Anther, that part of the stamen of a flower which contains the pollen or farina, a sort of mealy powder or dust, which is necessary to the production of the flower.
Anthracite, one of the most valuable kinds of mineral coal, containing no bitumen. It is very abundant in the United States.
Aperient, opening.
Apple-corer, an instrument lately invented for the purpose of divesting apples of their cores.
Arabic, gum, see Gum Arabic.
Archæology, a discourse or treatise on antiquities.
Arnotto, see Anotta.
Arrow-root, a white powder, obtained from the fecula or starch of several species of tuberous plants in the East and West Indies, Bermuda, and other places. That from Bermuda is most highly esteemed. It is used as an article for the table, in the form of puddings; and also as a highly-nutritive, easily-digested, and agreeable, food, for invalids. It derives its name from having been originally used by the Indians, as a remedy for the poison of their arrows, by mashing and applying it to the wound.
Articulating process, the protuberance, or projecting part of a bone, by which it is so joined to another bone, as to enable the two to move upon each other.