Each of these 19 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
A sorcerer of the time of St. Jean de Lus, who, according to information supplied by Pierre Delamere, a councillor of Henry IV, was seen several times at the sabbath," mounted on a demon in the shape of a goat, and playing on the flute for the witches' dance. 66 as
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a name given to certain passerine or perching birds having resemblances to the thrushes and supposed to feed largely on ants. The ant thrushes of the Old World belong to the genus pitta. They inhabit southern and southeastern Asia and the Eastern Archipelago, and are birds of brilliant plumage. The New World ant-thrushes belong to South America.
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an alkali, or any remedy for acidity in the stomach. The principal antacids in use are magnesia, lime, and their carbonates, and the carbonates of potash and soda.
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Son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Ge (Earth), a mighty giant and wrestler in Libya, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother earth. Hercules discovered the source of his strength, lifted him from the earth, and crushed him in the air.
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a eutralizes an alkali, and is used medicinally to counteract an alkaline tendency in the system. All true acids have this power.
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the capital of Madagascar, situated in the central province of Imérina. It has manufactures of metal work, cutlery, silk, etc., and exports sugar, soap, and oil. Pop. about 100,000. (See MADAGASCAR.)
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little or two-toed ant rater. Both are South American. The scaly ant eaters are of an allied genus, manis. They derive their English name from the fact that they are covered with thick scales, which give them the superficial appearance of reptiles. The short-tailed manis, M. pentadactyla of Linnæus, is found in Bengal and the Indian archipelago, and M. tetradactyla in Africa. The proper and scaly ant eaters edentata, or toothless animals. To the same order belong the Cape ant eaters, orycteropus capensis. SABLE ANTELOPE
before the flood or deluge of Noah's time; relating to what happened before the deluge. In the term has been applied to geology gy organisms, traces of which are found in a fossil state in formations preceding the diluvial, particularly to extinct animals such as the paleotherium, the mastodon, etc.
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the name given to the movable jointed organs of touch and hearing attached to the heads of insects, myriapods, etc., and commonly called horns or feelers. They present a very great variety of forms. The small antennæ of the lobster bear olfactory bristles, and have an ear lodged at the base. And, in short, there are numerous observations to justify the general statement that in many cases the antennæ are sensitive to smell, sound, and probably taste. Deprived of its antennæ, an ant, for instance, is peculiarly helpless.
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A Trojan, son of Aesyetes and Cleomestra, and husband of Theano. He was one of the wisest among the elders at Troy; he received Menelaus and Ulysses into his house when they came to Troy as embassadors; and he advised his fellow-citizens to restore Helen to Menelaus. On the capture of Troy, Antenor was spared by the Greeks.
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a city of Andalusia in Spain, in the province of Malaga, a place of some importance under the Romans, with a ruined Moorish castle. Manufactures of woolen, leather, soap, etc. Pop. about 35,000.
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an'te-ros, in Greek mythology, a son of Aphrodite and Ares, and brother of Eros, or Cupid. As the name implies, he was the opposite of Eros, the god of love. Anteros was the god of unhappy love, the avenger of unrequited affection.
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the giant son of Poseidon (Neptune), and Ge (the earth), who was invincible so long as he was in contact with the earth. Heracles (Hercules) grasped him in his arms and stifled him suspended in the air. substance which
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a displacement for- The term is parward of any organ. ticularly applied to a change of position of the uterus, in which the organ is bodily displaced in the pelvic cavity, so that the fundus is directed against the bladder, and the cervix toward the sacrum.
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a luminous ring, or ríngs, seen by an observer, especially in Alpine and polar regions, around the shadow of his head projected on a cloud or fog bank, or on grass covered with dew, 50 or 60 yards distant, and opposite the sun when rising or setting. It is due to the refraction of light.
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originally a hymn sung in alternate parts, in modern use, a sacred tune or piece of music set to words taken from the Psalms or other parts of the Scriptures, first introduced into church service in Elizabeth's reign; a developed motet. The anthem may be for one, two or any number of voices, but seldom exceeds five parts, and may or may not have an organ accompaniment written for it.
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a genus of plants belonging to the order asteraceæ, or composites. It contains the Roman chamomile (A. nobilis). The flower buds constitute the chamomile of the shops. Cattle eat it with avidity. As a medicine it is tonic and stimulating. The true chamomile plant has a fine smell, in this differing from the anthemis cotula, or stinking chamomile.
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a Roman emperor of the West (467-472); son of Procopius and son-in-law of Marcian, Emperor of the East. He was nominated emperor by Leo, the Emperor of the East, and became the father-in-law
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an organized body constituting part of a stamen and generally attached to the apex of the filament. As a rule, it is composed of two parallel lobes or cells; sometimes, however, there are four, and sometimes only one. The cells are united by the connective, and contain pollen. When the time for shedding it arrives, the anthers burst generally by a longitudinal fissure from the base to the apex. Anther dust, the pollen from an anther. It constitutes a yellow dust, which, when it falls from the atmosphere, has often been mistaken for a shower of sulphur.
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the blue color of flowers, a pigment obtained from those petals of flowers which are blue by digesting them in spirits of wine.
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