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An`ti*at*tri"tion (&?;), n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

||An`ti*bac*chi"us (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; + &?;. See Bacchius.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

An`ti*bil"lous (&?;), a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

An`ti*brach"i*al (&?;), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

||An`ti*brach"i*um (&?;), n. [NL.] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

An`ti*bro"mic (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; a stink.] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

An`ti*burgh"er (&?;), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

An"tic (&?;), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.] 1. Old; antique. [Obs.] "Lords of antic fame." Phaer.

2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

The antic postures of a merry- andrew.

Addison.

The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape.

Fuller.

An"tic, n. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.

Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.

3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.

And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.

4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]

Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.

An"tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (&?;), Antickt.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak.

An"tic, v. i. To perform antics.

An`ti*ca*tarrh`al (&?;), a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. -- n. An anticatarrhal remedy.

An`ti*cath"ode (&?;), n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

An`ti*cau*sod"ic (&?;), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic.

An`ti*cau*sot"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; fever, &?; to burn.] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n. A remedy for such a fever.

An"ti*cham`ber, n. [Obs.] See Antechamber.