acquight ( gh silent)

t. An old spelling of ACQUIT (q. v.). 65 for yonder way We needes must pa (God doe us well acquight )" Spenser: F. Q., II. xii. 8. * ăc-quill', v.t. [A.N.] [In O. Fr. enquiller , aquiller , a form of accueillir .] Hunting: A term applied to the buck and doe, the male and female fox, and all "vermin." Nearly synonymous with the more modern word IMPRIME, afterwards applied to unharbouring the hart. ( Hall i well .) "Syr huntere, how many bestis acquill ! Syr, the buk and the doo, the male fox and the female, and alle othir vermyn, as many as be put in the book. And how many braches? Sire, alle that be acquilez." -Reliq. Antiq., i. 151. [ACQUIRABLE.)