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[Lat. acanthin us; Gr. ἀκάνθινος ( akanthinos ).] [ACANTHUS.) taining to the acanthus plant. Per * A can your garments of the ancients: Probably garments made of the inner bark of the acanthus. * A can your gum: Gum-arabic. * A can your wood: Brazilian wood. a-cănth'-īte, s . [In Ger. akanthit . From Gr. ἄκανθα ( a kantha ) = a thorn; suff. -ite; fr. Gr. λίθος ( lithos ) = a stone.] A mineral cla ed by Dana under his Chalcocite group. Comp., AgS. It has about 86.71 of silver and 12.70 of sulphur. It is orthorhombic; the crystals are generally prisms with slender points. Hardne , 2.5 or le . Sp. gr., 7-16 to 7:33. Lustre, metallic. Colour, iron black. Sectile. Found at New Friburg, in Saxony. ạ cănth-ō-çěph-a-la, and a cănth-ōçěph-a-lạnş, 8. [Gr. άκανθα ( a kantha ) =a thorn; κεφαλή ( kephale ) = the head.] Worms having spinous heads. An order of intestinal worms, containing the most noxious of the whole Entozoa. There is but one genus, Echinorhynchus. [ECHINORHYNCHUS.]