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Show R Lat.] Having the quality of vinegar th Liquors and fubftances are called acids, whic being compofed of pointed particles, affect th The comtafte in a fharp and piercing manner mon way of trying, whether'any_partx.cular liquo hath in it any particles of this kind, is by mixing it with fyrup of violets, when it will turn o a red colour; but if it contains alkaline or lixivia Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar That beafts fhall tremble at thy din. Shakefpeare. A coming fthow'r your fhooting corns prefage To be i pain Act'piry. z /. [from acid.] The qualit of being acid; an acid tafte; tharpnefs fournefs ; Fifhes, by the help of a diffolvent liquor, corrode and reduce their meat, fkin, bo‘nes., and all Upon this account, our fenfes are dulled an fpent by any extraordinary intention, and our ver into a chylus or cremor; and yet this liquor manifefts nothing of acidity to the tafte _ Ray eyes will ache, if long fixed upon any difficultl difcerned objeét ACHI'EVE complete. 1. To perform {peroudly a Glanville [achever Whe Fr. t The greater part perform'd, achieve the lefs. Dryd ACI'DULE Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perifh, Tranio The acidule, or medical fprings, emit a greate quantity of their minerals than ufual; and eve ItT achieve not this young modeft gitl Shakefpeare Thou hatt achiev'd our liberty, confin' Within hell-gates till now Milton Show all the fpoils by valiant kings achicv'd And groaning nations by their arms reliev'd. Prior viftor i twic itfelf whe th the ordinary fprings, which were before clear frefh, and limpid, become thick and turbid, an 7 brings home full numbers Shakefpeare's Much ado about Nothing From every coaft that heaven walks about Have thither come the noble mirtial crew That famous hard achicwements fill purfue Fairy Queen 2. The efcutcheon, or enfigns armorial granted to any man for the performanc of great a&ions Then fhall the war, and ftern debate Immortal, be the bus'nefs o And in thy fame, the duft High on the burnifh'd roof hung Rank'd with my champion' and firif my life {poils among my banner fhall b bucklers, and below With arms revers'd, th' achicvements of the foo Achievement Dryden in the firlt fenfe, is derive from achieve, as it fignifies 70 perform in the fecond, from achicwe, as it imports zo gain A'CHING eafinefs #. /. [from acke.] Pain un When old age comes to wait upon a great an worfhipful finner, it comes attended with man painful girds and achings, called the gout South ACHOR n. /. [achor, Lat Gr. fur Sur.] Afpecies of the herpes; it appear with a crufty fcab, which caufes an itching on the furface of the head, occafioned by a falt fharp ferum 0ozin through the fkin Rainey are impregnated with fulphur and other minerals, as long as the earthquake lafts Wovdward's Natural Hiffory AcCI'DULATE a [aciduler Fr. To impregnate or tinge with acids in flight degree achicve AcHUEVEMENT, #. /. [achevement, 1. The performance of an aétion ». /. [that is, ague acidule Medicinal {prings impregnated wit fharp particles, as all the nitrous, chalybeate, and alum fprings are. ~ Quincy Experience is by induftry achicw'd And perfeted by the fwift courfe of time. Shakefp is bltticr, it is A'cipngss. . /. [from acid.] The qualit of being acid ; acidity. See AcipiTy 2. To gain, to obtain Acui'sver. #. /. He that performs ; h that obtains what he endeavours after the tafte of the mout fign of a redundance of a bilious alkali, and demands a quite different diet from the cafe of acidity or fournefs Arbutbnot an Aliments to finifh a defign pro Our toils, my friends, are crown'd with fure fuccelse ther A diet of frefh unfalte things, watery liquor acidulated, farinaceous emollient fubftances milk, butter, and acid fruits 7 ACKNO'WLEDGE . formed fou Arbuthnot on Aliments @. [a wor as it feems, between the Lati and Englith, fro Jedge, whic agnofco, and Anowu 1s deduced from the Saxo cnapan, fo kuow. 1. To own the knowledge of; to own an thing or perfon in a particular charalter My people do already know my mind And will acknowledge you and Jeflica In place of lord Baflanio and myfelf. Shakefpeare None that ackuozoledge God, or providence Their fouls eternity did ever doubt Dawvies 2. To confefs ; as, a fault For I acknowledge m fin is ever before me 3. T own as tranfgreffions; and m Pfalm li. 3 benefit doth fometime with the particle 7o before the perfo conferring the benefit His f{piri Taught them; but they his gifts acknowledg' not Milton In the firt place, therefore, I thankfully acknowledge to the Almighty power the affiffance h has given me in the beginning, and the profecution of my prefent ffudies Dryden ACKNO'WLEDGING. adj. [from ackuonsledge.] Grateful ; ready to acknowledg benefits received, A ‘Gallicifm, reconnoifjant of an chara@e as, exiftence, fuperiority Th due contemplatio b neceflar f in ang i of the huma connexio g' and chai caufes, carry us up to the unavoidable ledgment of the Deity; becaufe it ca thinking man to an original of every fuccef dividual Hale's 0/‘igi/z o 2. Conceflio tion V of the truth of ap Immediately upo Quincy ? particles, it changes that fyruP green 1 Di:yden'r‘Vzrgi{ ledge. 1. Conceflio difcntar}gled‘tllemfel\fe no oily parts hav ACKNO'WLEDGMENT. 2. /. [fiom gclyps, from the falts and earthy parts; fuch is the taft Arbuthnot on Aliments of unripe fruits T'll rack thee with old cramps 9o AcHE. w. . [See Acue. Acid, or four, proceeds from a .falt of the fam nature, without mixture of oil; in auftere tafte Acngs. n [ {ace, Sax. &y®:, Gr. now generally written afe, and in the plura akes, of one {yllable ; the primitive nianner being preferved chiefly in poetry for the fake of the meafure.] A con- tinued pain. See Axe Savift the bottom, fickle and felf-interefted in the fame kind, thofe whofe fruit is acid, mor Marsrit B e t fe fru tha fruit t is fwe ‘hof : thofe wh pores, being diftilled in a retort, did not affor any vinous, but rather an acetous {pirit Boyle grateful, compaflionate and hard-hea%teg- fi‘tm Wild trees laft longer than garden trees; a Raifins, which confift chiefly of the juice o - grapes, infpiffated in the fkins or hufks by th avolation of the fuperfluous moifture through thei Old aches throb, your hollow tooth will rage He has thewn his hero ackuowlud, A'CID. edj. [acidus, Lat. acide, Fr.) Sour fharp four 9 ACO ACi the acknowvledgment of th chriftian faith, the eunuch was bapti ed by Phili 3. Confeflion ofa fault Hadker 4. Confeflion of a benefit received; gn titude 5. A& of atteftatio fuch as homage Ther be man to any conceflion wide countries in Ireland, i which the laws of England were never eftablithed nor any acknowledgment of fubjeftion made Spenfer's State of Ireland 6. Something given or done in confeff of a benefit received Th fecon is a acknowledgmen Jelty for the leave of fithing upo to his my his coafts; an though. this may not be grounded upon.an treaty yet, if it appear to be an ancient right on our fide an cufto o theirs no determined. Or ex tinguifhed by any treaty between us, it may wit juftice be infifted on Temple's Mifeellaries 4'CME. n. /. [dnyn, Gr. The height o any thing ; more efpecially ufed denote the height of a diftemper, whic is divided into four periods, 1. Th arcke, the beginning or firft attack, 2. Anabafis, the growth. 3. deme, th height. And, 4. Paracme, which is th declenfion of the diftemper Quiny AcO'LOTHIST, 7./i [sxors$éw, Gr.] One of the loweft order in the Romifh church whofe office is to prepare the element for the offices, to light the church, It is duty, according to the papal law, when the bithop fings mafs, to order all the inferio clergy to appear in their proper habits; and tofe tha all the office of th churc be rightly per formed ; to ordain the acolothif?, to keep the facre veflels Ayliffe's Parergon A'coLyTE. 7 /. The fame with Acoros THIST A'conr1TE. 2. /. [aconitum, Lat.] Propetl the herb wolfs-bane, but commonly ufe in poetical languag neral for poifon in ge Qur land is from the rage of tygers freed Nor nourithes the lion's angry feed Nor pois'nous aconite is here produc'd Or grows unknown or is, when known, refus'd Defpair, that aconite does prove And certain death to others' love Dzyd: ‘That poifon never yet withftood Does nourifh mine and turns to blood Granvill A'corw. #./. [Zcenn, Sax. from ac, a oak, and conn, corn or grain; that1 the grain or fruit of the oak.] The fee or fruit born by the oak Errours, fuch as are but acorns in our y unge brows, grow gaks in our older heads, and b com inflexible ~ " Conten |