Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN'THRAX
AN-THRA-CO-THE'RI-UMAN-THROP'O-GLOT
AN'THRAX, n. [Gr.; supra.]
A carbuncle; a malignant ulcer, with intense burning. The ancients gave this name to a gem, and it is sometimes used for lithanthrax or pit-coal. – Encyc.
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