ANTHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a flower, and a discourse, a collection.] 1. A discourse on flowers. 2. A collection of beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams. In the Greek church, a collection of devotional pieces. AN'THONY'S FIRE, A popular name of the crysipelas, supposed to have been so named from the saint in Italy, to whom those, who were affected, applied for a cure.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI