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An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n.

One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.] My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger.

States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*is…

Opposing or destroying contagion.

Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

nto the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

An opposing law or rule of any kind. As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. Milton.

A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.

insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Dunglison.

Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton.

e men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [Colloq. or Lowx] I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

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 Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called…