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Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.

Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.] Selden.

A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote.

t resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.

A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

Brass-colored.

A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

sting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate.

See Jigger.

salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

The chick-pea.

See Chica.

A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

The chick-pea. Holland.

Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.