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enus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.

ral rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to pl. analogies. Johnson.

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

The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.

tain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

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.

e is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.

A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

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

rating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.

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

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.

A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

A female anchoret. And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.

One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.