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 Before Image: acoH, F. accueil ;from the verb.] Welcome; reception. Soutkey.(X £. D.) accolt (a-kol), v. t. [< ME. aeolen, < OF. acoler(F. accolcr), embrace, = Sp. acolar, arrangetwo coats of aims under the same crown,shield, etc., = It. accollarc, embrace, mod.join, yoke, < ML. *accollarc, embrace, 0F. col, F. C0K = OSp. collo, Sp.cuello = It. collo), neck: see collar.] To em-brace round the neck. Surreij. accolade (ak-o-lad or -lad), n. [< F. accolade,an embrace, a kiss (after It. accollata, prop,fem. pp. of accollare, embrace), < accolcr, OF.acoler: see «fCo/.] 1. A ceremony used in con-ferring knighthood, anciently consisting in anembrace, afterward in giving the candidate ablow upon the shoulder with the flat of a sword,the latter being the present method; hence,the blow itself. We felt our shoulders tingle with the accolade, andheard the clink of golden spurs at our heels. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 5S. 2. In music, a brace or couplet connecting

Text Appearing After Image: Accolade, early i6th century (France). several staves.—3. In arch., an ornamentcomposed of two ogee curves meeting in themiddle, each concave toward its outer extrem-ity and convex toward the point at which itmeets the other. Such accolades are either plain oradorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motiveof decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of thefifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in seculararchitecture. Viollet-le-Duc. 4. In Roman and early monastic MSS., thecurved stroke made by the copyist around afinal word written below the line to which itbelonged, in order to avoid carrj-ing it on tothe ne.xt. accolated (ako-la-ted), j;. a. [<ML. accol(l)atus,pp. of accol(l)are, embrace : see accol.] Inniimis., containing two ormore profile heads so ar-ranged that one partiallyoverlaps the next: as, anaccolated shilling.accollS (ak-ol-a), J), a.[ accollata, > F. andE. accolade; see accolade .

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