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defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

A lover; a gallant. [R.] Milton. It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.

ly (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

f the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

asicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

ation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.