antiae 
antiae (an'ti-e), . pi. [NL., < LL. antia, the 
hair growing on the forehead, forelock, < L. 'tin Ic. 
before: see ante-.'] 
In ornith., exten- 
sions of the feathers 
on the upper mandi- 
ble on either side of 
the base of the cul- 
men. Also called 
frontal points. 
anti-albumose(an"- 
ti-al-bu mos), . [< 
unti- + (Mum(en) + -one.] A product of the 
digestive action of trypsin on an albuminoid. 
Further digestion converts it into autipeptone. 
anti-anarchic (an'ti-a-n&r'kik), a. [< anti- + 
anarchic.'] Opposed to anarchy or confusion: 
as, "your antianarchic Girondins," Carlyle, 
French Bev., III. iv. 2. [Rare.] 
anti-aphrodisiac (au"ti-af-ro-diz'i-ak), a. and 
. Same as antaphrodisiac. ' 
antiar, antjar (an'ti-ar), . [Javanese.] l.The 
upas-tree of Java. 2. One of the arrow-poi- 
sons of Java and the adjacent islands, it is 
called in full upas-aittiar, and the active ingredient seems 
to be a 1:11111 resin exuding (rum incisions made in the . I nii- 
arijt toxicaria. Introduced through the stomach or through 
a wound, it is a violent poison, producing great prostration, 
convulsive movements, cardiac paralysis, and death. 
antiarin, antiarine (an'ti-a-rin), n. K antiar 
-I- -i 2 .] The active principle (Cj4H2oO5+ 
2H2O) of antiar, the upas-poison. Also writ- 
ten anthiarinc. 
Antiaris (an-ti-a'ris), n. [NL., < antiar, q. v.] 
An arboreous genus of plants, natural order 
Flowering branch of the Upas-tree (AtttiAris toxicaria). 
Urticaceoe, suborder Artocarpeee, of the East In- 
dies and Malayan archipelago, it includes the 
famous upas-tree, A. toxicaria, one of the largest trees in 
the forests of Java, the poisonous qualities of which have 
been greatly exaggerated. It is harmless except when it 
has been recently felled or when the bark has been ex- 
tensively wounded, in which cases the effluvium causes a 
severe cutaneous eruption. Sacks are made of the bark of 
A. innoxia by soaking and beating the trunk till the bark 
is loosened and can be removed whole. 
anti-arthritic (an'ti-ar-thrit'ik), a. and n. 
Same as antarthritic. 
anti-asthmatic (an"ti-ast-mat'ik), a. and n. 
Same as antasthmatic. 
anti-attrition (an'ti-a-trish'on), a. Same as 
antifriction. 
antibabylonianism (an'ti-bab-i-16'ni-an-izm), 
n. [< anti- + Babylonian + -ism.] Denuncia- 
tion of the Church of Rome as being the Babylon 
of the Apocalypse (Rev. xvii.). [Rare.] 
Our Boanerges with his threats of doom, 
And loud-lung'd antibabylonianitms. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
antibacchic (an-ti-bak'ik), a. [< antibacchius 
+ -ic.] Consisting of or of the nature of an 
antibacchius. N. E. D. 
antibacchius (an"ti-ba-ki'us), n. ; pi. antibacchii 
(-1). [L.,< Gr. *avn[iaKxetof, < avri, against, op- 
posed to, + /Jafcjeiof, a bacchius: see bacchius.] 
In pros., a foot of three syllables, the first two 
long and the last one short. The metrical ictus is 
on the first long syllable, as in amblre in Latin or qrand- 
fdther in English. Opposed to the bacchius, in which the 
first syllable is short and the last two are long but also 
sometimes interchanging meanings with it. 
antibacterial (an*ti-bak-te'ri-al), a. [< anti- + 
bacteria + -al.] Opposed to 'the theory that, 
certain diseases are caused by the presence of 
bacteria. 
antibasilican (an'ti-ba-zil'i-kan), a. [< Gr. 
avri, against, + (laottifa, royal, < fia.ai.Mtic,, a 
242 
king: see basilica.] Opposed to royal state and 
power. 
antibiliOUS (an-ti-bil'yus), . [< anti- + hil- 
ioux.] ( 'ounteractive of bilious complaints : as, 
iiiiiilii/iniis pills. 
antibiotic (aa'ti-H-ot'jk), a. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ ,-SiuriKin; of or pertaining to life, < /1/oiv, live, 
< /3('of, life.] Opposed to a belief in the pres- 
ence or possibility of life. \ . /.. l>. 
antibracnial, ant'ibrachium. BeeanMnMhfei, 
null lirtic/iiiini. 
Antiburgher (uu'ti-ber-gt-r), n. [< anti- + 
/inri/licr, q. v., in the special sense of a speeder 
who approved of the burgess oath.] A mem- 
ber of one of the two sections into which 
the Scotch Secession Church was split in 1747, 
by a controversy on the lawfulness of accept- 
ing a clause in the oath required to be taken 
by burgesses declaratory of "their profession 
and allowance of the true religion professed 
within the realm and authorized by the laws 
thereof." The Antium-gliem denied that this oath could 
be taken consistently with the principles of the church, 
while the Burghers affirmed its compatibility. The result 
was that the church was rent in two, each section estab- 
lishing a communion of its own, known respectively as the 
(ieneral Associate Synod, or Antiburghers, and the Asso- 
ciate Synod, or Burghers. They were reunited in 1820, 
after seventy-three years of separation, thus constitniin; 
the I'nited Secession Church. 
antic (an'tik), a. and n. [Introduced in the 
reign of Henry VIII., spelled autick, anticke. n- 
tike, antyke, and later antique (with accent on 
the first syllable), < F. antique, ancient, stale, 
= Pr. antic = Sp. antiguo = Pg. antigo = It. 
antico, ancient, old, < L. antiqum, former, ear- 
lier, ancient, old, < ante, before: see ante-, and 
cf. ancient*. In the 17th century the spell- 
ing antique, which then first became common, 
was gradually restricted to the literal sense, 
with the accent and pronunciation changed in 
immediate dependence on the F., while an tick, 
antic was retained in the deflected sense: see 
antique.] I. a. If. Belonging to former times ; 
ancient; antique. 
The famous warriors of the flnticlce world 
Us'd trophees to erect in stately wize. 
Spenser, Sonnets, Ixix. 
2f. Having existed for a long time ; old; aged. 
St. Proper to former times ; antiquated; old- 
fashioned. 
Vertue is thought an aiiticff piece of formality. 
Bp. Burnet, Rochester, p. 170. (A". E. D.) 
4. Fantastic, grotesque, odd, strange, or ludi- 
crous, in form, dress, gesture, or posture. 
Grottesca, a kind of rugged unpolished painters worke, 
anticke worke. Fiona. 
How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself, 
As I, perchance, hereafter shall think meet 
To put an antic disposition on. Shak., Hamlet, i. 5. 
The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. 
A fourth [Indianl would fondly kiss and paw his com- 
panions, and snear in their faces, with a countenance 
more antic than any in a Dutch doll. 
Severity, Virginia, ii. H 18. 
The antic and spiry pinnacles that closed the strait were 
all of white marble. Blaekinmd's Mag., XXXII. 983. 
II. . If. A man of ancient times; anancient; 
in plural, the ancients. 
The soles were tied to the upper part* with latchets, as 
is painted of the Antikes. 
T. A'., tr. of Conquest W. India, p. 170. (If. E. D.) 
Shall there be gallows standing in England when thou 
art king, and resolution thus fobbed, as it is, with the rusty 
curb of old father A ntick the law ? Shak. , 1 Hen. I V. , i. 2. 
2. In art, antic work; a composition consisting 
of fantastic figures of 
men, animals, foliage, 
and flowers incongru- 
ously combined or run 
together ; a fantastic, 
grotesque, or fanciful 
figure. The term is applied 
to certain ancient sculptures, 
etc. , and to such figures as Ra- 
phael's arabesques ; and in 
architecture to figures of grif- 
fins, sphinxes, centaurs, etc., 
introduced as ornaments. 
A worke of rich entayle and 
curious mould, 
Woven with antickes and wyld 
ymagery. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 4. 
3. A grotesque, fantas- 
tic, odd, strange, or lu- 
dicrous gesture or pos- 
ture; a fantastic trick: 
a piece of buffoonery; 
a caper. 
Two set* of manners could the Youth put on ; 
And fraught with antics as the Indian bird 
That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. 
Wardtvxrrtk, Excursion, vi. 
Antic, Amiens Cathedral. i 3 th 
antichrist 
4. A grotesque pageant; apiece of mummery; 
a ridiculous interlude ; a mask. 
Xot long since 
I saw in Brussels, at my being there, 
The Duke of Brabant welcome the Archbishop 
of Mentz with rare conceit, even in a siulileii. 
IVrfnrinM by knights and ladies of his court, 
In nature of an antic. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, iii. >. 
We cannot feast your eyes with masks and revels 
Oroomtlyantuu. lieav. atutFl., Laws of Cindy, ill i. 
5. A buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew. 
And point like antics at his triple cmwn. 
M<i ,-lmr.', Kuiistus, iii. 1. 
Kear not, my lord ; we can contain ourselves, 
Were he the veriest antic in the world. 
Shak., T. of the S., Ind., i. 
antict (an'tik), i\; pret. and pp. nutii-ki-it, ppr. 
aiilirk'ntij. [< untie, n.] I. tranx. To make an- 
tic or grotesque. 
The wild disguise hath almost 
Antiek'il us all. Shak., A. and ('., ii. 7. 
II. iii trans. To perform antics ; play tricks; 
cut capers. 
antica, M. Plural of anticum. 
anticachectic (au"ti-ka-kek'tik), a. and n. [< 
iiuli- + cachectic.] I. a. Efficacious against 
cachexia, or a disordered bodily condition. 
II. w. In nii'il., a remedy for cachexia. 
antical (an-ti'kal), a. Same as anticous. 
anticardiac (an'-ti-kar'di-ak), a. [< anticardi- 
ii in. Cf. cardiac.'] Of or pertaining to the 
anticardium. 
anticardium (an-ti-kar'di-um), . ; pi. anticar- 
(lia (-a). [NL., < Gr. avrmapitov, < avri, over 
against, + Kapdia, heart : see cardiac.] The hol- 
low at the bottom of the sternum ; the epigas- 
trium: also called scrobiculus cordis, or, more 
commonly, the pit of the stomach. 
anticarnivorous (an'ti-kar-niv'o-riis), a. [< 
iin/i- + rarnirorous.'] Opposed to feeding on 
flesh; vegetarian. 
anticatarrhal (an'ti-ka-tar'al), a. [< anti- + 
i-aUirrhitl.] Efficacious against catarrh. 
anticausodic (an'ti-ka-sod'ik), a. Same as 
anticaugotic. 
antipatlSOtic (an'ti-ka-sot'ik), a. [< Gr. avri, 
against, + *Kavaunn6^, < Kavo6eoBai, be in a burn- 
ing fever (E. also anticausodic, < Gr. avri, against, 
+ Kavo&ir/f, feverish, < xaiiaof + sliof, form), < 
Kaiiaof, a (burning) bilious fever, < Kaietv. burn : 
see caustic.] Efficacious against an inflamma- 
tory fever. 
anticaustic (an-ti-kas'tik), H. [< anti- + caus- 
tic.] A caustic curve produced by refraction; 
a diacaustic. 
antichambert, " An old form of antechamber. 
anticheir (an'ti-kir), . [Prop, 'antichir, < Gr. 
avrixfip (sc. SaKTv^of, finger), the thumb, < avri, 
over against, + % ei P, the hand.] The thumb, 
as opposed to the rest of the hand. [Rare.] 
antichlor (an'ti-klor), n. [< anti- + chlor(ine), 
q. v.] In bleaching, any substance or means 
employed to remove or neutralize the injurious 
effects of the free chlorine left in cotton, linen, 
or paper which has been bleached by means of 
alkaline hypochlorites, as chlorid of lime, etc. 
The neutral and acid sodium sulphites were first used, but 
they are now superseded by sodium hyposulphite or thio- 
sulphite, which is both cheaper and more efilcacious. This 
antichlor forms, with the chlorine in the cloth, etc., sodi- 
um sulphate and chlorate, which are easily removed by 
washing. 
antichloiistic (an'ti-klo-ris'tik), a. [< anti- 
ehlor.'] Of or pertaining to an antichlor. 
antichresis (an-ti-kre'sis), . [ML., < MGr. 
airrix/l<!t(, reciprocal usage, < avri, against, in 
return, + xprjoif, usage, < xp'/o6<u, use.] In civil 
law, an agreement by which the debtor gives 
his creditor the use of land or (formerly) slaves, 
in order thereby to pay the interest and princi- 
pal of his debt. 
antichrist (an'ti-krist), n. [The spelling has 
been altered to bring it nearer the Latin form ; 
< ME. anticrist, antecrist, sometimes contr. an- 
crist, < AS. antecrist, < LL. antichristus, < Gr. 
avrixpioroc,, antichrist, < avri, against, + Xpiar6f, 
Christ: see anti- and Christ.] An opponent of 
Christ ; a person or power antagonistic to Christ. 
[Most commonly with a capital.] 
As ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now 
are there many antichrists. . . . He is antichrist, that de- 
nieth the Father and the Son. 1 John ii. 18, 22. 
The word occurs in the Scriptures only in the Epistles of 
John ; but the same person or power is elsewhere referred 
to (2 Thes. ii. 1-12 ; 1 Tim. iv. 1-3 ; 2 Pet. ii. 1). Inter- 
preters of Scripture differ in their understanding of these 
references. Some suppose them to relate to a lawless but 
impersonal power, a spirit opposed to Christianity ; some 
to a historic personage or potentate, as Caligula, Titus, the 
pope, or Luther ; some to a great power for evil yet to be 
