prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the springbucks (or springboks). The main species is Antidorcas marsupialis the
#) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. --
a. Antidotal. --
n. [ L. antidotum, Gr.
v. t.
Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Serving as an antidote. --
n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]
Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]