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A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]

A little circle borne as a charge.

A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

d to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. "Antelucan worship." De Quincey.

avity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.] Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.

A floral ornament. See Palmette.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay.

In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

by the same authors or author. -- Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. -- Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to…

A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.