ACHIAIR is a Malayan word, which signifies all sorts of fruits and roots pickled with vinegar and spice. The Dutch import from Batavia all sorts of achiar, but particularly that of Bamboo, a kind of cane, extremely thick, which grows in the East Indies. It is preserved there, whilst it is still green, with very strong vinegar and spice; and is called bamboo achiar. The name changes according to the fruit with which the achiar is made.

ACHICOLUM is used to express the formix, tholus, or sudatorium of the ancient baths; which was a hot room where they used to sweat. It is also called architholus.