Anime is a resinous substance, commercially, but improperly, called gum anime; for, like resins, it is totally soluble in alcohol, and also in oil, while water will not take up more than a sixteenth part by weight. There are two kinds, distinguished by the terms oriental and occidental. The former is dry, and of colours varying from green to red and brown. The latter is of a yellowish white, transparent, and somewhat unctuous, tears, and partly in large masses, brittle, of a light pleasant taste, easily melting in the fire, and burning with an agreeable smell. The spirit of the alcoholic solution, when drawn off by distillation, preserves the taste and flavour of the anime; the distilled water exhibits on its surface a portion of essential oil. This resin is much used in perfumery. It has also been imagined to be of important service in plasters, employed to relieve nervous affections of the head and other parts.