‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate. ] Delivery in childbed [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher. See Accouchement. ] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F.., fem. of accoucher. ] A midwife. [ Recent ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1. ] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. “A laudable account of the city of London.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. “To stand high in your account.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. “Men of account.” Pope. “To turn to account.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. --
In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. --
On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. --
On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. --
To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. --
To take account of, or
to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. “Of their doings, God takes no account.” Milton. --
A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. -- Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting. ] [ OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, à (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See Count, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accounting that God was able to raise him up. Heb. xi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To recount; to relate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. [ 1913 Webster ]

To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. “I account of her beauty.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.
Syn. -- answerability, answerableness [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accountable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr. ] 1. One who renders account; one accountable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reckoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accountable. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Accountant + -ship. ] The office or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. acopler, F. accoupler. See Couple. ] To join; to couple. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. accouplement. ] 1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [ R. ] Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which couples, as a tie or brace. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. acoragier; à (L. ad) + corage. See Courage. ] To encourage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Ac-, for L. ad. See Court. ] To treat courteously; to court. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring. ] [ F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt. ] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both accoutered like young men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of one's main clothing.
Syn. -- accessory, accouterment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. acouchi, from the native name Guiana. ] (Zool.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to hear + -meter. ] (Physics.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing. Itard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to hear + -metry. ] The measuring of the power or extent of hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. acoustique, Gr. &unr_; relating to hearing, fr. &unr_; to hear. ] Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. --
Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. --
Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or agent to assist hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to acoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in acoustics. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Names of sciences in -ics, as, acoustics, mathematics, etc., are usually treated as singular. See -ics. ] (Physics.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerable branch of physics. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The science is, by some writers, divided, into diacoustics, which explains the properties of sounds coming directly from the ear; and catacoustica, which treats of reflected sounds or echoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aduncus; ad + uncus hooked, hook. ] Curved inwards; hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a battle in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415. It was named for the site at which it occurred. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ LL. amurcosus, L. amurca the dregs of olives, Gr. 'amo`rghs, fr. 'ame`rgein to pluck. ] Full off dregs; foul. [ R. ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before. ] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. avant before + courrier. See Avaunt, and Courier. ] A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Bargeboard. ] (Arch.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyræna and family Sphyrænidæ. The great barracuda (Sphyræna barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyræna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyræna sphyræna of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or Sphyræna vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyræna picuda; the Californian is Sphyræna argentea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. basse-cour. See Base, a., and Court, n. ] 1. The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An inferior court of law, not of record. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bellicose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bifurcus; bis twice + furca fork. ] See Bifurcate, a. [ R. ] Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bisulcus; bis twice + sulcus furrow. ] Bisulcate. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Arch.) The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Orig., a member of the “Boy Scouts, ” an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In “The Boy Scouts of America” the local councils are generally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, second-class scout, and first-class scout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carica a kind of dry fig. ] Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig. [ 1913 Webster ]