Anaxonia

Animals like the amœba, having no axis. IMG:content-0170.jpg:[blocks in formation] tecture, ornamental termination of an iron rod extending through a wall, chimney, or other construction of masonry, to prevent it from spreading from internal pre ure or inclining from the perpendicular by the force of the wind or any other cause. In med iæval architecture, often an elaborately decorative feature. Anchoracephala. See CIRRIPED I A. Anchorage. Ma of masonry which resists the pull of the cables of a suspension bridge. The cables are carried through the masonry and attached to heavy iron plates imbedded in it. The shore abutments of a cantilever bridge are also called anchorages, as they resist the upward pull of the shore arm of the bridge. IMG:content-0171.jpg:[graphic] Anchorage.