Acrostic

a-krō′stik, n. a poem of which, if the first or the last letter of each line be taken in succe ion, they will spell a name or a sentence.— adj. Acrō′stical .— adv. Acrō′stically .— n. Acrō′sticism , method of acrostics. [Gr. akros , extreme, and stichos , a line.]