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‖n. [ Pref. anti- + anagoge. ] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Madagascar. Population (2000) = 1, 000, 000. [ PJC ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Kazakhstan. Population (2000) = 280, 200. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. kata` down + 'ana` up + dro`mos running, course. ] (Zool.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the science which studies methods to discovering the secret meaning of encrypted messages for which one does not possess the secret decoding information (called the key). [ PJC ]

2. the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages. [ PJC ]

n. The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖n. fem.; ‖n. masc. } [ Sp., fr. (assumed) LL. Aegyptanus, fem. Aegyptana, Egyptian. Cf. Gypsy. ] A Spanish gypsy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. See Meta-, and Nauplius. ] (Zool.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + anal. ] (Anat.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sultana bird (Zool.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under Gallinule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sultanat. ] 1. The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The territory ruled by a sultan.
Syn. -- soldanrie. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Banxring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the tanagers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tanager + -oid. ] (Zool.) Tanagrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the initial (Hebrew) letters of Torah, Nevi'im, and Kethubim. ] A term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament. [ Also spelled Tanach. ] Although Christians use the term “Old Testament”, this term implies the superseding force of the “New Testament”, not recognized as revelation by the Jewish faith. [ PJC ]

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, “Law, ” or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the “Writings, ” generally termed Hagiographa. C. H. H. Wright. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Zool.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of titanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]