Part 67

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The center of an escutcheon.</def>

<note>&hand; This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished.</note>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Abyssal</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*byss"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Abysmal</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.</def>

<cs><col>Abyssal zone</col> <fld>(Phys. Geog.)</fld>, <cd>one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, <i>abyssal<i> animals, plants, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Abyssinian</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`ys*sin"i*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.</def>

<cs><col>Abyssinian gold</col>, <cd>an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink.</cd></cs>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Abyssinian</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`ys*sin"i*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native of Abyssinia.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of the Abyssinian Church.</def>

<h1>Acacia</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*ca"ci*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.</def>

<h1>Acacia</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*ca"cia</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Acacias</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Acaci\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. from Gr. <?/; orig. the name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. fr. the root <ets>ak</ets> to be sharp. See <er>Acute</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also <altname>gum acacia</altname>, and <altname>gum arabic</altname>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Acacin, Acacine</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ac"a*cin</hw>, <hw>Ac"a*cine</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> Gum arabic.</def>

<h1>Academe</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ac`a*deme"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>academia</ets>. See <er>Academy</er>.]</ety> <def>An academy.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Academial</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ac`a*de"mi*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Academic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Academian</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ac`a*de"mi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of an academy, university, or college.</def>

<h1>Academic, Academical</h1> <Xpage=7>