ACNESTIS
ACNESTIS, noun [Gr. a priv. to rub or gnaw.]That part of the spine in quadrupeds which extends from the metaphrenon, between the shoulder blades, to the loins; which the animal ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ACO
AC'O, noun A Mediterranean fish, called also sarachus.
ACOLIN
AC'OLIN, noun a bird of the partridge kind in Cuba. Its breast and belly are white; its back and tail of a dusky yellow brown.
ACOLYTE
AC'OLYTE,In the ancient church, one of the subordinate officers, who lighted the lamps, prepared the elements of the sacraments, attended the bishops, etc. An officer of the lik...
ACONITE
AC'ONITE, noun [Latin aconitum; Gr.]The herb wolf's bane, or monks-hood, a poisonous plant; and in poetry, used for poison in general.
ACONTIAS
ACON'TIAS, noun [Gr. a dart.]1. A species of serpent, called dart-snake, or jaculum, from its manner of darting on its prey. This serpent is about three feet in length; of a lig...
ACOP
ACOP' adverb [a and cope.] At the top.
ACORN
A'CORN, noun1. The seed or fruit of the oak; an oval nut which grows in a rough permanent cup.The first settlers of Boston were reduced to the necessity of feeding on clams, mus...
ACORNED
A'CORNED, adjective Furnished or loaded with acorns.
ACORUS
A'CORUS, noun [Latin from Gr..]1. Aromatic Calamus, sweet flag, or sweet rush.2. In natural history, blue coral, which grows in the form of a tree, on a rocky bottom, in some pa...
ACOTYLEDON
ACOTYL'EDON, noun [Gr. a priv. a hollow.]In botany, a plant whose seeds have no side lobes, or cotyledons.
ACOTYLEDONOUS
ACOTYLED'ONOUS, adjective Having no side lobes.
ACOUSTIC
ACOUS'TIC, adjective [Gr. to hear.]Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of sounds.Acoustic duct, in anatomy, the meatus auditorius, or external pa...
ACOUSTICS
ACOUS'TICS, noun1. The science of sounds, teaching their cause, nature and phenomena. This science is, by some writers, divided into diacoustics, which explains the properties o...
ACQUAINT
ACQUA'INT, verb transitive [Eng. can, and ken; which see.]1. To make known; to make fully or intimately known; to make familiar.A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaia...
ACQUAINTANCE
ACQUAI'NTANCE, noun1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge; as, I know the man, but have no acquai...
ACQUAINTED
ACQUA'INTED, participle passive Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge.
ACQUAINTING
ACQUA'INTING, participle present tense Making known to; giving notice, or information to.
ACQUEST
ACQUEST', noun [Latin acquisitus, acquiro.]1. Acquisition; the thing gained.2. Conquest; a place acquired by force.
ACQUIESCE
ACQUIESCE, verb intransitive acquiess'. [Latin acquiesco, of ad and quiesco, to be quiet; quies, rest.]1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without oppositi...
ACQUIESCENCE
ACQUIES'CENCE, noun A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from oppositio...
ACQUIESCENT
ACQUIES'CENT, adjective Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit.
ACQUIESCING
ACQUIES'CING, participle present tense Quietly submitting; resting content.
ACQUIRABLE
ACQUI'RABLE, adjective That may be acquired.
ACQUIRE
ACQUI'RE, verb transitive [Latin acquiro, ad and quaero to seek, that is to follow, to press, to urge; acquiro signifies to pursue to the end or object; Heb. to seek, to make to...
ACQUIRED
ACQUI'RED, participle passive Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from those things which are bestowed by nature. Thus we say, abilitie...
ACQUIREMENT
ACQUI'REMENT, noun The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in opposition to natural gifts; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are ac...