Helen Fenton

Acroterium: Definition and part of speech

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Acroterium

  1. n. One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
  2. n. One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acroteleutic: Definition and part of speech

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Acroteleutic

  1. n. The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acrostic: Definition and part of speech

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Acrostic

  1. n. Alt. of Acrostical
  2. n. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
  3. n. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Across: Definition and part of speech

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Across

  1. adv. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
  2. n. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
  3. adv. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.