Acrelius, Israel

a Swedish clergyman, b. 1714, in the province of Roslay; d. 1800. He was sent to America, and resided for seven years in Philadelphia, 1749-1756 where he managed the affairs of the Swedish colonists with zeal and prudence. Ill health compelled him to leave America. In 1759 he published in Stockholm a description of the Swedish colonies in America, comprising much important topographical information con. cerning the region on both sides of the Delaware. A'cri, a town of South Italy, province of Calabria-Citra, 15 miles N.E. of Cosenza. Pop. 8,000. Ac'rid, a . [Lat. acris .] A term employed to expre a taste, the characteristic of which is pungency joined with heat; figuratively, an acrid temper.