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Rh *accola:—a colonist; a cultivator of land where he was not born.
 * accompliamentum:—accomplishment.
 * accrescendi jus:—right of increase.
 * acedia:—melancholy.
 * acega:—a woodcock (scolopax rusticola).
 * acellarius:—"a spenser," cellarer.
 * acentus:—increase.
 * acerrum, acerum:—steel.
 * aceta:—a snipe, or woodcock.
 * achaptare. See accapitare.
 * achatum:—purchase, bargain.
 * achersetus:—a measure of corn, conjectured to be a quarter.
 * achevare:—to finish.
 * acitula:—henbane.
 * acolabium:—a farm, a tenement.
 * acoluthus:—an acolyte. O. E. a colet.
 * acopatus. See acupatus.
 * acordum:—accord; assent.
 * acquestra:—acquisition.
 * acquietantia:—a discharge in writing, of money paid or debt due; quittance.
 * acquietare:—to pay; to free or discharge.
 * acquirere, adquirere:—to purchase; to acquit.
 * acra:—an acre of land; a judicial combat, holm gang.
 * acra anglicana:—20 English acres in the reign of Richard I. are said to be equal to 22 acres.
 * acroisia:—blindness. For aorisia.
 * actachiare. See attachiare.
 * actilia:—armour and weapons; gear. See atilium.
 * actio:—a legal demand of a right.
 * actionare:—to prosecute.
 * acto:—a haqueton, a padded or quilted tunic worn under the mail.
 * actor:—a proctor or advocate in civil courts.
 * actor dominicus:—the bailiff or attorney of a lord.
 * actor ecclesiæ:—the advocate or pleading patron of a church.
 * actor villæ:—the steward or head bailiff of a town or village.
 * actornatus. See attornatus.
 * actuarius:—the clerk who registers the acts of convocation.
 * acuarium:—a needle case.
 * acucio:—sharpening.
 * aculus, acula:—an aglet, a metal tag.
 * acupatus:—charged with (adculpatus).
 * acuperium:—a whetstone.
 * acupictor:—an embroiderer.
 * acusile:—a trinket.
 * acustumabilis, acustumatus:—liable to custom.
 * acustumare:—to exact custom; to exempt from custom.
 * acuta:—ague.
 * acutecula:—a steel; a hone.
 * ad. Sometimes used for "at" not "to" a place.