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w Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.…

A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.

An antilithic medicine.

ven logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic, a.

Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.

A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton.

A remedy against the plague. Brande & C.

Of or relating to the antelope.

A contradicter. [Obs.]

Contradiction. [Obs.]

Antihydrophobic.

A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.

Good against malaria.

econdary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also anue.] Bacon.

One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.

Opposition to Freemasonry.

Good against mephitic or deletplwious gases. -- n.

One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.