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AcrosticAcrostic A*cros"tic, n. [Gr. ?; ? extreme + ? order, line,
verse.]
1. 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.
2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the
letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.).
See Abecedarian.
Double acrostic, a species of enigma Acrostic
Acrostic A*cros"tic, Acrostical A*cros"tic*al, n.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Acrostical
Acrostic A*cros"tic, Acrostical A*cros"tic*al, n.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Acrostically
Acrostically A*cros"tic*al*ly, adv.
After the manner of an acrostic.
Aspidium acrostichoidesChristmas Christ"mas, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
(Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve. Double acrosticAcrostic A*cros"tic, n. [Gr. ?; ? extreme + ? order, line,
verse.]
1. 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.
2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the
letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.).
See Abecedarian.
Double acrostic, a species of enigma MicrostheneMicrosthene Mi"cro*sthene, n. [Micro- + Gr. sqe`nos might,
strength.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical
characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the
Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata. Microsthenic
Microsthenic Mi`cro*sthen"ic, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the
microsthenes.
Paracrostic
Paracrostic Par`a*cros"tic, n. [Pref. para- + acrostic.]
A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in
order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
--Brande & C.
Pentacrostic
Pentacrostic Pen`ta*cros"tic, n. [Penta- + acrostic.]
A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject
of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses
being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
Meaning of Crost from wikipedia
- Lyn
Crost (1915 in Brooklyn, New York – 1997 in Washington, D.C.) was a
World War II
correspondent and author.
Eleanor Elizabeth Crost, who was
known professionally...
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Laurent Crost (born 5 May 1970) is a
French judoka.
Crost was 1994
European Champion open category. The
heavyweight won the
Hungarian and
Swiss Open title...
- Jean-Roger "Robert"
Crost (31
December 1924 – 1991) was a
French basketball player. He
competed in the men's
tournament at the 1952
Summer Olympics. Evans...
- an
insurance executive in the city, and
World War II
correspondent Lyn
Crost (1915–1997)
lived there. More recently,
Dominick Dunne (1925–2009), John...
- The
Stations of the
Cross or the Way of the Cross, also
known as the Way of
Sorrows or the Via Crucis, are a
series of
images depicting Jesus Christ on...
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Shrinking Fast". USA Today.
Retrieved October 27, 2013. Anderson, D. Mark;
Crost, Benjamin; Rees,
Daniel (December 1, 2016). "Wet Laws,
Drinking Establishments...
- last
Relief Of Tears, to
utter all my Grief, And let me, thus by
Fortune crost,
Lament the
Liberty I've lost. Comp****ion only can
propose The
Remedy for...
- (The
original texts of the prologue, Q1 and Q2, use the
spelling "starre-
crost", but the
version "star-cross'd" is
normally used in
modern versions.) Examples...
- 34 and 35.
Crost, Lyn.
Honor by Fire: ****anese
Americans at War in
Europe and the Pacific. Novata:
Presidio Press, 1994. Pg. 97.
Crost, Lyn.
Honor by...
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flood may bear me far, I hope to see my
Pilot face to face When I have
crost the bar. Hill,
Robert W., Jr., ed. (1971). Tennyson's poetry; authoritative...
