Part 519

<h1>Antivaccinist</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*vac"ci*nist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One opposed to vaccination.</def>

<h1>Antivariolous</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*va*ri"o*lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Preventing the contagion of smallpox.</def>

<h1>Antivenereal</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*ve*ne"re*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.</def>

<h1>Antivivisection</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*viv`i*sec"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Opposition to vivisection.</def>

<h1>Antivivisectionist</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*viv`i*sec"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One opposed to vivisection</def>

<h1>Antizymic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*zym"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Preventing fermentation.</def>

<h1>Antizymotic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*zy*mot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Preventing fermentation or decomposition.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An agent so used.</def></def2>

<h1>Antler</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant"ler</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>auntelere</ets>, OF. <ets>antoillier</ets>, <ets>andoiller</ets>, <ets>endouiller</ets>, fr. F. <ets>andouiller</ets>, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>antocularis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ante</ets> before + <ets>oculus</ets> eye. See <er>Ocular</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.</def>

<blockquote>Huge stags with sixteen <b>antlers</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The branch next to the head is called the <i>brow antler</i>, and the branch next above, the <i>bez antler</i>, or <i>bay antler</i>. The main stem is the <i>beam</i>, and the branches are often called <i>tynes</i>. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See <er>Velvet</er>.</note>

<cs><col>Antler moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a destructive European moth <spn>(Cerapteryx graminis)</spn>, which devastates grass lands.</cd></cs>

<h1>Antlered</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant"lered</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with antlers.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>antlered</b> stag. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antlia</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant"li*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Antil\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a pump, Gr, <?/ hold of a ship]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See <er>Lepidoptera</er>.</def>

<h1>Ant-lion</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant"-li`on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is <spn>Myrmeleon obsoletus</spn>, the European is <spn>M. formicarius</spn>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Ant\'d2ci, Ant\'d2cians</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*t\'d2"ci</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An*t\'d2"*cians</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl</tt>. <ety>[NL. <ets>antoeci</ets>, fr. Gr. pl. <?/; <?/ opposite + <?/ to live.]</ety> <def>Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.</def>