2. An academician. [Obs.] Ray.
Academy
(A*cad"e*my) n.; pl. Academies [F. académie, L. academia. Cf. Academe.]
1. A garden or grove near Athens where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence,
the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary
of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." Hume.
4. A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some
particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies
of literature and philology.
5. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West
Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
Acadian
(A*ca"di*an) a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. —
n. A native of Acadie.
Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the
oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. — Acadian owl (Zoöl.), a small North
American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.
Acajou
(||Ac"a*jou) n. [F. See Cashew.] (Bot.) (a) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew. (b)
The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
Acaleph
(Ac"a*leph Ac`a*le"phan) n.; pl. Acalephs Acalephans [See Acalephæ.] (Zoöl.) One of the
Acalephæ.
Acalephæ
(||Ac`a*le"phæ) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a nettle.] A group of Cœlenterata, including the Medusæ or
jellyfishes, and hydroids; — so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
Acalephoid
(Ac`ale"phoid) a. [Acaleph + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.
Acalycine
(A*cal"y*cine Ac`a*lys`i*nous) a. 'a priv. + calyx.]—> (Bot.) Without a calyx, or outer floral
envelope.
Acanth
(A*canth") n. Same as Acanthus.
Acantha
(||A*can"tha) n. [Gr. thorn, fr. point. See Acute.]
1. (Bot.) A prickle.
2. (Zoöl.) A spine or prickly fin.
3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison.
Acanthaceous
(Ac"an*tha"ceous) a.
1. Armed with prickles, as a plant.
2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
