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 ANT ( 32S ) ANT ANTICHAMBER, an outer chamber for Grangers to ANTIMONY, in natural hiHory, one cf the femi-mewait in, till the perfon to be fpoken with is at leifure. tals. See Chemistry, title, Of metals. ANTICHRESIS, among civilians, the fame with what AN1INOMIANS, in church-hiHory, certain heretics • in common law is.called a ,«£<?. See Mortgage. who firH appeared about the year 1535;; fo called, ANTICHRIST, among ecclefiallical writers, denotes becaufe -they reje<51ed the law, as of no ufe.under the • a great adverfary of Chriltianity, who is to appear upon gofpel-difpenfation, with other dodrines equally abthe earth towards the end of the world. He is call- furd. ed in fcripture, The man of ftn, the man of perdi- ANTIOCH, a town of Syria, formerly its capital, but ti'jfj, &c. now in a ruinous condition ; fituated on the river. OronANTICHTHONES, in ancient geography, an appella- tes, in 370 E. long, and 36° N. lat. tion given to the inhabitants of oppofite hemifpheres. ANTIOCHENUM, in botany, afpecies of convolvulus. ANTICOR, or Anticoeur, among farriers, an in- See Convolvulus. flammation in the horfe’s throat, being the fame with ANTIPAGMENTA. See Antepagmenta. the.quinzy in mankind. ANTIPATHY, a natural averfion of one body to anoANTICOSTE, an American illand, fituated before the ther, fn contradifiinftion to fympathy. See Sympathy. niouth 0 of the river St Lawrence, in 64° W. long, and ANT IPERISTALTIC motion of the intefines, the re49 52' N. lat. ANTICUS, a term ufed by anatomifts, importing, that verfe of the periHaltic motion. See Peristaltic. the part; with which it is joined Hands before fome ANTTPERISTASIS, in the peripatetic philofophy, an* others : Thus, we meet with ferratus amicus, pero- imaginary intention or heightening of any quality by the oppofition of its contrary.. nceus amicus. ANTIDESMA, in botany, a genus of the dioecia pen- ANTIPHONY, in mufic, the name which the Greeks tandria clafs. The ca-lix of the male confifts of 5 gave to that kind of fymphony which was executed in leaves ; it has no corolla : The calix of the female is oftave or double odave. It is likewife the anfwer entire, gaping a little on one fide ; it has no corolla, made by one choir to another, when an anthem is fung but two ttyii, and, a double valved capfule inclofed in between them. in rhetoric, a figure by which in faythe calix. There is but one fpscies of the antidefma, ANTIPHRASISj ing one thing we mean the contrary. See Irony. viz. - the alexeteria, a native of India. ANTIDICOMARIANITES, in church-hiftory, here- ANTIPODES, in geography, a name given to thofe intics, who maintained that the Virgin Mary did not habitants of the globe that live diametrically oppofi^e to one another. 7 hey lie under oppofite parallels, and preferve a perpetual virginity. ANTIDOTE, among phyficians, a remedy taken to oppofite meridians. They have the' fame elevation of their different poles. It is midnight with the on?, prevent, or to cure the eftedls of poifon, fac. ANTIENT, or Ancient, a term applied to things when it is noon-day with the other; the longefi day which exifted long-ago: Thus we fay, ancient na- with the one is the fliortefi with the other; and tlje length of the day with the one is equal to the night of tions, ancient cuftoms, &c. Antient, in a military fenfe, denotes either the enfign, the other. See Geography. ANTIPOPE, in the Romilh church, one eleded pope or the colours. Antient, in (hips of war, the flxeamer or flag borne in an irregular manner, in oppofition to another. ATIPTOSIS, in rhetoric, a figure which puts one cafe in the Hern. ANTIGONIA, the name of two cities, one in Epirus, for another. See Case. now called Cafta Jtgiro, the other in Macedon, now ANTIQUARY, a perfon who Hudiesand fearches after monuments and remains of antiquity. Cologna. There were formerly in the chief cities of Greece ANTIHECTICS, in pharmacy, medicines good in hecand Italy, perfons of diHindion called antiquaries, tical diforders. who made it their bufinefs to explain the ancient ioANTILLES, the fame with the Caribbee iflands. ANTILOGARITHM, the complement of a logarithm. feriptions, and give every other aflillance in their power ANTILOGY, in matters of literature, an inconfiHency to Hrangers who were lovers of that kind of learning. There is a fociety of antiquaries in London, incorpobetween two or more paffages of the fame book. , ANTILYSSUS a medicine confiding of equal rated by the king’s charter. parts of the lichen cinereus terreflris, and black pep- ANTIQU ATED, fomething obfolete, out of date, or out of.ufe, per, reckoned good to prevent the rabies canina. ANTIMETABOLE, in rhetoric, a figure whereby two ANTIQUE, in a general fenfe, fomething that is ancient : but the term is chiefly ufed by'fculptors, paintthings are fet in oppofition to each other. ANTIMONARCHICAL, an appellation given to what- ers, and architeds, to denote fuch pieces of their difever oppofes monarchial government. See Mo- ferent arts as were made by the aftcient Greeks and Romans. Thus v/e fay, an antique bull, an antique narchy. ANTIMONIALS, in medicine, preparations of anti- Jlatue, &c. ANTIQUITY, fignifies times or ages pafi long ago. mony. See Antimony, and Chemistry. ANTIMONIATED, fomething impregnated with the Thus we fay, the heroes of antiquity, &c. It is often ufed for the works or monuments of the ancients. Revirtues of antimony. fearches