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Opposed to citizenship.

Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Oddly; grotesquely.

The quality of being antic. Ford.

ceiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.

Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Opposing or destroying contagion.

Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.

A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv.

An antidiphtheritic agent.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.