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unded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.

A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

kable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.

Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

ogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.

himself. Locke. Anathema Maranatha Etym: (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

rdinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. -- Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. -- An…

glish and East Indian peoples or languages. -- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. -- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Sax…

ich they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant.

the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. -- Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. -- Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon. I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden.

A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote.

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.