a composition of astringent powders, applied by the ancients to the head, to prevent deflections on the eyes.

ANACREONTIC verse, in ancient poetry, a kind of verse, so called from its being much used by the poet Anacreon. It consists of three feet and an half, usually spondees and iambuses, and sometimes anaepetae: Such is that of Horace,

Lydia, dic per omnes.