Part 128

<hw>Ac*quit"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who acquits or releases.</def>

<h1>Acrania</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cra"ni*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ skull.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Partial or total absence of the skull.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <plu>pl.</plu> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.</def>

<h1>Acranial</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cra"ni*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanting a skull.</def>

<h1>Acrase, Acraze</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw><hw>A*crase"</hw>, <hw>A*craze"</hw><hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>crase</ets>; or cf. F. <ets>\'82craser</ets> to crush. See <er>Crase</er>, <er>Craze</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To craze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Grafton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To impair; to destroy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hacket.</i>

<h1>Acrasia, Acrasy</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw><hw>A*cra"si*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ac"ra*sy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>akrasia</grk>.]</ety> <def>Excess; intemperance.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in <i>Med</i>.]</mark>

<i>Farindon.</i>

<h1>Acraspeda</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cras"pe*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ border.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.</def>

<h1>Acre</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A"cre</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aker</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91cer</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>accar</ets>, OHG. <ets>achar</ets>, Ger. <ets>acker</ets>, Icel. <ets>akr</ets>, Sw. <ets>\'86ker</ets>, Dan. <ets>ager</ets>, Goth. <ets>akrs</ets>, L. <ets>ager</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>ajra</ets>. \'fb2, 206.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any field of arable or pasture land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <i>acre</i> was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>acre</i> was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII.</note>

<cs><col>Broad acres</col>, <cd>many acres, much landed estate. <mark>[Rhetorical]</mark></cd> -- <col>God's acre</col>, <cd>God's field; the churchyard.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls

The burial ground, <b>God's acre</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Acreable</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A"cre*a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of an acre; per acre; <as>as, the <ex>acreable</ex> produce</as>.</def>

<h1>Acreage</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A"cre*age</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Acres collectively; <as>as, the <ex>acreage</ex> of a farm or a country</as>.</def>