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  being cold or chilled. historical examples husband in faith, and that acold; ah well away, joseph, as thou art old! everyman and other old religious plays, with an introduction anonymous here you shall light a fire, which those who watch will believe to be but the fire of a herdsman who is acold. the wizard […]

• Acoma

  a pueblo indian village near albuquerque, new mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the u.s. historical examples the leaping of the chasm was not captain villagran’s only connection with the bl–dy doings at acoma in the winter of 1598-99. the spanish pioneers charles f. lummis but acoma itself seemed to […]

• Aconcagua

  a mountain in w argentina, in the andes: the highest peak in the western hemisphere. 22,834 feet (6960 meters). historical examples far away in the northeast the snowy m-ss of aconcagua, loftiest of all american summits, floats like a white cloud on the horizon. south america observations and impressions james bryce aconcagua is one of […]

• Aconitine

  aconitine aconitine a·con·i·tine (ə-kŏn’ĭ-tēn’, -tĭn) n. a poisonous alkaloid found in aconite, used externally as an -n-lgesic. historical examples did you see him take mrs. brewster’s aconitine pills off the hall table? the red seal natalie sumner lincoln of aconitum ferox they report that it yields a comparatively large quant-ty of pseudaconitine and a small […]

• Aconitum

  any plant belonging to the genus aconitum, of the b-ttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose cl-sters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties. historical examples in medicine and materia medica, the plant aconitum napellus (which see). cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, […]

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