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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. A'cer, n.p. 13(Bot.) A genus of trees, including the several species of maple. Baird.
  2. A-çerb', a.p. 13Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sour, with astringency or roughness. Quincy.
  3. A-çerb'āte, v. t.p. 13To make sour, bitter, or harsh to the taste.
  4. A-çerb'i-tūde, n.p. 13Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.
  5. A-çĕrb'i-ty, n.p. 13Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. 2. Hence, harshness, bitterness, or severity;—applied to persons or things; as, acerbity of temper; acerbity of pain.…
  6. A-cĕr'ic, a.p. 13Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.
  7. Ac'er-ōse', a.p. 14(Bot.) (a.) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b.) Having the shape of a needle, as the leaf of the pine. Gray.
  8. Aç'er-ōus, a.p. 14Same as ACEROSE.
  9. A-cĕr'val, a.p. 14Pertaining to a heap. [Rare.]
  10. A-çër'vâte, v. t.p. 14To heap up. [Obs.]
  11. A-çĕr'vate, a.p. 14Heaped, or growing in heaps, or in closely compacted clusters.
  12. Ăç'er-vā'tion, n.p. 14A heaping up. [Obs.] Johnson.
  13. A-çĕr'vōse, a.p. 14Full of heaps. [Obs.] Bailey.
  14. A-çĕs'çençe or A-çĕs'çen-çy, n.p. 14The sourness created by spontaneous decomposition; hence, a moderate degree of sourness, or a tendency to sourness.
  15. A-çĕs'çent, a.p. 14Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid. Nicholson.
  16. A-cĕt'a-ble, n.p. 14An acetabulum; a measure of about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.}
  17. Ac'e-tāb'ū-lif'er-ous, a.p. 14Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cattle-fish, &c. Dana.
  18. Ac'e-ta-bū'li-fōrm, a.p. 14(Bot.) Shaped like a cup or saucer. Gray.
  19. Ăc'e-tăb'û-lŭm, n.p. 14(Rom. Antiq.) A vessel of porcelain, silver, bronze, or gold, in the form of a goblet or teacup, in which vinegar was brought to the table; a vinegar cruse; a measure of about one eighth of a pint…
  20. A-çē'tal, n.p. 14(Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid produced by the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. Eng. Cyc.
  21. Ăç'e-tā'ri-oŭs, a.p. 14Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. Brande.
  22. Ăç'e-ta-ry, n.p. 14An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.
  23. Ăç'e-tāte, n.p. 14(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base. Gregory.
  24. Ăç'e-tā'ted, a.p. 14Combined with acetic acid.
  25. A-çĕt'ic or A-çē'tic, a.p. 14(Chem.) (a.) Composed, as a certain acid, of four parts each of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. (b.) Relating to such an acid; as, acetic ether. Acetic acid exists in vinegar in a dilute and impure…
  26. A-çĕt'i-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 14The act of making acetous or sour; or the operation of making vinegar.
  27. A-çĕt'i-fȳ, v. t.p. 14To convert into acid or vinegar.
  28. A-çĕt'i-fȳ, v. i.p. 14To turn acid. Encyc. Dom. Econ.
  29. Ăç'e-tĭm'e-ter or Ăç'e-tŏm'e-ter, n.p. 14An instrument for ascertaining the strength of vinegar or other acids. Ure.
  30. Ăc'e-tim'e-try, n.p. 14The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.
  31. Ăc'e-tōne, n.p. 14(Chem.) A liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, three of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyro-acetic spirit. Gregory.
  32. Ăç'e-tōs'i-ty, n.p. 14The quality of being acetous; sourness; sharpness; tartness. Bailey.
  33. A-çê'tôûs or Aç'e-tôse', a.p. 14Having a sour taste. “An acetous spirit.” Boyle. 2. Causing acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
  34. Ăc'e-tȳle, n.p. 14(Chem.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of four parts of carbon to three of hydrogen. Gregory.
  35. Ach or Āche, n.p. 14A kind of parsley. [Obs.] Holland.
  36. A-chā'ian (yan), n.p. 14A native of Achæia; a Greek. Campbell.
  37. Ăch'ate, n.p. 14An agate. See AGATE. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  38. A-chātes', n. pl.p. 14Same as CATES. [Obs.] Spenser.
  39. Āche, v. i.p. 14To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. “I can go no further, sir; my old bones ache.” Shak. Visions of glory, spare my aching sight. Gray.
  40. Ache, n.p. 14Continued pain, in opposition to sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. “Such an ache in my bones.” Shak. ☞ This word was formerly pronounced ake, as now. This is proved by the spelling ake, which is of…
  41. A-chē'an, a.p. 14Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and to a celebrated league or confederacy established there; — written also Achæan.
  42. Ăch'ee-nēse, n. sing. & pl.p. 14A native or an inhabitant of Acheen, a town of Sumatra.
  43. Ăch'ee-nēse, a.p. 14Pertaining to Acheen, or to its inhabitants.
  44. A-chē'ni-ŭm, n.p. 14(Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent pericarp, containing a simple free seed, as in the buttercup; — called a naked-seed by the earlier botanists. Gray.
  45. Ăch'er-set, n.p. 14An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels. Encyc. Brit.
  46. A-chiēv'a-ble, a.p. 14Capable of being performed. Barrow.
  47. A-chiēv'ançe, n.p. 14Achievement; performance. Elyot.
  48. A-chiēve', v. t.p. 14To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish. “Thou hast achieved our liberty.” Milton. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in…
  49. A-chiēve'ment, n.p. 14The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object. 2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor or boldness. [The exploits]…
  50. A-chiēv'er, n.p. 14One who achieves.
  51. Ā'chi-ōte, n.p. 14See ANOTTO.
  52. Ăch'la-my̆d'e-oŭs, a.p. 14(Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope. Lindley.
  53. A-chō'li-a, n.p. 14(Med.) Deficiency, or want of, bile. Dunglison.
  54. A'chor, n.p. 14(Med.) The scald head, a disease forming scaly eruptions on the hairy scalp, mostly of young children. Hooper.
  55. Ăch'ro-măt'ic, a.p. 14(Opt.) Free from color; not showing color from the decomposition of light; as, an achromatic lens or telescope. Achromatic lens, a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and a…
  56. Ach'ro-mat'ic'i-ty, n.p. 14Same as ACHROMATISM.
  57. A chrō'ma-tism, n.p. 14The state of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens. Nichol.
  58. A-chrō'ma-tize, v. t.p. 14To deprive of color.
  59. A·chrōn'ic·al, a.p. 14See ACRONICAL.
  60. A-çĭc'ū-lā, n.p. 14(Nat. Hist.) One of the spines or prickles of some animals and plants.