Part 106

<blockquote>A false or <b>acephalous</b> structure of sentence. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.</def>

<i>Brande.</i>

<h1>Acerate</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"er*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Aceric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.</def>

<h1>Acerate</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"er*ate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acerose; needle-shaped.</def>

<h1>Acerb</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cerb"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acerbus</ets>, fr. <ets>acer</ets> sharp: cf. F. <ets>acerbe</ets>. See <er>Acrid</er>.]</ety> <def>Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.</def>

<h1>Acerbate</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cerb"ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acerbatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>acerbare</ets>, fr. <ets>acerbus</ets>.]</ety> <def>To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.</def>

<h1>Acerbic</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cerb"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sour or severe.</def>

<h1>Acerbitude</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cerb"i*tude</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acerbitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>acerbus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sourness and harshness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Acerbity</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cerb"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>acerbit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>acerbitas</ets>, fr. <ets>acerbus</ets>. See <er>Acerb</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Harshness, bitterness, or severity; <as>as, <ex>acerbity</ex> of temper, of language, of pain</as>.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Aceric</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>A*cer"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acer</ets> maple.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; <as>as, <ex>aceric</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Acerose</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"er*ose`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[(a) L. <ets>acerosus</ets> chaffy, fr. <ets>acus</ets>, gen. <ets>aceris</ets>, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. <ets>acus</ets> needle: cf. F. <ets>ac\'82reux</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.</def>

<h1>Acerous</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Acerose</er>.</def>

<h1>Acerous</h1> <Xpage=14>