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produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington.

to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.

Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

ing or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

d the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

rom a bow. Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

und made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

ctices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot. [Obs.]

h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

A collection of inanimate objects. [Obs.] Howell.