Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Acutiator

Acutia′tor

A person in the Middle Ages who attended armies and knights to sharpen their instruments of war. (Latin, acuo, to sharpen.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Ad Græcas Calendas.
Acu tetigisti
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