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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

acrolith ‎(plural acroliths)

(historical) An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.