Part 82

<hw>Ac`ci*den"tal*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Accidental character or effect.</def>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Accidentality</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`ci*den*tal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being accidental; accidentalness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Accidentally</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`ci*den"tal*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.</def>

<h1>Accidentalness</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`ci*den"tal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being accidental; casualness.</def>

<h1>Accidie</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac"ci*die</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>accide</ets>, <ets>accidie</ets>, LL. <ets>accidia</ets>, <ets>acedia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ care.]</ety> <def>Sloth; torpor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The sin of <i>accidie</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Accipenser</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`ci*pen"ser</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Acipenser</er>.</def>

<h1>Accipient</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cip"i*ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accipiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>accipere</ets>. See <er>Accept</er>.]</ety> <def>A receiver.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey</i>

<h1>Accipiter</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cip"i*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Accipiters</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. L. <plw>Accipitres</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., hawk.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.</def>

<h1>Accipitral</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cip"i*tral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Accipitres</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cip"i*tres</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., hawks.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.</def>

<h1>Accipitrine</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cip"i*trine</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>accipitrin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.</def>

<h1>Accismus</h1> <Xpage=11>