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An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

ionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. -- Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. -- External an…

An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

An instrument for measuring external angles.

One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.

to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.

Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.

The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated injections of small doses of the venom.

Relating to an antrum.

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadruma…

The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

he sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

er of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. They have always apt instruments. Burke. A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.