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Antaphrodisiac.

Good against apoplexy. -- n.

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.…

One who hides away books, as in a tomb. [R.] Crabb.

A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to a catapult.

Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.

That branch of acoustics which treats of reflested sounds; catacoustics.

A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton.

Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.

rtists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.

A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison.

A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- Cat`a*plec"tic (#), a.

Spurge. [Obs.]

An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

ty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

A cenotaph. [R.] Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay.

The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.