These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Anteus, Anteversion, Anthelion.
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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CHARLES, an American classical scholar, born in New York City, Nov. 19, 1797. He was for many years Professor of Ancient Languages at Columbia College. A beautiful edition of Horace first made him famous among scholars. His best known work was an edition of Lemprière's "Classical Dictionary" (1841). He was also the editor of over 50 classical text-books. He died July 29, 1867.
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Charles (1797-1867), an American educator. He was a native of New York , and a graduate of Columbia College. He studied for the law, and was admitted to the bar, but he preferred to become an instructor in Columbia. He edited an edition of Horace, 1830. Some fifty volumes, mainly Greek and Latin classics for school and college use, followed in due succession. Dr. Anthon was a kindly man of vast erudition, but it was felt that his notes were too copious and left little for the student to do. Hence the expression, "with his Anthon," is akin, in college phrase, to the aid of a "pony" or translation. 2026 Editor's Note: Anthon earned an unlikely place in American religious history: in 1828 a farmer named Martin Harris brought him a paper of strange characters copied from the golden plates of the Book of Mormon , seeking authentication. Anthon's denial — and Harris's differing account of it — became a disputed founding moment of the Latter-day Saint movement. (Ed: BR 2026-07-18)
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ST., FALLS OF of Ricimer. Subsequently Ricimer became his enemy, and, in a war between them, Anthemius was killed.
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SUSAN BROWNELL, an American reformer, born in South Adams, Mass., Feb. 15, 1820, of Quaker parentage, taught school in New York in 1835- 1850. In 1847 she first spoke in public, taking part in the temperance movement and organizing societies. In 1852 she assisted in organizing the Woman's New York State Temperance Society; in 1854- 1855 she held conventions, in each county in New York, in behalf of female suffrage. In 1857 she became a leader in the anti-slavery movement, and in 1858 advocated the coeducation of the sexes. She was influential in securing the passage by the New York Legislature, in 1860, of the act giving married women the possession of their earnings, and guardianship of their children. In 1868, with Mrs. E. C. Stanton and Parker Pille Pillsbury, she began the publication of the "Revolution," a paper devoted to the emancipation of woman. Her last public appearance of note was as a delegate to the International Council of Women, in London, England, in 1899. In 1900 her birthday was celebrated by an affecting popular demonstration in Washington, D. C. She died March 13, 1906.
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ST., FALLS OF, a noted fall in the Mississippi river, now within the city limits of Minneapolis, Minn. The perpendicular fall is 17 feet, with a rapid below of 58 feet. An island divides the river into two parts. The entire descent of the stream for threequarters of a mile is 65 feet. The falls and surrounding scenery, especially during the spring floods, are exceedingly picturesque.
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ST., the founder of monastic institutions, born near Heraclea, in Upper Egypt, A. D. 251. Giving up all his property, he retired to the desert, where he was followed by a number of disciples, who thus formed the first community of monks. He died at the age of 105. As a saint of the Roman Catholic Church he is much esteemed.
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a substance obtained in the distillation of coal-tar. Although long known to chemists, it is as the source of artificial alizarin that it has become of commercial value. Anthracene gives rise to a large number of compounds, formed by replacing part of the hydrogen which it contains with chlorine, alcohol radicals, etc., and accordingly named chloranthracene, methylanthracene, and so on.
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