ANTI-JAC´OBIN, a famous magazine (1797-1818), the original object of which was to satirize the Jacobin principles of the Fox section of Whigs; principal contributors: Gifford, Canning, Frere, and Ellis.
ANTI-LEBANON, the eastern of the two parallel ranges known as the Mountains of Lebanon in Palestine. See _Lebanon_.
ANTILEGOM´ENA (things spoken against or objected to), a term applied by early Christian writers to the _Epistle to the Hebrews_, 2 _Peter_, _James_, _Jude_, 2 and 3 _John_, and the _Apocalypse_, which, though read in the churches, were not for some time received into the canon of Scripture.
ANTILLES (an-til´[=e]z), another name for the West Indian Islands (excluding Bahamas). See _West Indies_.
ANTILOCHUS (an-til´o-kus), in Greek legend, a son of Nestor, distinguished among the younger heroes who took part in the Trojan War by beauty, bravery, and swiftness of foot. He was slain by Memnon, but Achilles avenged his death.
ANTIMACASS´AR, a covering for chairs, sofas, couches, &c., made of open cotton or worsted work, to preserve them from being soiled, as by the oil applied to the hair.
ANTIMACHUS (an-tim´a-kus), a Greek poet who lived about 400 B.C., and wrote an epic called the _Thebais_ on the mythical history of Thebes, and a long elegy called _Lyd[=e]_, inspired by a mistress or wife of that name. Both works were full of mythological details. Only fragments of his writings remain, and from these it can be gathered that his style was rather laboured and artificial. Yet the Alexandrian grammarians ranked him next to Homer.
AN´TIMONY (chemical symbol, Sb, from Lat. _stibium_; sp. gr. 6.7, atomic wt. 120.2), a brittle metal of a bluish-white or silver-white colour and a crystalline or laminated structure. It melts at 630.6° C., and burns with a bluish-white flame. The mineral called stibnite or antimony-glance, is a tri-sulphide (Sb_2S_3), and is the chief ore from which the metal is obtained. It is found in many places, including France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Canada, Australia, and Borneo. The metal, or, as it was formerly called, the _regulus of antimony_, does not rust or tarnish when exposed to the air. When alloyed with other metals it hardens them, and is therefore used in the manufacture of alloys, such as Britannia-metal, type-metal, and pewter. In bells it renders the sound more clear; it renders tin more white and sonorous as well as harder, and gives to printing types more firmness and smoothness. The salts of antimony are very poisonous. The protoxide is the active base of tartar emetic and James's powder, and is justly regarded as a most valuable remedy in many diseases.--_Yellow antimony_ is a preparation of antimony of a deep yellow colour, used in enamel and porcelain painting. It is of various tints, and the brilliancy of the brighter hues is not affected by foul air.