Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing After Image: the table, resting on couches, either flat on the breastor supported on the left elbow in a semi-sitting position.Cushions were provided to relieve the strain upon the el-bow .and the back. The table w.as usiiiiUy a little lowerthan the couches, for convenience in reaching the food.See triclinium. Which gesture ... cannot be avoided in the laws ofaccubation. Sir T. Bromie, Vulg. Err., v. 0. ad), to, + croc, a hook, a crook: see crook and crochet. Ci. encroach.] 1. To hook, or draw to accumbt (a-kumb) 2. In med., lying-in; confinementment. Sijd. Sac. Lex accouche- ones self as with a hook.—2. In old laws, to usuip: as, to accroach royal power to ones self. \nphysiol., of or pertaining to the process of accroachmentt (a-krochmeut), n. The act of accrementition. accrementition (akre-men-tishon), n. [< L.as if ueerementum, on analogy of accrementi-tial, q. V. The regular form would be eiccrc-mentation.] Injihi/sioL, the production or de-velopment of a new individual by the separa-tio

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