Part 104

<hw>Ac*cus"tom*a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to custom; ordinarily; customarily.</def>

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Accustomance</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cus"tom*ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>accoustumance</ets>, F. <ets>accoutumance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Custom; habitual use.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Accustomarily</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cus"tom*a*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Customarily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Accustomary</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cus"tom*a*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Usual; customary.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Featley.</i>

<h1>Accustomed</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cus"tomed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Familiar through use; usual; customary.</def> "An <i>accustomed</i> action."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Frequented by customers.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A well <i>accustomed</i> shop."

<i>Smollett.</i>

<h1>Accustomedness</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cus"tomed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Habituation.</def>

<blockquote><b>Accustomedness</b> to sin hardens the heart. <i>Bp. Pearce.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ace</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ace</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aces</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>as</ets>, F. <ets>as</ets>, fr. L. <ets>as</ets>, <ets>assis</ets>, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. <er>As</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; <as>as, the <ex>ace</ex> of diamonds</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.</def>

<blockquote>I 'll not wag an <b>ace</b> further. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To bate an ace</col>, <cd>to make the least abatement. <mark>[Obs.]M/mark></cd> -- <col>Within an ace of</col>, <cd>very near; on the point of.</cd></cs>

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<h1>Aceldama</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cel"da*ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. Syr. <ets>\'d3k\'c7l dam\'d3</ets> the field of blood.]</ety> <def>The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called <i>the field of blood</i>. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.</def>

<blockquote>The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal <b>aceldama</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>