n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ L. antiscii, Gr. &unr_;, pl.; 'anti` against + &unr_; shadow. ] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a worm. ] (Med.) Anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. -- n. A remedy for scurvy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Anti-; Sepsis. ] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a substance which kills or retards the growth of microorganisms, especially when used for protection against infection; a substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona, and many other agents sold commercially. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of antiseptics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against spasms. -- n. A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antispastus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to draw the contrary way; 'anti` against + &unr_; to draw. ] (Pros.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Antispast. ] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [ Obs. ] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. -- n. An antispastic agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n. An antisplenetic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to turn to the opposite side; 'anti` against + &unr_; to turn. See Strophe. ] 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) (a) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master. (b) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to an antistrophe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; turned opposite ways. ] (Rhet.) An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Antistrumous. -- n. A medicine for scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. -- n. A medicine for syphilis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A chiromancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dilettanteish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The spirit of those who extol the advantage of ignorance; obscurantism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscurantist. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Arch.) Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disciple or follower of Kant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a prophet. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Squilla.
Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The natural family comprising the mantispids.
Syn. -- family Mantispidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Squilla.
Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin. ] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Obscurant. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Panto- + Gr. &unr_; equal + &unr_; to rule. ] A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pantisocratist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Philosophy) The philosophical view considering the fundamental objects of the real world as extended in the direction of time, so that the objects themselves do not change, though temporal parts may have different properties. Contrasted to endurantism, a view considering objects to be wholly present at each instant of time. [ PJC ]