acrodactylum

[Gr. ἄκρον (akron) = the top; δάκτυλος ( daktulos ) = a finger.] Anat.: The upper surface of each digit. acromio-clavicular, a. Pertaining to that portion of the clavicle which adjoins the acromion. ac-rō-mi-on, s. ὦμος (ōmos) = shoulder.] Anat .: The upper portion of the shoulder- blade (scapula). ăc-ră-măn-ō-grăm-mắt-i-cŭm, s. [Gr. ἄκρος (akros) = top or end; μόνος (monos) = alone; and γραμματικόν (gramma tik on) = alphabet.] Poet. A kind of poem in which each verse subsequent to the first begins with the letter on which its predece or terminated. ắc-rog'-rạ-phy, s. [Gr. ἄκρος ( akros ) = at the top; γραφή ( graphe ) = a drawing; γράφω (grapho) = to grave, to write.] The art of making blocks in relief, with the view of printing illustrations from them, in place of having recourse to wood - engraving. Schonberg was its inventor. *a-crôi-sa, a-crû-çi-ạ, s. Blindne . *a - crō'ke, adv. hook.] Crookedly. ắc-ről-ith-ạn, a. [ACROLITH.] Pertaining to an acrolith, framed like an acrolith. ǎc-rō-mi-al, a. [ACROMION.] Anat.: Belonging to the acromion. to the acromial extremity of the clavicle." -Cycl. Pract. Med. Path .: A term now given to a rare disease, or form of physical atavism, marked by apparent gradual degeneration in both feature and body toward the animal type. First recognized in 1886 by Dr. Marie, of Paris, who considered it a return to primitive form. Virchow, however, regarded it as a nervous disease, likely to result in paralysis and death. A case was noted by Dr. F. D. Weise, of New York, in January, 1896. a-cron-ic, a-cron-ic-al, * a-cron'- yc-al, a. [Gr. άκρος ( akros ) = at the ex- tremity; νύξ (nux) = night.] Astron.: Pertaining to the rising of a star at the time when the sun is setting, or the setting of a star when the sun is rising. It is opposed to COSMICAL (q.v.). a-cron-ic-al-lỹ, * a-crăn-c-al-lý, *ạ-cron-ych-al-ly, adv . [ACRONICAL.] At the acronical time. ac-ro-nō-tine, a. [ACRONOTUS.] Pertaining to the mammalian genus Acronotus . ( Griffith's Cuvier, iv. 346.) ăc-ro-nō-tus, s. [Gr. ἄκρος ( akros ) = on the top, highest; νῶτος ( notos ), οι νῶτον (not on) = the back.] Zool. A sub-genus of Damalis , a genus of ruminating animals. The species are confined to Africa. Example: Damalis ( acronotus ) bubalis the bubalis. ăc-ron-ých-i-a, s. [Gr. ἀκρονυχία (akronu- chia) = nightfall: ἄκρος ( akros ) = on the top or edge of at the beginning of; νύξ (nux) = night.] Bot. A genus of Rutaceæ, or Rueworts. ăc-ro-phyl-lum, s. [Gr. ἄκρος ( akros ) = at the top; φύλλον ( phullon ) = a leaf.] Bot. A genus of plants belonging to the order Cunoniacese, or Cunoniads. A. venosum is a handsome greenhouse shrub. ac-ro-po-di-um, s. [Gr. ἄκρον ( akron ) = the top: πούς ( pous ), gen it. ποδός ( podos ) = foot.] Anat.: The upper surface of the foot. a-crop-ol-is, s. [Gr. ἀκρόπολις ( akropolis ) = the upper or higher city: ἄκρον ( alron ) = a point or top, height; πόλις ( polis ) = a city.] IMG:content-0132.jpg:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-0133.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Intersecting at any angle, pa ing over in some direction or other; athwart; placed or moving over something, so as to cro it. "Of deep that calls to deep acro the hills." Words worth: Descriptive Sketches. "... and pushing ivory balls Acro a velvet level. Cowper : Task , vi Earth now is greene, and heauen is blew, Linely Spring which makes all new, 1 olly Spring doth enter, B lasts are mild, and seas are cal me, E uery medow flowes with bal me, The earth weares all her riches, Harmonious birds sing such a psalm As eare and heart bewitches. Reserue (sweet Spring) this nymph of ours, Eternall garlands of thy flowers, Greene garlands neuer wasting; IMG:content-0134.jpg:[graphic] because on the back of the frond are markings like the commencement of lines of poetry.] Rusty-back, Wall-rue, or Fork-fern. A genus of ferns belonging to the order Polypod i aceӕ. The sori cover the whole back of the frond. It is not British. A. aureum, the golden acrostic hum, occasionally seen in hot-houses, is sometimes five or six feet high. It grows in the West Indies and South America, and also in Africa and India. A. huascaro is said to have solvent, deobstruent, sudorific, and anthelmintic properties. The New Zealand ers formerly used A. furcatum as food.