Part 111

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Achate</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>A*chate"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>achat</ets> purchase. See <er>Cates</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Purchase; bargaining.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Provisions. Same as <er>Cates</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Achatina</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>Ach`a*ti"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ agate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.</def>

<h1>Achatour</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>A*cha*tour"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cater</er>.]</ety> <def>Purveyor; acater.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ache</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>Ache</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ache</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91ce</ets>, <ets>ece</ets>, fr. <ets>acan</ets> to ache. See <er>Ache</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an <i>ache</i> in my bones."</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; Often used in composition, as, a head<i>ache</i>, an ear<i>ache</i>, a tooth<i>ache</i>.</note>

<h1>Ache</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>Ache</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ached</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Aching</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>aken</ets>, AS. <ets>acan</ets>, both strong verbs, AS. <ets>acan</ets>, imp. <ets>\'d3c</ets>, p. p. <ets>acen</ets>, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to <ets>agent</ets>.]</ety> <def>To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.</def> "My old bones <i>ache</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The sins that in your conscience <b>ache</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Achean</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>A*che"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ach\'91an</er>, <er>Achaian</er>.</def>

<h1>Achene, Achenium</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw><hw>A*chene"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*che"ni*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ to gape.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a <i>naked seed</i> by the earlier botanists.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>akene</asp> and <asp>ach\'91nium</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Achenial</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>A*che"ni*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an achene.</def>

<h1>Acheron</h1> <Xpage=15>

<hw>Ach"e*ron</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.</def>