Volume 1
The imperial dictionary of the English language : a complete encyclopedic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological / by John Ogilvie.
- Ogilvie, John, 1797-1867.
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The imperial dictionary of the English language : a complete encyclopedic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological / by John Ogilvie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Achene—Lettuce and Ranunculus. A coming shower your shooting- corns prestige Old aclies throb, your hollow tooth will rage. Swift. This proiiunciatiou was used, on the stage at least, even in the present century, being required by the metre in such passages as the following. I'll rack thee with old cramps; Fill all thy bones with aches; make thee roar. Shak. Ache (ak), v.i. [See the noun.] To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. 'The sense ac/iesat thee.' Shale. See under noun. Achean (a-lce'an), a. Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and a celebrated league or con- federacy established there. This state lay on the Gulf of Corinth, within Peloponnesus. Written also Achcean, Achaian. Achean (a-ke'an), n. A native or inhabitant of Achaia. Acheenese (ach'en-ez), a. Pertaining to Acheen in the island of Sumatra. Acheenese (ach'en-ez), n. sing, and pi. A native or inhabitant of Acheen. Acheilary (a-ki'la-ri), a. [Gr. a, priv., and chellos, the lip.] Without a lip; specifically, in bot. a term denoting the absence of the labellum or lip in monstrous flowers of Orchidacere. Achekedjt pi). Choked. Chaucer. Achelor.t Ashlar. Achene, Achenium (a-ken', a-ke'ni-um), n. [Gr.ff, priv., and r/mino, to yawn, to gape] In bot. a small dry car- pel, containing a single seed, which does not open or dehisce whe7i ripe. It is exemplified in the common butter- cup and other members of the nat. order Ran- unculacea3, as well as in the orders Bora- ginace.'c, Compositje, &c. Achernar (a-l;er'nar), n. Same as Aearnar. Aeherontia (ak-er-on'shi-a), n. A genus of nocturnal lepidopterous insects, family Spliingidse. A. atropos is the death's-head moth, or death's-head hawk-moth. See under DEATH'S-HEAD. Acherset (ak'er-set), n. An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about 8 bushels. Acheta (ak'e-ta), n. [L. acheta, the male cicada. Dor. achetas, lit. the chirper, from Gr. eched, to sound. ] A generic name some- times used as equivalent to Gryllus. See Gryllid.b. Achetidse (a-ket'i-de), n. pi. [Acheta, and Gr. eidos, resemblance.] A name given by some naturalists to the Gryllidaj, or cricket family. See Gryllid^e. Ache-weed (ak'wed), n. See Goutwort. Achia, Achiar (a'cha, ach'ar),n. An Indian name for the pickled shoots of the young bamboo (Bainbusa arundinacea), used as a condiment. Achievable (a-chev'a-bl), a. [See Achieve.] Capable of being achieved or performed. To raise a dead man to life doth not involve con- tradiction, and is therefore, at least, achievable by Omnipotence. Barrow. Achievance (a-chev'ans), n. Performance; achievement. ' His noble acts and achiev- ances.' Sir T. Elyot. [Rare.] Achieve (a-chev'), u.t. pret. & pp. achieved; ppr. achieving. [Fr. achever, to finish, to bring to end, from prefix a, to, and O.Fr. che ve, Fr. chef, the head or end, f romL. caput, the head. See Chief.] 1. To perform or exe- cute ; to accomplish, as some great enter- prise ; to finish or carry on to a final and prosperous close. And now great deeds had been achieved. Milton. 2. To gain or obtain, as the result of exer- tion; to bring about, as by effort. Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved. Prior. I have achieved that reputation, I suppose. Dickens. Achieve (a-chev'), v.i. To accomplish some enterprise; to bring about a result intended. Fights dragon-like, and does achie-ve as soon As draw his sword. Shak. Achievement (a-chev'ment), n. l.The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; accomplishment; as, the achieve- ment of one's object.— 2. That which is achieved; a great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valour or boldness. The imagination of Xerxes was inflamed with the prospect of rivalling or surpassing the achiez'ements of his glorious predecessors. Bp. ThirLniall. 3. In her. an escutcheon or ensign armorial: a term now generally applied to the funeral shield or hatchment affixed to the dwelling- house of a deceased person or in a church. Funeral Achievement or Hatchment. Achiever (a-chev'er), n. One who achieves or accomplishes. Achillea (a-kil-le'a), n. [From a belief that Achilles used a plant of this genus to cure Telephus.] A genus of plants; the milfoil genus. See Milfoil. Achilleid (a-kil'le-id), n. A name (rendered familiar by Grote, the historian of Greece) given to those books (i. viii. and xi.-xxii.) of the Iliad in which Achilles is prominent. They are supposed to have formed a separate and original poem, afterwards enlarged and expanded by additions, descriptive of various episodes in the Trojan war, in which other heroes than Achilles figure conspicuously, the whole forming an epic of the Trojan war, and called the Iliad. Those critics who recognize a personal Homer as the au- thor of the Iliad and Odyssey suppose that the Achilleid was an earlier effort, after- wards developed, or that he found the Achilleid and made it the nucleus of a more extended epic. ■ Achillis tendo (a-kil'lis ten'do), n. [L. ] In anat. the tendon of Achilles; the strong tendon of the gastro-cnemius and soleus muscles, which is inserted in the heel: so called because the heel was said to have been the only vulnerable part of the hero. Achimenes (a-kim'e-nez), n. [Pei-haps from L. achceinenis, name of an Indian plant.] A genus of tropical and sub-tropical American plants, nat. order Gesneraceie, much culti- vated in our hothouses on account of their ornamental character. Many new forms, developing greater variety and attractive- ness than are to be found in the original kinds, have been obtained in the cultivated state. They grow to from 1 to 2 feet high. Aching (ak'ing), p. and a. Enduring or causing pain; painful. What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd. How sweet their memory still: But tiiey have left an aching void The world can never fill. Cowper. Achiote (ii-chi-o'ta), n. [Sp., from achiolt, the original Indian name of the tree.] The arnotto-tree, and the dye obtained from it. See Arnotto. Achira (a-che'ra), n. A plant of the genus Canna (C. edulis), with a large esculent root, yielding tous-les-mois, a starch superior to the ordinary arrow-root. Its tubers are eaten as food in Chili and Peru. Achirite (ak'i-rit), n. [After Achir Maned, who first brought it from Siberia, and tried to dispose of it for emerald.] Emerald malachite. Achirus (a-ki'rus), n. [Gr. a, priv., and cheir, a Iiand.] A genus of fishes, family Pleuro- nectidic (fiat-fishes), distinguished from all the other genera by the total want of pec- toral fins: hence their name. They abound mostly in the East and West Indies, keeping near the shores and furnishing a plentiful supply of wholesome food to the inhabi- tants. They resemble the common sole in appearance. Achlamydate (a-klam'id-at), a. [Gr. a, priv., and chlamjis, chlamydos, a cloak.] In zool. not possessing a mantle; as, achlamydate Branchiogasteropoda. Achlamydese (a-kla-mid'e-e), n. pi. A group of dicotyledonous plants which want both calyx and corolla, as the willows, oaks, and birches. Achlamydeous (a-kla-mid'e-us), a. [Gr. a. priv., and chlamys, a mantle.] A term ap- plied to plants which have neither calyx nor corolla, and whose fiowers are conse- quently destitute of a' covering, or naked; without fioral envelope. Achlya (ak'li-a), n. pi. [Gr. achlys, gloom, obscurity—from the doubt regarding their affinities.] A remarkable group of water plants referred by some botanists to the algee, but by others supposed to be aquatic foi-ms of some fungi. They grow parasiti- cally on dead flies lying in water, on flsh, frogs, or decaying plants. They look like little gelatinous tufts, and are composed of colourless filaments. Achmite (ak'mit), n. Same as Acmite. Achor (a'kor), n. [Gr. achor, dandruff.] Scald-head, a disease of infants, the face, and often the neck and breast, becoming incrusted with thin yellowish or greenish scabs. It arises in minute whitish pustules which discharge a viscid fluid, which dries into a scab, and is believed to Ije due to the growth of a fungus. Achorion (a-koi-'i-on), n. [See Achor.] A name sometimes given to the fungus which produces the disease achor. Achras (ak'ras), n. [Gr. achras, the wild pear-tree.] A genus of tropical trees, nat. order Sapotacea3,with entire leathery leaves, and yielding a copious milky fluid when wounded. One species, A. Sapota (called also Sapota Achras), is the sapodilla plum. See SAPODILLA. Achromatic (ak-ro-mat'ik), a. [Gr. a, priv., and chroma, chromatos, colour.] Destitute of colour; transmitting light without de- composing it into its primary colours; as, an achromatic lens or telescope. — Achro- matic lens, a lense usually composed of two' separate lenses, a concave and a convex one, made from substances, as crown-glass and flint-glass, having different refractive and dispersive powers, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by the other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed.—^cAroinaJic telescope, microscope, a telescope or microscope irb which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of an achromatic object- glass. Achromaticity (ak'r6-ma-tisi-ti), n. State of lieing achromatic. Achromatism (ak-ro'ma-tizm), n. The state of being achromatic; want of colour. See Achromatic. Achromatize (a-kro'ma-tiz), v.t. To de- prive of colour. Achromatopsy (a-kro'ma-top-si), n. [Gr. a, priv., chroma, colour, and opsis, sight.) Colour blindness, or inability to see or dis- tinguish colours. Achronic, Achronical (a-kron'ik, a-kron'- ik-al), a. See Aoronto. Acicula (a-sik'u-la), n. pi. Aciculse (a-sik'u- le). [L. acicula, a needle.] A name given by naturalists to a spine or prickle of an animal or plant. Acicular (a-sik'u-ler), a. [L. acicula, dim. of acus, a needle; allied to L. acies, Gr. alee, a point. See Acid.] Having the shape of a needle; having sharp points like needles; needle-shaped; as, an acicular prism is one with the crystals long, slender, and straight, as actinolite. Acicularly (a-sik'ii-16r-li), adv. In an aci- cular manner; in the manner of needles or prickles. Aciculate, Aciculated (a-sik'ii-lat, a-sik'u- lat-ed), a. Needle-shaped; acicular. Aciculiform (a-sik'fl-li-form), a. [L. acicula, a needle, anA forma, shape.] Having the form of a needle or needles. Aciculus (a-sik'ii-lus), 7i. [Dim. of acus, a needle.] \ahot. a strong Ijristle. Acid (as'id), a. [L. acidtis, sour, from root ac, ale, a point, seen in acus, a needle; aciio, to sharpen; acies, the point or edge of a sword; acer, sharp; aceo, to be sour; ace- tiim, vinegai', and in Gr. alee, aleron, a point. The Greek o/f, seen in oxys, sharp,o/rj/.?, swift, L. ocuhis, the eye, is a modifled form of the same root. The A. Sax. ceced, eced, vine.gar, is one of the few non-ecclesiastical woi'ds bor- rowed bythe Anglo-Saxons from the Romans. This root appears in many English words (mostly from the Latin), as acrid, acrimony, acumen, acute, ague, axe, edge, &c.] Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; having the taste of vinegar; as, acid fruits or liquors. Acid (as'id), n. A sour substance; specifi- cally, in chem. a compound having all or most of the following properties:—(1) .A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22652000_0001_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
