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The act of anatomizing.

Native carbonate of soda; natron.

An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Elbowlike; anconal.

A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

nd important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the…

The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

See Anemone. Sandys.

Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] Speed.

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.