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Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive


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Text Appearing Before Image: tial syllable, or theinitial sound, of the name of that object oridea; as ixi giving to the Egyptian hieroglyphfor nefer, good, the phonetic value of ne, its firstsyllable, or of n, its first letter. See aerology. acropodium (ak-ro-p6di-um), H.; pi. acropodia(-a). [ear-iug 11 statue, partieularly it raised from the sulistrneture on supports or feet; the jilintli ofa statue (jr otlur work of art, if resting onfeet. K(l. Ciiilldiiiiu:acropolis (a-kropO-lis), II. [L., < Gr. oKp(iiro/l(r,the ujiper city, <uKpot:, highest, npper, + TrdXir,a eity: see/;»//(•<■.] The eita<lel of a Greciancity, usually the site of the original settlement,and situated on an eminence fommanding the

Text Appearing After Image: Tlic Acropolis of Athens, from the southeast. surrounding country. wIumi the city spread beyondits e:irlifr limits, the acnipolis wjus generally cleared of itsinliiiliitaiits ;iih1 lieM s:ii-r.-il to the divinities of the state,wliiisc tcniiiks were uiiuii it. The acropolis of Alliensii)iitaiiii.-.l the most splendid produetions of Greek art, theparthtM.in. the Erechthenni. ami the Tropylsea. acrosarcum (ak-ro-siirkum), H.; pi. acrosarca(-kil). [NL., < Gr. aKfior, at the end, + oap^(mifm-), llesh.] A name given by Desvaux to aberry resulting from an ovary with adnate ealjrx,as ill the ciu-rant and cranberry. acrosaurus (ak-ro-sarus), II.; pi. acrosaiiri(-ri). [NL., < Gr. anpor, extreme, + aavpoi;, alizard: see Haurit.-i.] An extraordinary fossilreptile, with 30 or 40 teeth and a broad cheek-bone process, oeeui-ring in the Triassie sand-stones of southern Africa. Acrosoma (ak-ro-s6mil), n. [NL., <Gr. iiupov,top, jieak, extremity, + cupa, body.] A genusof orbitelarian spiders


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