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A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.

more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

ver Syria. 1 Kings xix. 15. The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." 1 Sam. xxvi. 9.

At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Something done before another act. [Obs.]

alled horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

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

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

rmerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.

asitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al (#), a.

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.