{ Ac"i*nose` (&?;), Ac"i*nous (&?;) } a. [L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone.] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.
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||Ac"i*nus (&?;), n.; pl. Acini (&?;). [L., grape, grapestone.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone.
2. (Anat.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain.
||Ac`i*pen"ser (&?;), n. [L., the name of a fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.
Ac"i*ur`gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a point + &?; work.] Operative surgery.
Ac*know" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnwan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.