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Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.

The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.

mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

anular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda- lime feldspar, usually labradorite.

Antisyphilitic. [R.]

A remedy against gout.

Same as Antorbital.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.

A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

neral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.