Part 502

<hw>An"tic*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Oddly; grotesquely.</def>

<h1>Antic-mask</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"tic-mask`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An antimask.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Anticness</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"tic*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being antic.</def>

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Anticonstitutional</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*con`sti*tu"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.</def>

<h1>Anticontagious</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*con*ta"gious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Opposing or destroying contagion.</def>

<h1>Anticonvulsive</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*con*vul"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against convulsions.</def>

<i>J. Floyer.</i>

<h1>Anticor</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"ti*cor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + L. <ets>cor</ets> heart; cf. F. <ets>antic<?/ur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.</def>

<h1>Anticous</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An*ti"cous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anticus</ets> in front, foremost, fr. <ets>ante</ets> before.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.</def>

<h1>Anticyclone</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"ti*cy`clone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Meteorol.)</fld> <def>A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`ti*cy*clon"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> -- <wf>An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Antidotal</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"ti*do`tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>(#) <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.</def> <i>Sir T. Browne</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>An"ti*do`tal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Antidotary</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"ti*do`ta*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Antidotal.</def> -- <wordforms><tt>n.</tt> Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.</wordforms>

<h1>Antidote</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An"ti*dote</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>antidotum</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), fr. <?/ given against; <?/ against + <?/ to give: cf. F. <ets>antidote</ets>. See <er>Dose</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with <i>against</i>, <i>for</i>, or <i>to</i>; <as>as, an <ex>antidote</ex> against, for, or to, poison</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.</def>

<h1>Antidote</h1> <Xpage=64>