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 ANA ( ANACLINOPALE, among the ancient athlete, a kind of wreftjing, performed on the ground. ANACLINTERIA, in antiquity, thofe parts of the triclinear couches on which a cufhion was placed for fupporting the head. ANACOLLEMA, a compofition of aftringent powders, applied by the ancients to the head, to prevent deductions on the eyes. ANACREONTIC verfe, in ancient poetry, a kind of verfe, fo called from its being much ufed by the poet Anacreon. It confifts of three feet and an half, ufually fpondees and iambufes, and fometimes anapefts : Such is that of Horace, Lydia, die per otnnes. ANACRISIS, among civilians, an inveftigation of truth, interrogation of witneffes, and inquiry made into any fa£t, fcfpecially by torture. ANACUICS, in geography, a people of Brazil in America. ANACYCLUS, in botany, a genus of the fyngenefia polygamia fuperflua clafs. The receptacle of the anacyclus is paleaceous; the pappus emarginated; and the feeds have membranaceous edges. There' are three fpecies of this genus, viz. the creticus, orientalis, and valentinus, all natiyes of the eafl. ANADAVADyEA, in ornithology, a barbarous name of a fpecies of aland a. See Alauda. ANADEMA, in antiquity, denotes the fillet which the kings of Perfia wore round their head. It denotes alfo a kind of ornament which women wore on their heads like a garland. ANADIPLOSIS, in rhetoric and poetry, a repetition of the hid word of a line, or claufe of a fentonce, in the beginning of the next: Thus, Pierides, vos hec facietis maxima Gallo : Gallo, cujus amor, 8cc. Ft matuthiis accredula vocibus injlat, Vocibus inftat, ip ajfiduas jacit ore querelas, ANADOLI, the name by which the Turks call Natclia. SeeNAToniA. Anadoli hijfari, a name given by the Turks to the caftle of the Dardanelles, on the Afiatic fide. ANADOSIS, among phyficians, the dihribution of the aliment over the body. ANADROMOUS, among ichthyplogifts, a name given to fuch fifhes as go to the fea from the fielh waters at ftated feafons, and return back again, fuch as the falmon, fee. See Salmon. ANiEDEIA,. in Grecian antiquity, a fiool whereon the accufed perfon was placed to make his defence. ANAESTHESIA, fignifies a privation of thelenfes. ANAGALLIS, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia clafs. The corolla cf this plant ccnfifls of one rotated petal. There are four fpecies of anagallis, viz. the arvenfis, or male pimpernel, a native of Britain.; fne monelli, a native of Verona; the latifolia and the linifolia, both natives of Spain. The anagallis is fuppofed to be deterfive and healing. ANAGARSKAYE, a city of Mufcovitilh Tartary, in Vol. I. No. 6. a

i ) ANA the province of Dauria, near the fource of the river Amour. See Amour. ANAGLYPHICE, or Anaglyptice, denotes the art of emboffing. See Embossing. ANAGNI, a town of Italy in the Campagna>di0 Roma, fituated about0 32 miles E. of Rome, in 13 45' E. long, and 42 N. lat. ANAGNOSTA, or Anagnostes, in antiquity, a kind of literary fervant, retained in the families of perfbns of diliindtion, whofe chief bufinefs was to read to them during meals, or at any other time when they were at, leifure. . ANAGOGICAL, fignifies myfterious, tranfporting, and is ufed to exprefs whatever elevates the mind. ANAGOGY, or Anagoge, among ecclefialtical writers, the elevation of the mind to things celeftial and eteonal. ANAGRAM, in matters of literature, a tranfpofition of the letters of fome name, whereby a new word is formed, either to the advantage or difadvantage of the perfon or thing to which the name belongs. Thus from Galenus, is formed Angelas; from James, Simea; and fo of others. ANAGRAMMATIST, a perfon who compofes or deals much, in anagrams. ANAGROS, in commerce, a meafure for grain ufed in fomejpties of Spain, particularly at Seville; 46 anagros make about 10^ quarters of London. ANAGYRISjin botany, a genus of the decandria monogynia clafs. This plant has a papilionaceous vexillum, the alas of which are fhorter than the carina. The capfule is a legumen. There is only fpecies of anagyrif,. viz. the faetida, a native of Spa^feicily, arid Italy. The-kaves are faidto be laxative, and the feeds emetic. ANALABE, in the Greek church, a part cf the drefs of the eaftern monks, anfwerable to the fcapular of the weft. See Scapular. AN.cLECTA, or Analectes, in antiquity, a fervant whofe employment it wjs to gather up the off-falls of tables. Analecta, atialetts, in a literary fenfe, is ufed to denote a colledtion of fmall pieces, as effays^ remarks, fee. ANALEMMA, in geometry, a projettion of the fphere on the plane of the meridian, orthographically made by ftraight lines and ellipfes, the eye being fuppofed at an infinite diftance, and in the eaft or weft points of the horizon. Analemma, denotes like wife an inftrument of brafs or wood, upon which this kind of projeftion is drawn, with an horizon and curfor fitted to it, wherein the folftitial colure, "End all circles parallel to it, will be concentric circles all circles oblique to the eye, will be ellipfes; and all circles whofe planes pafs through the eye, will be right lines. The ufe of this inftrument is tp ftiew the common aftronomical problems, which it will do, though not very exadlly, unlefs it be very large. ANALEPSIS, the augmentation or nutrition of an emaciated body. ANALEPTICS, reftorative or nourifhing medicines. Nn ANA-