Emily Dickinson Lexicon

A-CERVATE, v.t.

To heap up.

A-CES'CEN-CY, n. [L. acescens, turning sour, from acesco. See Acid.]

A turning sour by spontaneous decomposition; a state of becoming sour, tart, or acid; and hence a being moderately sour.

A-CES'CENT, a.

Turning sour; becoming tart or acid by spontaneous decomposition. Hence slightly sour; but the latter sense is usually expressed by acidulous or sub-acid. Nicholson.

A-CES'TE, n.

In entomology, a species of papilio or butterfly, with subdentated wings, found in India. Cyc.

A-CES'TIS, n. [Gr.]

A factitious sort of chrysocolla, made of Cyprian verdigris, urine, and niter. Cyc.

A-CE-TAB'U-LUM, n. [L. from acetum, vinegar. See Acid.]

1. Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like vessel, and a measure of about one eighth of a pint.
2. In anatomy, the cavity of a bone for receiving the protuberant end of another bone, and therefore forming the articulation called enarthrosis. It is used especially for the cavity of the os innominatum, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
3. In botany, the trivial name of a species of Peziza, the cup peziza; so called from its resemblance to a cup.
4. A glandular substance found in the placenta of some animals.
5. It is sometimes used in the sense of' cotyledon.
6. A species of lichen. Cyc.

AC'E-TA-RY, n. [See Acid.]

An acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a congeries of small calculous bodies, towards the base of the fruit. Grew.

AC'E-TATE, n.

A salt formed' by the union of acetic acid with any salifiable base.

AC'E-TA-TED, a.

Combined with acetic acid.

A-CE-TI-FI-CA'TION, n.

The act of making acetous or sour; or the operation of making vinegar. Cyc.

A-CET-I-FY, v.t.

To convert into acid or vinegar. Aikin.

AC-E-TIM'E-TRY, n.

The act of ascertaining the strength of the acetic acid or vinegar. Ure.

AC'E-TITE, n.

A salt supposed to be formed with an acid containing the same proportions of carbon and hydrogen as the acetic acid, but with less oxygen, which was denominated acetous acid. As no such acid exists, this term is not now used.

AC'E-TOM'E-TER, n. [L. acetum, vinegar, and {foreign}, measure.]

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of vinegar. Ure.

ACE-TONE, n.

A new chimical name for the pyro-acetic acid. Ure.

A-CE'TUM, n. [L. See Acid.]

Vinegar; a sour liquor, obtained from vegetables dissolved in boiling water, and from fermented and spirituous liquors, by exposing them to heat and air. This is called the acid or acetous fermentation.

ACHE, n. ake.

Pain, or continued pain, in opposition to sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. It denotes a more moderate degree of pain than pang, anguish, and torture.

ACHE, v.i. [ake; Sax. ace, ece; Seta; Gr. {foreign}, to ache or be in pain; {foreign} pain. The primary sense is, to be pressed. Perhaps the Oriental {foreign}, to press.]

1. To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; as, the head aches.
2. To suffer grief, or extreme grief; to be distressed; as, the heart aches.

A-CHE'AN, a.

Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and a celebrated league or confederacy established there. This state lay on the Gulf of Corinth, within Peloponnesus.

A-CHE'NI-UM, n. [Gr. {foreign}, poor.]

In botany, an apparently naked seed, which yet, besides its proper cover, has a calyx overspreading it, as is the case of the Compositæ. De Cand.

A-CHERN'ER, n.

A star of the first magnitude in the southern extremity of the constellation Eridanus.

ACH'E-RON, n. [Gr. {foreign}, pain, and {foreign}, a river or stream.]

A fabled river of hell or the lower region. Ancient Poets.

ACH'ER-SET, n.

An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels. Encyc.

ACH-E-RUTSIAN, a.

Pertaining to Acherusia, a lake in Campania, in Italy.

A-CHIEV-A-BLE, a. [See Achieve.]

That may be performed. Barrow.