- 
lien, < AS. *anelian or *onelian (the AS. "one- 
Ian usually cited is incorrect in form and un- 
authorized), < an, on, on, + "elian (>ME. elien), 
oil, < ele, oil: see oil, and cf. anoH.] To anoint ; 
especially, to administer extreme unction to. 
Also spelled anele. 
He was housled and aneled, and had all that a Christian 
man ought to have. Morte d' Arthur, iii. 17:, 
207 
anear (a-ner'), prep. /(A/-, as arfi'. and prep. [< 
4 + near; of mod. formation, after afar.] I. 
adr. 1. Near (in place) : opposed to afar. 
Dark-bnw'il sophist, come not anear. 
Tennynon, Poet's Mind. 
2. Nearly ; almost. 
II. jii-c/i. Near. 
.Much more is needed, so that at last the measure of 
misery anear us may be correctly taken. Is. Taylor. 
.1 n'-nr some river's hank. 
./. 1). Long, Mneia, ix. 889. (N. E. D.) 
[Poetic in all senses.] 
anear (a-ner'). v. t. [< anear, adv.'} To come 
near; approach. Mrs. Browning. [Poetical.] 
aneath (a-neth'), prep, and adv. [< a- + neath ; 
cf. beneath, -and the analogy of afore, before, 
ahint, behind.'] Beneath. [Chiefly poetical.] 
anecdotage (an'ek-do-taj), n. [< anecdote + 
-.'/''] ! Anecdotes collectively ; matterof the 
nature of anecdotes. [Rare.] 
We infer the increasing barbarism of the Roman mind 
from the quality of the personal notices and portraitures 
exhibited throughout these biographical records [History 
of the Caesars]. The whole may be described by one 
word anecdotage. De Quincey, Philos. of Rom. Hist. 
2. [Humorously taken as anecdote + age, with 
a further allusion to dotage.'] Old age charac- 
terized by senile garrulousness and fondness for 
telling anecdotes. [Colloq.] 
anecdotal (an'ek-do-tal), a. Pertaining to or 
consisting of anecdotes. 
Conversation, argumentative or declamatory, narrative 
or anecdotal. Prof. Wilson. 
anecdotarian (au' / ek-do-ta'ri-an), n. [< anec- 
dote + -arian.] One who deals in or retails 
anecdotes; an anecdotist. [Bare.] 
Our ordinary anecdotarians make use of libels. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 644, 
anecdote (an'ek-dot), n. [< F. anecdote, first in 
pi. anecdotes, ML. anecdota, < Gr. avendoTa, pi., 
things unpublished, applied by Procopius to 
his memoirs of Justinian, which consisted 
chiefly of gossip about the private life of the 
court; prop. neut. pi. of avt /crtorof , unpublished, 
not given out, < Gr. av- priv. + enSoroi;, given 
out, verbal adj. of eiciiiavai, give out, publish, < 
ex, out (= L. ex: see ex-), + 6iS6vai, give, = L. 
dare, give: see dose and date.] 1. pi. Secret 
history; facts relating to secret or private 
affairs, as of governments or of individuals: 
often used (commonly in the form anecdota) 
as the title of works treating of such matters. 
2. A short narrative of a particular or de- 
tached incident or occurrence of an interest- 
ing nature; a biographical incident; a sin- 
gle passage of private life.=syn. Anecdote, story. 
An anecdote is the relation of an interesting or amusing 
incident, generally of a private nature, and is always re- 
ported as true. A story may be true or fictitious, and gen- 
erally has reference to a series of incidents so arranged 
and related as to be entertaining. 
anecdotic, anecdotical (an-ek-dot'ik, -i-kal), a. 
1. Pertaining to anecdotes; consisting of or of 
the nature of anecdotes; anecdotal. 
Anecdotical traditions, whose authority is unknown. 
Bolingbroke, Letter to Pope. 
He has had rather an anecdotic history, . . . lazy as 
he is. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxxv. 
It is at least no fallacy to say that childhood or the 
later memory of childhood must borrow from such a 
background [the old world] a kind of anecdotical wealth. 
//. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 10. 
2. Given to relating anecdotes. 
He silenced him without mercy when he attempted to 
be anecdotic. Savage, R. Medlicott, iii. 6. 
anecdotically (an-ek-dot'i-kal-i), adv. In an- 
ecdotes; by means of anecdote. 
anecdotist (an'ek-do-tist), n. [< anecdote + 
-ist.~] One who tells or is in the habit of telling 
anecdotes. 
anechinoplacid (an-e-ki-no-plas'id), a. [< Gr. 
av- priv. (an- B ) + echinoplacid, q. v.] Having 
no circlet of spines on the madreporic plate, as 
a starfish : opposed to echinoplacid. Often ab- 
breviated to a. 
anelacet, anelast, . See anlace. 
anelet, r. t. See aneafi. 
anelectric (an-e-lek'trik), a. and n. [< Gr. dv- 
priv. (an- 6 ) + electric.'] I. a. Having no elec- 
tricproperties ; non-electric. 
II. w. 1. A name early given to a substance 
(e. g., a metal) which apparently does not be- 
come electrified by friction when held in the 
hand. This was afterward proved to be due to the con- 
ductivity of the substance, the electricity generated pass- 
ins otf immediately to the ground. 
Hence 2. A conductor, in distinction from a 
non-conductor or insulator. 
anelectrode (an-e-lek'trod), n. [< Gr. ava, up 
(ini-6), + electrode, q. v. Cf. anode."] The posi- 
anemochord 
tive pole, or anode, of a galvanic battery. See 
electrode. 
anelectrotonic (an-e-lek-tro-ton'ik), a. [< aii- 
electrotonus + -ic.] 'Pertaining to anelectroto- 
nus. 
anelectrotonus (an-e-lek-trot'o-nus), ii. [< Gr. 
av- priv. -t- ijr.tK.Tpov, amber (implying electric, 
q. v.), + TOVOC, strain: see tone."] The peculiar 
condition of a nerve (or muscle) in the neigh- 
borhood of the anode of a constant electric cur- 
rent passing through a portion of it. The irrita- 
bility is diminished, the electrical potentials are increased, 
and the conductivity for nervous impulses is diminished. 
The wave of lowered potential which attends a nervous 
impulse and gives rise to currents of action diminishes in 
going from a region of greater to one of less anelectroto- 
nus, and increases in going in the opposite direction. The 
nervous impulse itself presumably behaves in the same 
way. 
Anelytropidae (an'e-li-trop'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Anelytrops (-trap-) + -ida;.] An African fam- 
ily of anelytropoid eriglossate lacertilians, 
typified by the genus Anelytrops, having the 
clavicles undilated proximally, the premaxillary 
single, no arches, and no osteodermal plates. 
anelytropoid (an-e-lit'ro-poid), a. In zool., 
having the characters of, or pertaining to, the 
Anety tropoidea . 
Anelytropoidea (an-e-lit-ro-poi'de-a), n. pi. 
[NL., < Anelytrops (-troji-) + -oidea.] A super- 
family of eriglossate lacertilians, represented 
by the family Anelytropidce, having the vertebrae 
concavo-convex, the clavicles undilated proxi- 
mally, and no postorbital or postfrontal squamo- 
sal arches. T. Gill, Smithsonian Bep., 1885. 
Anelytrops (an-el'i-trops), n. [NL., < Gr. av- 
priv. + lAvrpov, shard (see elytrum), + aip, by, 
face (appearance). ] A genus of lizards, typical 
of the family Anelytropidce. 
anelytrous (an-el'i-trus)', a. [< Gr. ave^vrpoc., 
unsharded (of bees, wasps, etc.), < av- priv. + 
l/.vrpov, shard: see elytrum.] In entom., having 
no elytra ; having all the wings membranous. 
Anemaria, Anasmaria (an-e-ma'ri-a), n. pi. 
[NL. (prop. Antentaria), < Gr. avru/iof, bloodless 
(see anemia), + -aria.] In Haeckel's vocabu- 
lary of phylogeny, an evolutionary series of me- 
tazoic animals which have two primary germ- 
layers and an intestinal cavity, but which are 
bloodless and devoid of a developed coeloma, or 
body-cavity. It is a series of gastneads, of which the 
type is the gastraea or gastrula-form, includfng the sponges, 
acoalomatous worms, and zoophytes. It stands inter- 
mediate between the Protozoa and an evolutionary se- 
ries which begins with the cceloniatous worms and ends 
with the vertebrates. See Haemataria, and cut under gas- 
trula. 
anematosis, anaematosis (a-ue-ma-to'sis), n. 
[NL. (prop, anwmatosis), < Gr. avaifiaTot;, blood- 
less (< av- priv. + a't/ta, blood), + -osis.] In 
pathol. : (a) General anemia, or the morbid 
processes which lead to it ; the failure to pro- 
duce the normal quantity of blood, of normal 
quality. (6) Imperfect oxidation of venoug 
into arterial blood, (c) Idiopathic anemia. 
anemia, anaemia (a-ne'mi-a), . [NL. (prop 
ancemia), < Gr. avatfiia, want of blood, < avatftof , 
wanting blood, < av- priv. + aifia, blood : see 
words in hema-.'] In patJiol., a deficiency of 
blood in a living body General anemia, either a 
diminished quantity of blood (as immediately after hemor- 
rhages, when it is called oligemia and is the opposite of 
plethora) or a diminution in some important constituent 
of the blood, especially hemoglobin. It then presents 
itself in the forms of oligocythemia, achroiocythemia, mi- 
crocythemia, and hydremia, simply or combined. See 
these words. Idiopathic anemia, a disease character- 
ized by anemia advancing without interruption to a fatal 
issue, without evident cause, and associated with fever 
and such symptoms as would result from anemia however 
produced, as palpitation, dyspnoea, fainting fits, dropsy, 
etc. It is more common in women than in men, and most 
frequent between 20 and 40 years of age. Also called essen- 
tial inalignant or febrile anemia, progressive pernicious 
anemia, and aneinatosits. Local anemia, or Ischemia, 
a diminished supply of blood in any organ. It is con- 
trasted with hyperemia. 
anemic, anaemic (a-nem'ik), a. [< anemia, ane- 
mia, + -ic.~] Pertaining to or affected with ane- 
mia ; deficient in blood ; bloodless : as, anemic 
symptoms ; an anemic patient. 
anemied, anasmied (a-ne'mid), a. [< anemia, 
anmnia, + -ed 2 .] Deprived of blood. 
The structure itself is anmnied. Copland. 
anemo-. [NL., etc., < Gr. avefio-, combining 
form of avcfiof, wind: see anemone.] An ele- 
ment in compound words of Greek origin, mean- 
ing wind. 
anemochprd (a-nem'o-kord), n. [= F. anemo- 
corde, < Gr. ave/toc, wind, + xP^h a string, chord, 
cord. ] A species of harpsichord in which the 
strings were moved by the wind; an reolian. 
harp. N. E. D. 
