antling

[Eng. ant; dim in. suff. -ling.] A young ant. ( McCook: Agric. Ant of Texas, p. 20.) ant-cœ'-çi ( Lat .), ant-œ'-çi-anş, ănt-eçi-ạng ( Eng . ), s. pl . [Gr. plur. of ἄντοικος ( antoikos ) = living in an opposite latitude; ἀντί (anti) = opposite to, and οἰκέω ( oikeō ) = to inhabit, from οἶκος ( oikos ) = a house.] Persons living in the same latitude north and south of the equator, as well as in the same longitude. The identity of longitude makes them have exactly the same hours, but the difference of N. and S. in the latitude causes the seasons of the one to be opposite to those of the other, and the length of any day in the one to be exactly equal to the same night of the other. [ANTISCIANS.] ănt-on-o-mā-și-a ( Lat.), ant-on-o-mā The şỹ ( Eng .), s. [Ger. an to noma sie; Fr. antono mase; Lat. antonomasia; Gr. ἀντονομασία ( an to nomasia) = (1) a different name; (2) see def.; ἀντονομάζω ( antonomazō ) = to name instead; ἀντί (anti) = instead of, and ὀνομάζω ( onomazō ) =to name; όνομα ( onoma ) = name.] designating of a person not by his actual surname, but by his office, rank, dignity, or even by his trade, his country, .; as Her Majesty, His Grace, the Hon. Member for Oxford University, the learned counsel, the great commander, the shamele mendicant, "a Daniel come to judgment." ănt-on-o-măs-tic-al-ly, adv . [From Lat., Gr., & Eng. antonomasia (q.v.).] In a way to involve the rhetorical figure antonomasia.