Defn: Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.
ANTIBURGHER
An`ti*burgh"er, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
ANTIC
An"tic, a. Etym: [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient.
See Antique.]
1. Old; antique. (Zoöl.)
Defn: "Lords of antic fame." Phaer.
2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller.
ANTIC
An"tic, n.
1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.