Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ss. — Abyssic, a. (GeoV) Pert,to an abyss, esp. to strata wnich formed the bottomof a deep sea. Acacia, a-kasliT-a, M. (Bot.) A genus of leguminoustrees and shrubs, usually with thorns and pinnateleaves. Acacio, a-kashT-o, n. A heavy wood of the samefamily with the red mahogany. Academy, a-kade-mT, n. A garden near Athens(named from Academus) where Plato taught; hence,Platos school of philosoph
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ss. — Abyssic, a. (GeoV) Pert,to an abyss, esp. to strata wnich formed the bottomof a deep sea. Acacia, a-kasliT-a, M. (Bot.) A genus of leguminoustrees and shrubs, usually with thorns and pinnateleaves. Acacio, a-kashT-o, n. A heavy wood of the samefamily with the red mahogany. Academy, a-kade-mT, n. A garden near Athens(named from Academus) where Plato taught; hence,Platos school of philosophy ; a kind of higherschool or seminary ; an institution for the promo-tion of art or science. — Academ^ic, -leal, a. Of orrelating to a higher institution of learning.—Aca-demic, w. A follower of Plato; a student in a col-lege, university, etc. — Academics, n. {Met.) ThePlatonic philosophy. — Academically, adv. — Ac-ademician, -mishan, n. A member of an acad-emy, or learned society, esp., of the French Acad-emy. Acaleph, ak^a-lef, n. (Zool.) A radiate marine animal;a jelly-tish; a sea-nettle;—so called from its sting-ins power. Acanthus, a^kanthus, w, ,• pi. Eng. Acanthuses, Acanthi. {Arch.) Anornament resemblingthe foliage or leaves ofthe acanthus, as inCorinthian capitals.(Bot.) A genus ofherbaceous pricklyplants. — Acanthaceous,-thashus, a. Armedwith prickles, as a plant. — Acan thocar^pous, . ,,-karpus, a. (Bot.) the fruit covered with spines. — Acantho-cephalan, -sefa-lan, n. (Zool.) A specie> of intes-tinal worm, having its proboscis armed with spines. — Acanthopod, n. (Zool.) A species of hav-ing spiny legs. — Acanthopodiotis, -podl-us, a.(Bot.) Having spinous petioles. —Acanthopteryg-iouB, te-rijT-us, a. Thorny-finned, — applied to anorder of fishes. Acatalectic, a-kat-a-lektik, a. (Pros.) Not defective; — said of a verse which has the complete number ofsyllables. Acataleptic, a-kat-a-leptik, a. Incapable
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