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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-çiç'ū-late or A-çiç'ū-lā/ted, a. p. 14In the form of a needle; acicular. Lindley.A-çic'ū-li-fōrm, a. p. 14Having the form of needles.Ăç'id, a. p. 14Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar; as, acid fruits or liquors.Ăç'id, n. p. 14A sour substance. 2. (Chem.) (a.) An electro-negative substance having the properties of combining with alkalies and alkaline oxyds, of reddening most blue vegetable colors, and usually with a…Ăç'id-ĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 14Containing acids, or an acid.A·çīd'i-fi'a·ble, a. p. 14Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.A-çid/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 14The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.A·cid'i·fi'er, n. p. 14(Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, &c.A-çid'i-fy, v. t. p. 14To make acid; specifically, to convert into an acid, chemically so called, by combination with any substance.Ăç'id-im'e-ter, n. p. 14An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids, or the quantity of real acid contained in a free state in liquids. Ure.Ăc'id-im'e-try, n. p. 14The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact, that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of…A-çĭd'i-ty, n. p. 14The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon-juice.Ăç'id-ness, n. p. 14The quality of being sour; acidity.A-çĭd'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 14To make acid in a moderate degree. Arbuthnot.A-çĭd'ū-lā'ted, p. a. p. 14Tinged with an acid.A-çĭd'ū-loŭs, a. p. 14Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, acidulous sulphate. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic acid. Brande.Ăç'i-fōrm, a. p. 14Shaped like a needle.Ăç'i-nā'ceoūs, a. p. 14Full of kernels.A·cin'a·cēs, n. p. 14A short, straight dagger, worn on the right side by the Medes, Persians, &c. Wm. Smith.Ăç'i-nāç'i-fōrm, a. p. 14(Bot.) Formed like, or resembling, a scimeter. Loudon.A-çin'i-fōrm, a. p. 14Having the form of a cluster of grapes or of a grape-stone; full of small kernels. Parr.Ac'i-nōse or Ac'i-noüs, a. p. 14Consisting of minute granular concretions. Kirwan.Ăç'i-nŭs, n. p. 14(Anat.) One of the granular masses, which, by their reunion, constitute certain glands, as the pancreas and the liver. 2. (Bot.) (a.) One of the small grains which make up some kinds of fruit, as the…Ăç'i-pĕn'ser, n. p. 14(Ichth.) A genus of cartilaginous fishes having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under surface. It includes the sturgeon. Dana.Ăç'i-ûr'ġy, n. p. 14Operative surgery.Ac-knōw', v. t. p. 14To know; to recognize. [Obs.] “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson. To be acknown of, or on, to acknowledge. [Obs.] Shak. We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his…Acknowl'edge, v. t. p. 15To own, avow, admit, or confess a knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Ps. li. 3. 2. To…Ac-knōw'ledg-er, n. p. 15One who acknowledges.Ae·knōwl’edg-ment, n. p. 15The act of acknowledging; avowal; owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault. 2. The act of owning or recognizing with particular regard, or in a particular character. Immediately upon the…A-clin'ic, a. p. 15Without inclination; — said of the magnetic equator, or the line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle is exactly horizontal, and has no dip. August.Ăc'me, n. p. 15The top or highest point; the summit. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor. 2. (Med.) The crisis of a…Æ'mite, n. p. 15A mineral of the augite family, occurring in long, pointed crystals, of a dark brownish color, and a bright and somewhat resinous luster. Dana.A'cne, n. p. 15A pustular affection of the skin.A-cock'bill, adv. p. 15(Naut.) Hanging at the cat-head ready for letting go, as an anchor. Totten.A-cōld, adv. p. 15Cold. “Poor Tom’s a-cold.” [Obs.] Shak.A-eōl'-o-gy, n. p. 15The doctrine of remedies, or the materia medica.Ae'o-lyte or Ae'o-lyth, n. p. 15One who attends or accompanies; a companion; an associate. “With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes.” Motley. 2. (Astron.) An attendant or companion star. 3. (Eccl. Hist.) An inferior…A-eòl'y-thist, n. p. 15An acolyte. [Obs.]Ae'o-nite, n. p. 15(Bot.) The herb wolf’s-bane, or monk’s-hood, a plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. It belongs to the Hellebore tribe. Shak.A-cōn'i-tine, n. p. 15(Chem.) A poisonous vegetable principle or alkaloid, extracted from the aconite;—called also aconita. Brande.A·côn′ti·as, n. p. 15Anciently, a snake, called dart-snake, which was said to coil itself on trees and dart down on persons passing by; now, a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards, one species of which (A.…A-côp', adv. p. 15Acontias meleagris. At the top. [Obs.] Johnson.A-cŏp'ic, a. p. 15(Med.) Remedying weariness. Buchanan.Ă'corn, n. p. 15The seed or fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a rough cup. 2. (Naut.) A small ornamental piece of wood, of a conical shape, fixed on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast…Ā'corned, a. p. 15Furnished or loaded with acorns; fed with acorns. “He beareth argent an oak acorned proper.” Shak.A-cŏs'mism, n. p. 15A denial of the existence of the world. Mansel.A-cös'mist, n. p. 15One who denies the existence of the world. Leves.A-cŏt'/y-lē'don, n. p. 15(Bot.) A plant in which the seed-lobes, or cotyledons, are not present. Gray.A-cŏt'y-lēd'o-noŭs, a. p. 15Having either no seed-lobes, or such as are indistinct, like the ferns, lichens, &c.A-cou'chy, n. p. 15(Zool.) A species of agouti of somewhat smaller size.A·cou'me·ter, n. p. 15An instrument for measuring the degree or extent of hearing. Hard.A·cous'tic, a. p. 15Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of sounds. Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voice of the…A-cous'tics, n. sing. p. 15The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws. ☞— This science is, by some writers, divided into diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds, coming directly from the…Ac-quāint′, v. t. p. 15[O. Fr. acointer, Pr. accointar, L. Lat. accognitare, adcognitare, to make known; It. accostarsi, to have a parley with one; Pr. coindar, to give to understand; O. Fr. cointe, cuinte; It. conto, one…Ae-quäint'a-ble, a. p. 15Easy to be acquainted with. [Obs. and rare.] Chaucer.Ac-quāint'ance, n. p. 15A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge; familiar knowledge; as, I know the man, but have no acquaintance with him. Contract no friendship, or…Ac-quäint'ance-shĭp, n. p. 15A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Chalmers.Ac-quäint’ant, n. p. 15An acquaintance. [Rare.] By the time that an author hath written out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants. Swift.Ac-quäint'ed-ness, n. p. 15State of being acquainted; acquaintance. Boyle.Ac-quèsť, n. p. 15Acquisition; the thing gained. Bacon. 2. pl. (Law.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier.