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Webster 1913 Edition
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Ac′ton
,Noun.
 [OF. 
aketon
, auqueton
, F. hoqueton
, a quilted jacket, fr. Sp. alcoton
, algodon
, cotton. Cf. Cotton
.] A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. 
[Spelled also 
hacqueton
.] [Obs.] 
Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.