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The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.…

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.

e breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.] They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer.

lement which, in electro- chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation. Faraday.

A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

rly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

espond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. Macaulay.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]

A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.…

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.