Emily Dickinson Lexicon

A-CANTH-A'CEOUS, a.

Armed with prickles, as a plant.

A-CAN-THA'RIS, n. [Gr. {foreign}.]

In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, with spines, found in Jamaica. Cyc.

A-CANTH'ICE, n.

The sweet juice of ivy buds.

A-CANTHINE, a. [See Acanthus.]

Pertaining to the plant acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of the acanthus. Encyc.

A-CAN'THO-PODE, n. [Gr. {foreign}, a spine, and {foreign}, foot.]

A spine-footed insect, clavicorn and coleopterous.

A-CANTH-OP-TE-RYG'I-OUS, a. [Gr. {foreign}, a thorn, and {foreign}, a little feather, from {foreign}, a feather.]

In zoology, having back fins, which are hard, bony and prickly, a term applied to certain fishes. Linn.

A-CANTH'US, n. [Gr. {foreign}, L. acanthus, from {foreign}, a prickle or thorn. See Acantha.]

1. The plant bear's breech or brink ursine; a genus of several species, receiving their name from their prickles.
2. In architecture, an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus, used in capitals of the Corinthian a and Composite orders. Milton. Encyc.

A-CAN'TI-CONE, n.

See PISTACITE.

A-CAN'ZI-I, n. plur.

The name given to light-horse in Turkey. Knowles.

A-CARN'AR, n.

A bright star of the first magnitude, as in Eridanus. Bailey.

ACA-RUS, n.

A tick; a small articulated animal.

A-CAT-A-LEC'TIC, n. [Gr. {foreign}, not defective at the end, of; {foreign} and {foreign} to cease; Ir. lieghim.]

A verse, which has the complete number of syllables without defect or superfluity. Johnson.

A-CAT'A-LEP-SY, n. [Gr. {foreign}; a and {foreign}, to comprehend.]

Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; incomprehensibility. [Little used.] Whitaker.

A-CAT-A-LEP'TIC, a.

Incomprehensible.

A-CAT'E-CHI-TI, n.

A Mexican bird, a species of Fringilla, of the size of the siskin.

ACA-THAR'SIA, a. [Gr.]

In surgery, the filth or sordes proceeding from a wound; impurity.

A-CAU'LOUS, a. [L. a. priv. and caulis, Gr. {foreign}, a stalk; W. haul; D. kool, cabbage. See Colewort.]

In botany, without the stem called caulis; as the Carline thistle.

AC-CEDE', v.i. [L. accede, of ad and cede, to yield or give of place, or rather to move.]

1. To agree or assent, as to a proposition, or proposed by another. Hence in a negotiation.
2. To become a party, by agreeing to the terms of a treaty, or convention.

AC-CED'ING, ppr. [and a.]

Agreeing; assenting; becoming a party to a treaty by agreeing to the terms proposed.

AC-CEL'E-RATE, v.t. [L. accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from crier, quick; Gr. {foreign}; Heb. Ch. Syr. and Eth. {foreign}, {foreign} or {foreign}, to be light, nimble; Syr. to hasten. In Ch. and Ar. this root signifies also, to be small, or minute.]

1. To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken motion; to add to the velocity of a moving body. It implies previous motion or progression.
2. To add to natural or ordinary progression; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, or the progress of knowledge.
3. To bring nearer in time; to shorten the time between the present time and a future event; as, to accelerate the ruin of a government; to accelerate a battle. Bacon.

AC-CEL'E-RA-TED, pp.

Quickened in motion; hastened in progress.

AC-CEL'E-RA-TING, ppr.

Hastening; increasing velocity or progression.

AC-CEL-E-RA'TION, n.

The act of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in motion or action. Accelerated motion in mechanics and physics, is that which continually receives accessions of velocity; as, a falling body moves towards the earth with an acceleration of velocity. It is the opposite of retardation. Acceleration of the moon, is the increase of the moon's mean motion from the sun, compared with the diurnal motion of the earth; the moon moving with more velocity now than in ancient times – a discovery made by Dr. Halley. The diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, is the time by which they anticipate the mean diurnal revolution of the sun, which is nearly three minutes fifty-six seconds. Cyc.

AC-CEL'E-RA-TIVE, a.

Adding to velocity; quickening progression. Reid.

AC-CEL'E-RA-TO-RY, a.

Accelerating; quickening motion.