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25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.

Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.

To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath Cæzar answered it. Shak.

erable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hoopplw.

nsists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Anything that quells the venereal appetite.

That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. Max Miller.

Where a choir is divided, as in some Spanish churches, that division of it which is the farther from the sanctuary.

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

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

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. -- An"ther*al, a.