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The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

Same as Earthen. [Obs.] "An arthen pot." Holland.

Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.

Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Weakness of sight. Quain. -- As`the*nop"ic, a.

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.

The part of the neck nearest the back.

pocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton.

Authentic. [Archaic]

In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.

The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Barrow.

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

Authentically.

The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Hammond.

New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authencity. Bouvier.

The basisphenoid bone.