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f a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.…

A remedy against the plague. Brande & C.

directions. The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C.

The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay.

Destitute of skin. Brande & C.

A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Apple brandy. [U.S.]

Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to atate.

Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." Brande & C.

cis. -- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.

e Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.

ng; tillage. [R.] Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are under tillage. Brande.