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Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

A short sword or saber.

Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.

Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz.

m stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

In an actionable manner.

A shareholder in joint-stock company. [Obs.]

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

By way of addition.

Additional. [R.] Herbert.

(Med.) Pain in a gland.

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.

Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew.

Adjournment; postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet." Sir W. Scott.

To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge.

Growing to or on something else. "An adnascent plant." Evelyn.