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A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.

epresentation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

ntrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

ngle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

anet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. -- Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.

A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.