<h1>Antimonic</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*mon"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; <as>as, <ex>antimonic</ex> acid</as>.</def>
<h1>Antimonious</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*mo"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; <as>as, <ex>antimonious</ex> acid</as>.</def>
<h1>Antimonite</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An"ti*mo*nite`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Stibnite.</def>
<h1>Antimoniureted</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*mo"ni*u*ret`ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Combined with or containing antimony; <as>as, <ex>antimoniureted</ex> hydrogen</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>antimoniuretted</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Antimony</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An"ti*mo*ny</hw> <tt>(?; 112)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>antimonium</ets>, of unknown origin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.</def>
<note>&hand; It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native <i>gray ore of antimony</i>, or <i>stibnite</i> (the <i>stibium</i> of the Romans, and the <?/ of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. <i>Cervantite</i>, <i>senarmontite</i>, and <i>valentinite</i> are native oxides of antimony.</note>
<h1>Antinational</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*na"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.</def>
<h1>Antinephritic</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*ne*phrit"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An antinephritic remedy.</def></def2>
<h1>Antinomian</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*no"mi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Antimony</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.</def>
<h1>Antinomian</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*no"mi*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.</def>
<i>Mosheim.</i>
<h1>Antinomianism</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An`ti*no"mi*an*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The tenets or practice of Antinomians.</def>
<i>South.</i>
<h1>Antinomist</h1> <Xpage=65>
<hw>An*tin"o*mist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Antinomian.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i>
<h1>Antinomy</h1> <Xpage=65>
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