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A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

Of or pertaining to the Acrita. -- n. An individual of the Acrita.

Pertaining to an acrobat. -- Ac`ro*bat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.

zards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.

Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.

Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison.

owards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

Pertaining to an acropolis.

composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Pertaining to an acroterium; as, ornaments. P. Cyc.

Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.

f part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.

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

Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.