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airs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody.

tion or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.

le expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.

re brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.

er for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.

esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay.

g, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. Glanvill.

Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons. Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. Beau. & Fl. That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. F. Harrison.

diness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. Francis. -- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.

ning, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.

and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second.

The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall.

Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.

either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.

, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak.