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Show ATNG A'xrrexny fi adv. [from antick] In a antick manner; with odd poftures ; wil gefticulations, or fanciful appearance AN Scrambling, out-facing, fathion-mongring boys That lye, and cog, and flout, deprave, and flander R Shakefpeare ANTICLI'MAX. n. /. [from &vri and xaiwet.] A fentence in which the laft par exprefles fomething lower than the firft A certain figure, which was unknown to th ancients, is called by fome an anticliman., Addifon This diftich is frequently mentioned as an ex ample Next comes Dalhoufley, the great god of war Lieutenant col'nel to the earl of Mar ANTICONVU'LSIVE. adj. [from i, againft, and convulfive.] Good againf convulfions Whatfoever produce an inflammatory difpofi tion in the blood, produces the atthma, as axticonFloyer «wvulfive medicines " gNTICOR. ». /. [from &}, againtt, an cor, the heart. A preternatural fwelling of a round figure, occa{ioned by a fanguine and bilious humour, and appearing in a horfe's breaft, oppofite to his heart An anticor may kill a horfe, unlefs it be brought t a fuppuration by good remedies Farrier's Dict ANTICOURTIER. 7 /.[from disl, againtt and courtier.] One thatoppofes the court ANT1'DOTAL. adj. [from antidote.] Tha which has the quality of an antidote, o the power of counteratting poifon Browwn ‘That bezoar is antidotal, we fhall notdeny Animals that can innoxioufly digeft thefe poifons, become antidotal to the poifon digefted Brown's Vulgar Errours ted ¢ L‘" ‘"‘b{m A'NTIDOTE. 2 f. [awidl®., antidotus Lat. a thing given in oppofition t 8 fomething elfe. A medicine given to expel the mifchiefs of ano 2 ther, as of poifon Quincy Truft not the phyfician His antidotes are poifon, and he flay Shakefpeare More than you rob ‘What fool would believe that antidote delivere by Pierius againft the fting of a fcorpion? to fi upon an afs, with one's face towards his tail % o5 o i cably Brown's Vulgar Errours Poifon will work againft the ftars : beware For ev'ry meal an antidote prepare Dryden jun ANTIDYSENTE RICK. adj. [from ayri againft, and yfenteria, a bloody flux. Good againft the bloody flux ANTIFE'BRILE adj. [from &yri, againft and fzbris, a fever.] Good againftfevers Antifebrile medicines check the ebullition Floyer NTILO'GARITHM ari againft, and logarithm. / [fro "The complement of the logarithm of a fine, tangent, or fecant; or the difference of that logarithm from the logarithm of ninety degrees Chambers B i ANTi'LoGY. # [ [dyrireyla.] A contradiction between any words and paffage 1in an author Di& hegrflb"' ANTILOQUIST. 7. /[ [from &vr, againtt c-f'j"&fl and loguor, to fpeak.] A contradictor S Dis 47 ANTIMONA'RCHICAL. adj. [from v againft, and powgyie, government b . a fingle perfon.] Againft governmen ; md by a fingle perfon ‘When he fpied the ftatue of King Charles i [fi the .middle of the crowd, an ww'/ mof of the king ranged over their heads, he concluded that an an "monarchical affembly could never ghoofe fuch place Addifon 7 / [fio antimonarcbical. 'The quality of bein an enemy to regal power ANTIMO'NIAL adf. [ from antimony. Mad of antimony; having the quali ties of antimony ; relatin mony And fpeale of half a dozen dangerous words ‘ ANTIMONA'RCHICALNESS Go antickly, and fhew an outward hideoufnefs i"{ AN t anti They were got out of the reach of antimonia fumes Grew Though antimonial cups, prepar'd with art Their force to wine through ages fhould impart This diffipation, this profufe expence Nor fhrinks their fize, nor waftes their ftores immenfe Blackmore A'NTIMONY. ». /. [The ftibium of th ° ancients, by the Greeks called sipus The reafon of its modern denominatio 1s referred to Bafil Valentine, a German monk ; who, as the tradition relates having thrown fome of it to the hogs obferved that, after it had purged the heartily, they immediately fattened and therefore he imagined his fello monks would be the better for a lik dofe Th experiment however fuc ceeded {o ill, that they all died of it and the medicine was thenceforwar called antimoine antimonk. Antimony is a mineral fubftance of a metallin nature, having all the feeming charaers of a rea metal, except malleability; and may be called femimetal, being a foffile glebe of fome undetermined metal, combined with a fulphurous and fton fubftance Mines of all metals afford it; that i gold mines is reckoned beft. It has alfo its ow mines in Hungary, Germany, and France. It texture is full of little fhining veins or threads like needles; brittle as glafs. Sometimes vein of a red or golden colour are intermixed, whic is called male antimony; that without them bein denominated female antimony It fufes in the fire though with fome difficulty; and diffolves mor eafily in water It deftroys and diffipates all metals fufed with it, except gold; and is therefor ufeful in refining Itis a common ingredient i ipeculums, or burning concaves; ferving to giv them a finer polith. It makes a part in bell metal 5 and renders the found more clear It i mingled with tin, to make it more hard, white and found ; and with lead, in the cafting of printer letters, to render them more {fmooth and firm is a general help in the meltin I of metals, an efpecially in cafting of cannon balls. In pharmacy it is ufed under various forms, and with various intentions, chiefly as an emetick Chambers ANTINEPHRI TICK. adj. [from ayri an veQeiminos.] Medicines good againft difeafes of the reins and kidneys A'nTINOMY. 7 /. [from' ayri and vopoc. A contradi&tio betwee two laws o two articles of the fame law Antinomies are almoft unavoidable in fuch variety of opinions and anfwers : Baker ANTIPARALY TICK. adj. [from evri an wagdrveis. | Efficacious againdt the palfy AxTiraTHE TiCAL. adj. [from antipathy.] Having a natural contrariety t any thing The foil is fat and luxurious, and antipathetica Howvel's Vocal Forefl to all venomous creatures ANTIPATHE TICALNESS. 7. /. [from antipathetical.] The quality or ftate o having a natural contrariety to an thing Dic ANTI'PATHY . /. [from & againft and wddoc, feeling; antipathie, Fr. 1. A natural contrariety to any thing, as to. fhun it inveluntarily ; averfion diflike It is oppofed so fimpathy No contraries hold more antipathy Than I'and fuch a knave Shakefpeare To this perhaps might be juftly attributed mof of the {ympathie an antipathics obfervabl men i Laocke z. It has fometimes the particle agoin before the object of antipathy I had a mortal antipathy againft ftanding armie inetimes of peace; becaufe I took armies to b hired by the mafter o7 the family, to keep hi children in flavery Swift 3. Sometimes 70 « Alk you, what provocation I have had The ftrong antipathy of good to bad When truth, or virtue, an affront endures Th' affront is mine, my friend, and fhould b yours Pope 4. Formerly avizh5 but improperly Tangibl bodies have an antipathy wit air and any liquid body, that is more denfe, they wil draw, condenfe, and, in effect, incorporate. Bacon ANTIPERI ST ASIS sacis forme n. f. [from avTimegi of avr an wegisapmat t ftand round.] The oppofition of a contrary quality, by which the quality i oppofes becomes heightened ‘or intended; or the ation by which a body attacked by another, collefts itfelf, an becomes ftronger by fuch oppofition or an intention of the adivity of on quality caufed by the oppofition of another. Thus quicklime is fet on fire b the affufion of cold water; fo water be comes warme in winter tha in fum mer ; and thunder and lightning are excited in the middle region of the air which is continually cold, and all b antiperiffafis. This is an exploded principle in the Peripatetick philofophy Th' antiperiftafis of ag More inflam'd his am'rous rage Cozvley The riotous prodigal detefts covetoufnefs; ye let him find the fprings grow dry which feed hi luxury, covetoufnefs fhall be called in: and fo by a ftrange antiperiftafis, prodigality thall beget rapine Decay of Picty ANTIPESTILE'NTIAL. adj. [from o5 againft, and pefilential.] Efficacious againft the infection of the plague Perfumes corret the air before it is attraéted b the lungs; or, rather, antipeffilential unguents, t anoint the noftrils with Harwey on the Plague ANTTPHRASIS. n. /. [from évsi, againtt and ¢pdoi, a form of {peech.] The uf of words in a fenfe oppofite to their proper meaning You now find mo caufe to repent, that yo never dipt your hands in the bloody high courts o South juftice, fo called only by antiphrafis AxTi'PODAL. adj. [from antipodes.] Relating to the countries inhabited by th antipodes The Americans are antifodal unto the Indians Brown ANTIT'PODES n. f. I bhas no fingalar [from i, againft, and @méde, feet. Thofe people who, living on the othe fide of the globe hav thei feet di rectly oppofite to ours We thould hold day with the antipodes If yo woul wal in abfence of the fun Shakefpeare So fhines the fun, tho' hence remov'd, as clea When his beams warm th' antipodes, as here Waller Ax‘rirorE. n /. [from &, againft, an pope. He tha ufurp the popedom oppofition to the right pope i A |