antilopine 
antilopine (an -til' o -pin), a. [< NL. 
/liitti.i: see Antilo/iina:] Of or pertaining to 
the genus Antilope, or to the group Antilopinte ; 
pertaining or related to an antelope. Specifically 
applied by some writers to 11 particular group of antelopes 
represented by the Basin (Aatiln/if crrrini/ira), as distin- 
guished from other divisions of Antilopintp (which see). 
antiloquistt (an-til'o-kwist), n. [< ' 
+ -!.] A contradictor. 
antiloquy 1 t (an-til'o-kwi), .; pi. 
(-kwiz). [< LL. antildquium, contradiction, < Gr. 
avri, against, + L. loqui, speak. Of. antiloquyl.] 
Contradiction. 
antiloquy 2 t (an-til'o-kwi), . ; pi. antiloquies 
(-Icwiz). [< LL. antiloquium, L. anteloquium, the 
right of speaking before another, also a proem, 
preface, * ante, before, + loqui, speak.] 1. A 
preface ; a proem. Boucher. 2. A stage-play- 
er's cue. Cockeram. 
antiluetic (an"ti-lu-et'ik), a. [< anti- + lues, 
q. v., + -et-ic.] Same as antisypliilitic. 
antilyssic (an-ti-lis'ik), a. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ 'Amaa, rabies, + -ic.] Tending to prevent, 
alleviate, or cure rabies. 
antilytic (an-ti-lit'ik), a. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ A.vrii(6f, < Avrof, verbal adj. of AI>E<V, loose. 
Of. paralytic.] Same as anti paralytic, (b). 
antimacassar (an"ti-ma-kas'ar), . [< anti- 
+ macassar, for Macassar oil. See oil.'] An 
ornamental covering for the backs and arms 
of chairs, sofas, couches, etc., to keep them 
from being soiled by oil from the hair ; a tidy. 
anti-machine (an'ti-ma-shen'), a. [< anti- 
+ machine.] In U. S. politics, opposed to the 
exclusive management of party politics by an 
organized body of irresponsible politicians ; in- 
dependent. See machine. 
antimagistraticalt (an*ti-maj-is-trat'i-kal), a. 
Same as antimaaistrical. 
antimagistricait (an'ti-ma-jis'tri-kal), a. [< 
anti- + L. magister, a ruler: see magistrate.] 
Opposed to the office of magistrate. South. 
antimaniacal (an*ti-ma-ni'a-kal), a. [< anti- 
+ maniacal.] Effective against mania. 
With respect to vomits, it may seem almost heretical to 
impeach their antimaniacal virtues. Battie, Madness. 
Antimarian (an-ti-ma'ri-an), n. Same as An- 
tidicomarianite. 
antimask (an'ti-mask), n. [< anti- + mask] 
A secondary or lesser mask, of a ludicrous char- 
acter, introduced between the acts of a serious 
mask by way of lightening it ; a ludicrous in- 
terlude. Also antic-mask and antimasque. 
Let antiia*l(8 not be long; they have been commonly 
of fools, satyrs, baboons, wild men, antiques, beasts, spir- 
its, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, 
cupids, statues moving, and the like. As for angels, it 
is not comical enough to put them in antimasks. 
Bacon, Masques and Triumphs. 
On the Scene he thrusts out first an Antimasgue of two 
bugbears, Novelty and Perturbation. 
ilillnn, Eikonoklastes, xx. 
Antimason (an-ti-ma'sn), n. [< anti- + mason, 
for freemason, q. v.] One hostile to masonry 
or freemasonry ; specifically, a member of the 
Antimasonic party. 
Antimasonic (an"ti-ma-son'ik), a. [< Antima- 
son + -ic.] Opposed to freemasonry Antima- 
sonic party, in If. S. hint., a political party which origi- 
nated in New York State about 1827, in the excitement 
caused by the supposed murder of William Morgan, of 
Batavia, New York, in 1826, by freemasons, to prevent a 
threatened public disclosure of the secrets of their order. 
The movement spread to some other States, and a national 
party was organized, but within about ten years it disap- 
peared, most of the Antimasons becoming Whigs. Its 
characteristic tenet was that freemasons ought to be ex- 
cluded from public office, because they woxild necessarily 
regard their obligations to the society more than their obli- 
gations to the state. Its principles were revived In a so- 
called "American party" organized in 1875. 
antimasonry (an-ti-ma'sn-ri), . [< anti- + 
masonry, for freemasonry, q. v.] Opposition to 
freemasonry ; in particular, the principles and 
policy of the Antimasonic party. See Antima- 
sonic. 
antimasque, n. See antimask. 
antimensium (an-ti-men'si-um), n. ; pi. anti- 
mensia (-&). [ML. (MGr. avrt/iivaiav), < Gr. avri, 
in place of (see anti-), + L. mensa, table, in the 
special ML. sense of 'communion-table.'] In 
the Gr. Ch., a consecrated cloth on which the 
eucharist is consecrated in places where there is 
no consecrated altar. It takes the place of the port- 
able altar of the Latin Church. The term is sometimes ex- 
tended in the Syrian churches to a thin slab of wood con- 
secrated for a like purpose. Also written antiminidon. 
antimere (an'ti-mer), n. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ fitpos, a part.] In biol., a segment or division 
of the body in the direction of one of the secon- 
dary or transverse axes, all of which are at right 
angles to the primary or longitudinal axis. 
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When these axes are not differentiated in any way, all 
antimeres are alike, and are parts arranged around the 
long prime a\is like the spokes and fellies of a wheel 
around the axis of the hub : a disposition preserved with 
lunch accuracy in many of the lintlinta, aiiion^ which, for 
example, the arms of a starfish, the tentacles of a sea- 
anemone or coral-animalcule, or the rows of ambulacra of 
a sea-urchin are antimeres. Oftener, however, the trans- 
verse axes are differentiated, some being shorter, others 
longer, giving rise to sides, as right and left, in the di- 
rection of the. longer transverse axes, in which ease right 
anil left parts arc antimeres. This constitutes bilateral 
s\ limit-try. Parts which may be perceived to correspond 
at opposite poles of the other (shorter) transverse axes, 
constituting dorsahdominal symmetry, are also autimeres ; 
but this condition is obscure. Likewise, again, parts along 
the primary longitudinal axis, or at its poles, which may 
br observed or be conceived to constitute anteroposterior 
symmetry, are essentially antimeric; but this condition, 
like clnrsaliilominal symmetry, is obscure, while the serial 
succession of like parts along the prime axis, as the rings 
of a worm, crustacean, or insect, and the double rings of 
a vertebrate, is so marked that antimeres of this kind are 
not called itntimeres, but mftameres ; such are the ordi- 
nary segments, somites, arthromeres, or diarthromeres of 
any articulate or vertebrate animal. Antimere is there- 
fore practically restricted to such radiating and bilateral 
parts as are more or less symmetrical with one another. 
See nnliplrural. 
antimeria (an-ti-me'ri-a), . [NL., < Gr. avri, 
against, opposite, + ptpos, a part.] In gram., 
a f onn of enallage in which one part of speech 
is substituted for another. F. A. March. 
antimeric (an-ti-mer'ik), a. [< antimere + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to an antimere or to antimer- 
ism ; situated in any transverse axis of a body 
and symmetrical with something else in the 
other half of the same axis. See antimere. 
antinierism (an-tim'e-rizm), n. [< antimere + 
-ism.] The antimeric condition ; the state of 
an antimere ; the quality of being antimeric. 
See antimere. 
antimesmerist (an-ti-mez'me-rist), n. [< anti- 
+ mesmerism + -ist.] One who is opposed to 
or does not believe in mesmerism. Proc. Soc. 
Psy. Res. 
antimetabole (an'ti-me-tab'o-le), n. [L., < Gr. 
avTi/ierapo'/j/, < avri, against, counter, + fierafo'/.t/, 
mutation: see metabola.] In rhet., a figure in 
which the same words or ideas are repeated in 
inverse order. The following are examples: "A wit 
with dunces, and a dunce with wits," Pope ; "Be wisely 
worldly, but not worldly wise," Quarle*. 
antimetathesis (an*ti-me-tath'e-sis), n. [NL., 
< Gr. avrifierddeatf, counter-transposition, < avri, 
against, counter, + /icraBeaif, transposition: 
see metathesis.] A rhetorical figure resulting 
from a reverted arrangement in the last clause 
of a sentence of the two principal words of the 
clause preceding; inversion of the members of 
an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking pic- 
ture ; a picture a mute poem," Crabbe. 
antimeter (an-tim'e-ter), n. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ pkrpav, a measure.] An optical instrument 
for measuring small angles. [Not now used.] 
antirainsion (an-ti-min'si-on), . ; pi. antimii/- 
sia (-a). [< MGr. avripivoiov : see antimensium.] 
Same as antimensium. 
antimnemonic (an"ti-ne-inon'ik), a. and n. [< 
anti- + mnemonic] I. a. Injurious to the mem- 
ory; tending to impair memory. 
n. n. Whatever is hurtful to or weakens the 
memory. Coleridge. 
antimonarchic (an'ti-mo-nar'kik), a. [< anti- 
+ monarchic; = F. antimonarchique.] Same as 
anttmonarchical. Up. Benson. 
antimonarchical (an^ti-mo-nar'ki-kal), a. [< 
tiiiti- + monarchical.] Opposed to monarchy or 
kingly government. 
antimonarchist (an-ti-mon'ar-kist), n. [< an- 
ti- + monarchist.] An opponent of monarchy. 
Monday, a terrible raging wind happened, which did 
much hurt. Dennis liond. a great Oliverian and antimon- 
archist, died on that day; and then the devil took bond 
for Oliver's appearance. Life of A. Wood (1848), p. 82. 
antimonate (an'ti-mo-nat), n. [< antimony + 
-ate 1 .] Same as antimoniate. 
antimonial (an-ti-mo'ni-al), a. and . [< anti- 
mony + -al.] I. a. Pertaining to antimony, or 
partaking of its qualities; composed of anti- 
mony, or containing antimony as a principal 
ingredient.-Antimonial silver. See (or.-Anti- 
monial wine, in med., a solution of tartar emetic in 
sherry wine. 
II. n. A preparation of antimony; a medi- 
cine in which antimony is a principal ingredient. 
antimoniate (an-ti-mo'ui-at), . [< antimony + 
-ate 1 .] A salt of antimonic acid. Also written 
anUmonate. 
antimoniated (an-ti-mo'ni-a-ted), a. Combined 
or impregnated with antimony ; mixed or pre- 
pared with antimony : as, niiti'monicited tartar. 
antimonic (an-ti-mon'ik), a. [< antimony + 
-ic.] Pertaining to or derived from antimony. 
antimony 
Antimonic add, H.SI)O ;) + 2H..,o, a white powder for- 
merly used in medicine. 
antimonide (an'ti-mo-nid or -nid), n. [< anti- 
mony + -ide.] A compound of antimony and 
a more positive element or metal. Also called 
(intiiiioniitret. 
antimoniferous (an'ti-mo-nif'e-nis), a. [< - 
tiiiKiny + L. ferre = E. bear 1 .] Containing or 
supplying antimony: as, antimoiiifi-ri>nn ores. 
antimonious (an-ti-mo'ni-us), a, [< (ititimiiiii/ 
+ -OM.S'.] Pertaining to, consisting of, or con- 
taining antimony. .iiitimoiioitH is a variant. 
Antimonious acid, 2HSbo._, i - aH 2 o, a weak add, of 
whii-h only the soda salt has been obtained in a crystalline 
condition. 
antimonite (an'ti-mo-nit), n. [< antimony + 
-He-.] A native sulpnid of antimony; stibnite. 
antimoniuret (an-ti-mo-ni'u-ret), . [< anti- 
nioiii(iini) + -uret.] Same as antimoiiiilt: 
antimoniureted, antimoniuretted (an-ti-mo- 
ni'u-ret-ed), a. [(a)iti>iiiiiiiri-t+-e<ft.] Com- 
bined with antimony: as, <iiitiin<iiiiiireteilliydio- 
gen. 
antimonopolist (an*ti-mo-nop'o-list), *i. [< 
anti- + monopoly + -ist.] One who is opposed 
to monopolies: one who desires to restrict the 
power and influence of great corporations, as 
tending to monopoly. 
antimonopoly (an*ti-mo-nop'o-li), a. and n. 
Opposed to monopolies; the principle of op- 
position to monopoly. 
The main purpose of the anti-monopoly movement is to 
resist public corruption and corporate aggression. 
S. A. Ren., CXLIII. 7. 
antimonOUS (an'ti-mo-nus), a, [< antimony + 
-ottx.] Same as antimonious. 
antimony (an'ti-mo-ni), n. [< late ME. anti- 
iiiiniy = OF. antimonie, mod. F. antimoine = Sp. 
Pg. It. antimonio = Sw. Dan. G. antimonium = 
li'n-s. antimoniya = Pol. antymonium, etc., < 
ML. antimonium, antimony, a word of unknown 
origin, simulating a Gr. appearance, perhaps a 
perversion, through such simulation (antimo- 
nium, < "atimonium, < "atimodium, < "athimo- 
ilium f ), of the Ar. name (with art. al- f ) ethmad, 
othmod, uthmud, earlier ithmid, antimony, which 
is in turn perhaps an accommodation (through 
*inthimmidl) of Gr. arifLfud-, one of the stems of 
orijifu (an^ni-, arwfie-, OTififtiS-), also arl^i and 
art/ii (*<rri/3<f), > L. stimmi, stibi, and stibium, 
antimony, the Gr. name itself being appar. of 
foreign or Eastern origin: see stibium. False 
etymologies formerly current are : (1) < F. anti- 
moine, < Gr. avri, against, + moine, a monk, 
as if ' monk's bane ' ; (2) < Gr. avri, against, + 
/uovof, alone, as if never found alone; (3) < Gr. 
avri, instead of, + L. minium, red lead, "be- 
cause women used it instead of red lead " as 
an eye-paint.] Chemical symbol, Sb (Latin 
stibium) ; atomic weight. 120. A metal of a 
white color and bright luster which does not 
readily tarnish, having a specific gravity of 6.7. 
crystallizing in the rhombohedral system, and 
in the mass ordinarily showing a crystalline 
structure and highly perfect cleavage. It con- 
ducts both heat and electricity with some readiness, but 
less perfectly than the true metals, and differs from them 
also in being brittle like arsenic. It melts at 430 C. (806* 
F.), and volatilizes slowly at a red heat ; when melted in 
the air it oxidizes readily, forming antimony trioxid, ShoO^. 
Antimony occurs uncombined in nature to a limited ex- 
tent, usually in granular or foliated masses, often with a 
botryoidal or reniform surface. Many compounds of anti- 
mony are found in nature, the most important of them 
being the sulphid, Sb._,s ;i , called gray antimony, antimony- 
glance, or stibnite. Dyscrasite is a compound of antimony 
and silver. There are also a number of minerals contain- 
ing antimony, sulphur, and lead (like jatnesonite), or anti- 
mony, sulphur, and silver (like pyrargyrite or ruby silver), 
or antimony, sulphur, and copper (like tetrahedrite). The 
oxisulphid kermesite or red antimony and the oxids cer- 
vantite and stibiconite (antimony ocher) are also impor- 
tant minerals. Antimony has few uses in the arts; it 
enters, however, into a number of very valuable alloys, as 
type-metal, pewter, Britannia metal, and Babbitt metal, 
and is used in medicine. Tartar emetic is the tartrate of 
antimony and potassium. James's powder is a mixture 
of oxid of antimony and phosphate of lime. Antimony 
vermilion, a sulphid of antimony suggested but never 
used as n pigment. Argentine flowers of antimony, 
the tetroxid of antimony. Arsenical antimony. See 
allemontitf. Black antimony, antimonious sulphid. 
Butter of antimony. See tmtteri. Ceruse of anti- 
mony. See ceruse. Diaphoretic antimony, a prepa- 
ration chiefly consisting of potassium antimoniate, made 
by exposing the neutral antimoniate to the action of car- 
bonic-acid gas, or by deflagrating pure antimony with 
potassium nitrate. It is used in the manufacture of 
enamels, and was formerly administered as a medicine. 
Glass of antimony. See glass. Red antimony ore, 
an oxisulphid of antimony. Same as JbanHMite. White 
antimony, or antimony white, native antimony trioxid, 
SboO 3 . Yellow antimony, or antimony yellow, a 
preparation of the oxids of lead and antimony, of a deep- 
yellow color, used in enamel- and porcelain-painting. It 
is of various tints, and the brilliancy of the brighter hues 
is not affected by foul air. 
