Antie

n. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play. Shak. 2. Odd appearance or device; fantastic figure. Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser.

3. (Arch.) A fanciful figure or grotesque ornament, as a sphinx, centaur, or the like.
4. An antimask. [Obs. and rare.]

Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antie. Ford.