anhidrosis 
absence of peroration. Also written *- 
aotic (a 
.euiv Jf^ 1 ojjii oiuiv/u.. 
II. K. Any medicinal agent which checks 
perspiration. 
anhima (an'hi-mii), n. [Braz.; Sp. anhina. Cf. 
nniiinia.] 1. A Brazilian name of the kamichi 
or horned screamer, Paliinicdca eornuta. See 
Palamedca. Z. leap.] [NL.] The typical ge- 
nus of the family AnMmtda. Jirinson, 1760. 
Anhimidae (an-him'i-de), . pi [NL., < An- 
hima + -ida:] A family of birds, the horned 
screamers: synonymous with Palamedeida. 
Anhimoidese (an-hi-moi'de-e), n. pi [NL., < 
Anh i ma + -oidea-.} A group of birds, referred 
by some as a superfamily to the order Cheno- 
morplur, by others considered as forming an 
order by itself. It is conterminous with the 
family Anliimulie. See Palamedeidos. 
anhinga (an-hing'ga), n. [S. Amer. name.] 
1. The American snake-bird, darter, or water- 
turkey, Plntim c/nlihiga; a totipalmate natato- 
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anhydro, In *,, the combining form of 
ayds(an f drus),. jXGr 
SSlatSrof W ^3^ &*., tot- 
titute *Z^!*^ (whlch 
se . e > unde f water) ah > *> 
ani (a'ne), . [Braz name: ''Am Brasihen- 
sium," Marcgrave Johnston, Willughby a .1 
Ray.] A bird of the genus Crotophaga, sub- 
anima 
By night ; nightly : used of repeated or habitual 
The turnkey now his flock returning sees, 
Duly let out aniyliti to steal for fees. 
Swift, Morning. 
'il), n. [Early mod. E. anile, anill, anele, 
...iil,< Pg. ofZ = 8p. anil (formerly also 
Mir), < Ar. an-nil, < al, the, + nil, Pers. Hind. 
nil, < Skt. nili, indigo, indigo-plant, < nila, dark 
blue. Cf. lilac.] 1. A some what woody legu- 
minous plant, Indigofera Anil, from whose 
leaves and stalks the West Indian indigo is 
made. It is a common species in Mexico and tropical 
America, and is a larger plant than the Asiatic /. tinctoria, 
which is the species ordinarily cultivated for the produc- 
tion of indigo. 
Groove-hilled Ani (Crotophaga sttjctr-ast. 
family Crotophagiiue, and family Cuculidce, in- 
habiting the warmer parts of America. There 
are several species, two of them inhabiting the United 
States. The black ani, Crotophaga ani, is about a foot 
long, entirely black, with violet, steel-blue, and bronze re- 
flections ; the iris is brown ; the feathers of the head and 
neck are lanceolate ; the crest of the bill is smooth or with 
few wrinkles ; and the culmen is regularly curved. It is 
or anile ideas," Walpole, Catalogue of Engrav- 
ers. 
A general revolt against authority, even in matters of 
opinion, is a childish or anile superstition, not to be ex- 
cused by the pretext that it is only due to the love of free- 
dom cherished in excess. 
Oladttom, Might of Right, p. 198. 
anilia (a-nil'i-a), n. [< anil + -ia.] Same as 
aniline. 
anilic (a-nil'ik), a. [< anil + -ic.] Pertaining 
to or derived from anil : as, anilic acid, 
anilide (an'i-lid or -lid), n. [< anil(ine) + -ide.} 
de-setun. It occurs from Florida southward. Another 
species, C. sidcirontru, the groove-billed ani, is found in 
tropical America and northward to Texas. Its bill has 
American Snake-bird (Plants a 
rial bird, of the family Plotidce and order Ste- 
ganopodes. It is related to the cormorants, and inhabits 
swamps of the warmer parts of America, from the South 
Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States. See darter, 
PMtut. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of birds : a synonym 
of Plotus. lirisson, 1760. 
anhistOUS (an-his'tus), a. [< Gr. av- priv. + 
if, a web, mod. tissue.] In anat., having 
i or sarco- 
! plasma of 
individuals sometimes using one large nest in common ; 
they lay plain greenish eggs, covered with a white chalky 
substance. See Crntophaga. 
anicut, See annicut. 
anidiomatic, anidiomatical (an-id"i-o-mat'ik, 
-i-kal), a. [< Gr. av- priv. (aw- 6 ) + idiomatic, 
-al.] Contrary to the idiom or analogies of a 
language; not idiomatic. [Rare.] 
You would not say "two times" ; it is anidiomatical. 
Landor, Imaginary Conversations, II. 278. 
anidrosis (an-i-dro'sis), n. Same as anhidrosis. 
Aniella (an-i-el'a), n. [NL. (J. E. Gray).] A 
genus of lizards.typical of the family Aniellidce. 
Its distinguishing features are a body without limbs, and a 
nasal shield entering into the labial margin. A. pulchra 
ence to the brilliant violet and indigo . 
which, with others, are prepared from aniline) 
-f- -iw 2 .] I. n. Amidobenzol, Cgl^NHg, tf 
which furnishes a number of bril 
anhydrate (an-hi'drat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. an- 
hydrated, ppr. anhydrating. [< anhydrous + 
-ate 2 .] To remove water from, especially from 
a substance naturally containing it ; dehydrate. 
It [glycerin] is used like alcohol as an anhydrating me- 
dium in the study of protoplasm. 
Poulsen, Hot. Micro-chem. (trans.), p. 27. 
anhydration (an-hi-dra'shon), n. [< anhy- 
drate.'] Removal of water from anything; 
dehydration. 
anhydremia, anhydraemia (au-hi-dre'mi-a), n. 
[NL., prop, anhydrcemia, < Gr. avvfpof, without 
water ((. av- priv. + vfiup (vdp-), water), + aiua, 
blood.] A concentrated state of the blood, due 
to loss of water. 
anhydrid, anhydride (an-hi'drid, -drid or 
-drid), n. [< Gr. avuSpof, without water, + -id, 
-ide.] One of a class of chemical compounds 
which may be regarded as made up of one or 
., the genus Aniella. 
anielloid (an-i-el'oid), a. Pertaining to or hav- 
ing the characters of the Anielloidea. 
Aniclloiclea (an"i-e-loi'de-a), . pi [NL., < 
Aniella + -oidea.] A superfamily of eriglos- 
sate lacertilians (lizards), represented by the 
single family Aniellid(e, having concavo-convex 
vertebrae, clavicles not dilated posteriorly, no 
postorbital or postfrontal squamosal arches, no 
mterorbital septum, and no cranial columella. 
anientl, v . t. [< ME. anienten (more commonly 
aiiientishen, etc.: see anientish), < OF. anienter, 
anaienter, anientir, aneanter (F. aneantir = ~Pr. 
anientar = It. annientare), destroy, reduce to 
nothing, < a (L. ad, to) + nient, neant, F. neant 
= Pr. neien, ie = It. neente, niente, nothing, < 
ML. *neen(t-)s or *necen(t-)s, lit. not being, < 
ne, not, or nee. not, nor, + en(t-)s, being: see 
ens, entity.] 1. To reduce to nothing or no- 
- ' ' ' -**.- Piers 
liant dyes. It was discovered in 1826 by Unverdorben, 
as a product of the distillation of indigo, and called by 
him crystallin. It did not acquire commercial importance 
until 1856, when the purple dye mauve was prepared from 
it by Perkin. It is found in small quantities in coal-tar, 
but the aniline of commerce is obtained from benzol, 
another product of coal-tar, consisting of hydrogen and 
carbon, CH 6 . Benzol when acted on by nitric acid 
produces nitrobenzol ; and this latter substance when 
treated with nascent hydrogen, usually generated by the 
action of acetic acid upon iron filings or scraps, produces 
aniline, which is an oily liquid colorless when pure, some- 
what heavier than water, having a peculiar vinous smell 
and a burning taste. It is a strong base, and yields well- 
characterized salts. When acted on by arsenious acid, 
potassium bichromate, stannic chlorid, etc., aniline pro- 
duces a great variety of compounds of very beautiful col- 
ors, known by the names of aniline purple, aniline green, 
violet, magenta, etc. Also called anilia. 
II. a. Pertaining to or derived from aniline: 
as, aniline colors Aniline oil, a by-product of the 
manufacture of aniline, containing aniline, toluidine, and 
a number of other organic bases of the aromatic series. It 
writing or designs. 
anility (a-nil'i-ti), n. [<L. anilita(t-)s, < anilis : 
see anile.] T' he state of being anile ; the old 
age of a woman ; womanish dotage : as, "marks 
of anility," Sterne, Sermons, xxi. 
anilia (a -nil 'a), n. [< anil, q. v.] A com- 
mercial term for West Indian indigo, derived 
from the name of the plant from which it is 
prepared. See anil. 
anima (an'i-ma), n.; pi. anima; (-me). [L.. a 
current of air, 'wind, air, breath, the vital prin- 
ciple, life, soul : sometimes equiv. to animus, 
mind (see animus, and cf. Gr. avcftoc, wind) ; 
both from root seen in Skt. -/an. breathe, repr. 
in Teut. by Goth, itsanan, breathe out, expire ; 
cf. Icel. anda = Sw. andas = Dan. aande, 
breathe, Icel. and, breath, life, soul, = Sw. anda, 
nemselv 
gen). The corresponding acids represent one or more 
molecules of water in which the same radicals replace one 
half of the hydrogen. Thus, water being H..O, sulphuric an- 
hydrid is SOa (or S0 3 O), representing H 2 p in which H 2 is 
replaced by the bivalent radical SOo ; while sulphuric acid 
is I1._,S0 4 (or H 2 SO.>0 2 ), representing 2H 2 O in which two 
hydrogen atoms are replaced by SOg and two remain. 
They are more precisely called acid anhyririds. The ba- 
sic anhydrids, in which the hydrogen is replaced by posi- 
tive or basic radicals, are commonly called metallic oxidt. 
anhydrite (an-hi'drit), . [< NL. anhydrites, < 
Gr. dvuopof, without water (see anhydrous), + 
-ites : see -ite 2 .] Anhydrous sulphate of cal- 
cium. It is found in the salt-mines of Austria-Hungary, 
and in the Harz mountains, also in geodes in Hmwtone ;it 
Lockport, N. Y., and in extensive beds in Nova Scotia. It is 
usually granular in structure, sometimes crystalline with 
cleavage in three rectangular directions. Its color is white 
or grayish-white, sometimes with a tinge of bine ; also red. 
The villpinite of Italy is tile only variety used in the iirts. 
anientisht, v. t. [< ME . an ten tishen, anentischen, 
aniientinchen, etc., earlier anientisen, anyentisen, 
< OF. anientiss-, stem of certain parts of anientir, 
itnif liter : see anient and -isfc 2 .] To reduce to 
nothing; annihilate. 
Ire, coveitise, and hastifness, . . . which three things 
yehan nat anient imml [var. antntysched] or destroyed. 
Chaucer, Tale of Melibens. 
anigh (a-ni'), prep.phr. as adv. andprep. [Mod., 
< -4 + 'nigh, after anear, afar, etc.] I. adv. 
Nigh ; near ; close by. 
II. prep. Nigh; near. 
anightt (a-nlf), prep. phr. as adv. [< ME. 
itnyght, a'nyght, < AS. on niht: see a 3 and night.] 
At night; in the night-time ; by night. 
I broke my sword upon a stone, and bid him take that, 
for coming anight to Jane Smile. 
"--'., As you Like it, ii. 4. 
ghost, = OHG. anto = OS. ando = AS. anda, zeal, 
indignation, anger, envy: for the change of 
sense, cf. animus and animosity.} Soul; vital 
principle ; the intelligent principle supposed to 
preside over vital actions : anciently applied 
to the active principle of a drug, as if this were 
its soul Anima bruta, the soul of brutes ; the soul 
of animals other than man; the principle of brute in- 
telligence and vitality. Anima humana, the human 
soul ; the principle of human intelligence and vitality. 
Anima mundi, the soul of the world ; an ethereal essence 
or spirit supposed to be diffused through the universe, or- 
ganizing and acting throughout the whole and in all its 
different parts. 
The doctrine of the anima nmndi, as held by the Stoics 
and Stratonicians, is closely allied to pantheism ; while 
according to others this soul of the universe is altogether 
intermediate between the Creator and his works. 
