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Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

Opposed to citizenship.

Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

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

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

ocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Oddly; grotesquely.

The quality of being antic. Ford.

The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.

Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Opposing or destroying contagion.

Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.

A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More.

cean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.

Bacchanalian.