adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night. ] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`nyktos; 'a`kros + ny`x, nykto`s, night. ] (Astron.) Acronycal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cronies [ Orig., an old woman. See Crone. ] 1. A crone. [ Obs. ] “Marry not an old crony.” Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An intimate companion; a familiar friend. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]