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A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour.

beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.

sculating plane of the curve. -- Absolute equation (Astron.), the sum of the optic and eccentric equations. -- Absolute space (Physics), space considered without relation to material limits or objects. -- Absolute terms. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not contain the unknown quantity. Davies & Peck. -- Abso…

An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]

One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heav…

The center of an escutcheon.

Same as Acaulescent.

Same as Acaulescent.

l, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

A midwife. [Recent] Dunglison.

account of her beauty." Shak. Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson.

it; to put trust in. The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson.

One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and achænium.]

Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic. an acidic solution.