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es of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.

) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.

One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.

r organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.

rt of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

ng family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.

he Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive right.…

heep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

c patience. Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.

eaf stalks of angelica. Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.

om a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.

pothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. -- Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. -- Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or l…

ge. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.