Accustomed
(Ac*cus"tomed) a.
1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.
2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop." Smollett.
Accustomedness
(Ac*cus"tomed*ness), n. Habituation.
Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart.
Bp. Pearce.
Ace
(Ace) n.; pl. Aces [OE. as, F. as, fr. L. as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf.
As.]
1. A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
2. Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
I 'll not wag an ace further.
Dryden.
To bate an ace,
to make the least abatement. [Obs.] — Within an ace of, very near; on the point of.
W. Irving.
Aceldama
(A*cel"da*ma) n. [Gr. fr. Syr. okel damo the field of blood.] The potter's field, said to have
lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore
called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama.
De
Quincey.
Acentric
(A*cen"tric) a. [Gr. 'a priv. + a point, a center.] Not centered; without a center.
Acephal
(Ac"e*phal) n. [Gr. 'a priv. + head: cf. F. acéphale, LL. acephalus.] (Zoöl.) One of the Acephala.
Acephala
(||A*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal.] (Zoöl.) That division
of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; — so called because they
have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa.
See Mollusca.
Acephalan
(A*ceph"a*lan) n. Same as Acephal.
Acephalan
(A*ceph"a*lan), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Acephala.
Acephali
(||A*ceph"a*li) n. pl. [LL., pl. of acephalus. See Acephal.]
1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A Christian sect without a leader. (b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under
regular diocesan control.
3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
Acephalist
(A*ceph"a*list) n. One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden.
Acephalocyst
(A*ceph"a*lo*cyst) n. [Gr. 'ake`falos without a head + ky`stis bladder.] (Zoöl.) A larval
entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the
tissues of man and the lower animals; — so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the