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a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.

Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. [R.]

A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

is virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Without, or not developing, an allantois.

The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.

Without, or not developing, an amnion.

A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.

of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

ion. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.

Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. -- To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. -- To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. -- To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to the…

A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin.

t numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.