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A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

ife or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

usic, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his "humors." Sir P. Sidney.

An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.

A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; --called also zebrawood.

ccording to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. Washington.

the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. Shak.

or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.

c application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.

Of or pertaining to articulation. Bush.

Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay.