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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.

d hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also anthracin.]

A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is the principal source of anthracene.

cifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.

Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.

Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

of possible harm; in expectation of evil. Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. Tillotson. Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. Gladstone.

A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

per. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke.

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

Plowing; tillage. [R.] Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are under tillage. Brande.

Contributing to tillage.

of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.