n.;
I 'll not wag an ace further. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
To bate an ace,
Within an ace of,
adj.
v. to get a grade of "A";
n.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. Syr. ōkēl damō 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 system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Acephal. [ 1913 Webster ]