GW#3 - p29 (Glossary p2)

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AMICE: an oblong white linen cloth worn as a collar by Roman Catholic priests at mass, with the upper edge fastened round the neck under the alb.

AMOEBA: a microscopic, one-celled animal, that absorbs its food at every point of its body by means of processes which are also locomotive, being protruded and withdrawn at will, so that it constantly changes its shape.

ANAMORPHOSIS: a distorted image which looks normal when viewed with a special device, as with an anamorphoscope.

ANCHOVY: a Mediterranean fish used in cooking; usually salted, spiced, and canned in oil or made into a paste.

ANTIAIRCRAFT: used for defense against enemy aircraft; as, an antiaircraft gun

ANVIL: an iron or steel block on which metal objects are hammered into shape.

APE: a chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan or gibbon; a tailless monkey that can stand and walk in an almost erect position.

AQUAPLANE: a board towed by a motorboat, on which one may ride over the water.

ARABESQUE: a complex and elaborate design of intertwined flowers, foliage, geometrical patterns, etc. painted or carved in low relief.

ARARAT: a volcanic mountain with two peaks in E. Turkey, near the boundary with Iran and the Soviet union: mentioned in Gen. 8:4 [zd. where Noah's ark finally found dry ground after the flood] 16,696 ft.

ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW: an instrument or device for raising water or loose material, as salt, cement, etc., from a lower to a higher level. It is said to have been invented by Archimedes, and consists of a spiral conduit wound around an inclined axis or of a large screw in a cylinder. After the lower end has been dropped into the liquid or material to be raised, the screw is revolved and the substance rises to the upper level.

ARMED AT ALL POINTS: completely covered with armor.

AS: a Roman coin of copper alloy, originally weighing a pound, but reduced after the first Punic war, to two ounces, and subsequently to half an ounce: the most common form had the two-faced head of Janus on one side and the prow of a ship on the other.