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[ACRAZE.] Crazed. (Grafton.) tạc-rā-sĩ ạ, ăc-ra-sỹ, ăc-ra-sie, s. [Gr. ἀκρασία ( akrasia ) = want of power, especially over one's pa ions à, priv.; either from κρᾶσις ( krasis ) = the mixing of two things, giving the idea of mixture of two substances, but not in due proportion; or from κράτος ( kratos ) = strength meaning, want of power or control.] Exce , want of power over one's pa ions. IMG:content-0129.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0130.png:[blocks in formation] 2. From about the time of Edward I. the word became more definite, and its limits were prescribed by the statutes 31 and 35 Edward I., and 24 Henry VIII. By the Act 5 George IV. the varying measures of the acre current in the kingdom were reduced to one uniform standard. The Imperial acre contains 4,840 square yards, the Scottish one 6104 12789 square yards, and the Irish one 7,840 square yards. The imperial acre is current in the United States. The old Roman jugerum, generally translated "acre," was about five-eighths of the imperial acre. "The space enclosed was about half an acre ."Macaulay: Hist . Eng . ch. xii. * acre-fight, s. A combat in the olden time with lances between single combatants, consisting of English and Scotch borderers. It was also called camp - fight , and the combatants were named champions , from their fighting in the open field (in Fr. champ ). (Cowell.) Or more probably from A.S. camp, comp a battle. * acre-man, s. A husbandman. "... and acre-men yede to the plough." Lay le Freine, 176. *acre-shot; * acre-tax, s. A local tax upon land, fixed at a certain sum for each acre. "The said in-dikes should be carefully maintained and repaired by those dyke-reeves out of the common acre-shot a e ed within every of the said towns." Dugdale : Imbanking , p. 275. acre-staff,