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One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

xty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

d pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

perties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force. -- Sal ammoniac Etym: [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.

or legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), ., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces. An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden.

o Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis." The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey.

A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

remark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Milton.

discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

rder of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

To place in juxtaposition or proximity.

The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.

rom the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.

Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. The aqueous vapor of the air. Tyndall.

A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.

Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. "And armed host." Dryden.

Bearing arms or weapons. [R.]