n.
Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
And fraught with antics as the Indian bird
That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Performed by knights and ladies of his court
In nature of an antic. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To perform antics. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique. ]
The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. --
n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; fever, &unr_; to burn. ] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. --
n. [ Obs. ] See Antechamber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. anti- + chlorine. ] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]