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Webster 1913 Edition


Acrolith

Ac′ro-lith

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Noun.
[L.
acrolthus
, Gr.
ἀκρολίθοσ
with the ends made of stone;
ἄκροσ
extreme +
λίθοσ
stone.]
(Arch. & Sculp.)
A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
Elmes.