Part 133

<h1>Acropolitan</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*pol"i*tan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an acropolis.</def>

<h1>Acrospire</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*spire</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ anything twisted.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.</def>

<h1>Acrospire</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*spire</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To put forth the first sprout.</def>

<h1>Acrospore</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*spore</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.</def>

<h1>Acrosporous</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ro*spor"ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having acrospores.</def>

<h1>Across</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cross"</hw> <tt>(#; 115)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>cross</ets>: cf. F. <ets>en croix</ets>. See Cross, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; <as>as, a bridge laid <ex>across</ex> a river</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<cs><col>To come across</col>, <cd>to come upon or meet incidentally. <i>Freeman<i>.</cd> -- <col>To go across the country</col>, <cd>to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.</cd></cs>

<h1>Across</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cross"</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>From side to side; crosswise; <as>as, with arms folded <ex>across</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The squint-eyed Pharisees look <b>across</b> at all the actions of Christ. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Acrostic</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cros"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ extreme + <?/ order, line, verse.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A 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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See <er>Abecedarian</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Double acrostic</col>, <cd>a species of enigma<-- crossword puzzle -->, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.</cd></cs>

<h1>Acrostic, Acrostial</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw><hw>A*cros"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*cros"ti*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.</def>

<h1>Acrostically</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cros"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>After the manner of an acrostic.</def>

<h1>Acrotarsium</h1> <Xpage=16>