Part 421

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.</def>

<blockquote>There being then . . . an <b>anarchy</b>, as I may term it, in authors and their re<?/koning of years. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anarthropoda</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`ar*throp"o*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ without joints + <ets>-poda</ets>. See <er>Anarthrous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to <i>Arthropoda</i>.</def>

<h1>Anarthropodous</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`ar*throp"o*dous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.</def>

<h1>Anarthrous</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*ar"throus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without joints, without the article; <?/ priv. + <?/ joint, the article.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld> <def>Used without the article; <as>as, an <ex>anarthrous</ex> substantive</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.</def>

<h1>Anas</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A"nas</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., duck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.</def>

<h1>Anasarca</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*sar"ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ throughout + <?/, <?/, flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.</def>

<h1>Anasarcous</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*sar"cous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Anastaltic</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ <hr> <page="54"> Page 54<p> fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>

<i>Coxe.</i>

<h1>Anastate</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"a*state</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ up + <?/ to make to stand.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to <i>katastate</i>.</def>

<i>Foster.</i>

<h1>Anastatic</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An`a*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ up + <?/ to make to stand: cf. <?/ causing to stand.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.</def>

<note>In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.</note>

<h1>Anastomose</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>A*nas"to*mose</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. p. p.</tt> <er>Anastomozed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. <?/ vb. n.</tt> <er>Anastomosing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anastomoser</ets>, fr. <ets>anastomose</ets>. See <er>Anastomosis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat. & Bot.)</fld> <def>To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.</def>

<blockquote>The ribbing of the leaf, and the <b>anastomosing</b> network of its vessels. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>