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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ăq'ui-lă, n. p. 69(Ornith.) The eagle, a genus of birds of prey. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation above Capricornus and Aquarius. P. Cyc.Aq'ui-line, a. p. 69Belonging to the eagle. 2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; — applied particularly to the nose. Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.Aq'ui-lon, n. p. 69The north wind, so called from its swiftness. Shak.Aq'ui-tā'ni-an, a. p. 69(Geog.) Pertaining to Aquitania, one of the great divisions of Gaul, which, according to Cæsar, lay between the Garonne, the Pyrenees, and the ocean, and which is now called Gascony.A-quōse', a. p. 69Having the qualities of water; watery; aqueous. [Rare.] Bailey.A-quōs'i-ty, n. p. 69The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Tolhausen. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.Ă'ra, n. p. 69(Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, containing nine stars. Ogilvie.Ăr'ab, n. p. 69(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Arabia.Ăr'a-bĕsque, n. p. 69A species of ornament used for enriching flat surfaces, either painted, inlaid in mosaic, or carved in low relief. It consists of a fanciful and ideal mixture of all sorts of figures of men and…Ar'a-bĕsque, a. p. 70In the manner of the Arabians; relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque ornament.Ar'a-bèsqued, a. p. 70Ornamented in the style of arabesques.A-rā'bi-an, a. p. 70(Geog.) Pertaining to Arabia, or to its inhabitants. Herbert. Arabian bird, the phœnix. Shak.A-rāʹbi-an, n. p. 70(Geog.) A native of Arabia; an Arab.Ar'a-bĭc, a. p. 70Belonging to Arabia, or to the language of its inhabitants. Worthington.Ar'a-bĭc, n. p. 70The language of the Arabians.Arāb'ic-al, a. p. 70Relating to Arabia; Arabic.A-rāb'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 70In the Arabian manner.Ar'a-bine, n. p. 70(Chem.) Any gum which is easily dissolved in water, as gum-arabic. Brande.Ăr'a-bĭsm, n. p. 70An Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language. Stuart.Ar'a-bīst, n. p. 70One well versed in the Arabic language or literature.Ăr'a-ble, a. p. 70Fit for plowing or tillage; hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.Ar'a-bo Te-dēs'co, n. p. 70A style of art combining the Moorish, Roman, and German-Gothic. Gurlt.Ar'a-ca-nēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 70(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Aracan, or Arracan, a British province of Farther India.Ar'a-ca-nēse', a. p. 70(Geog.) Pertaining to Aracan, or to its inhabitants.A-rā'ce', v. t. p. 70To tear up by the roots; to draw away. [Obs.] Wyatt.A-rā'ceous, a. p. 70[Lat. arum, a genus of plants. Pertaining to plants of the genus Arum.Ăr'a-chis, n. p. 70(Bot.) A genus of plants belonging to the natural order Leguminosae, and producing the nuts or seeds called peanuts. Eng. Cyc.A-rāch'ni-dā, n. pl. p. 70(Zoöl.) The class of spiders. See ANIMAL KINGDOM. Like the insects, and unlike the crustacea, they are air-breathing; but like the crustacea, and unlike the insects, they have no distinction of head…A-răch'ni-dan, n. p. 70(Zoöl.) One of the Arachnida.A-rāch'noid, a. p. 70Resembling a spider's web. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a thin, semi-transparent membrane of the brain, between the dura mater and pia mater. Dunglison. ☞ The same term was applied by Celsius and Galen…Ăr'ach-nŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 70One versed in arachnology.Ar'ach-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 70The science or history of spiders and other Arachnida.A-rae'o-stȳle, n. p. 70(Arch.) That style of the Grecian temple in which the columns are placed four, and occasionally five, diameters apart.A-ræ'o-stȳle, a. p. 70Pertaining to a kind of intercolumniation in which the columns are four or five diameters apart. Vitruv.Ā/ræ-o-sys'tyle, n. p. 70(Arch.) The method of proportioning the distance between pairs of columns. Gwilt.Ar'a-go-nēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 70(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Aragon, or Arragon.Ar'a-go-nēse', a. p. 70(Geog.) Pertaining to Aragon, or to its inhabitants.Ăr'a-go-nite, n. p. 70A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but harder, and crystallizing in prismatic forms. In pearly shells, the pearly part consists of aragonite, and the rest usually…Ar-āign'ee or Ar-āign', n. p. 70(Fort.) The branch, return, or gallery of a mine. Bailey.A-rāise', v. t. p. 70To raise. [Obs.] Shak.Ar'a-mā'ic, a. p. 70Pertaining to Aram, or to the inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramean.Ar'a-mē'an, a. p. 70Pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, who were descended from Aram, son of Shem, or to their language. [Written also Aramæan.]Ar'a-mē'an-ism, n. p. 70An idiom of the Aramæan language.Ar'a-nē'i-dans or Ar'a-nē'i-dēs, n. p. 70A family, or one of a family, of Arachnida, including the proper spiders. Wilson.Ar'a-nē'i-fōrm, a. p. 70Having the form of a spider. Kirby.A-rā'ne-oūs, a. p. 70Resembling a cobweb. Bailey. 2. Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See ARACH-NOID. Derham.A-răn'gō, n. p. 70A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes are used in the African slave trade, and imported from Bombay. Simmonds.A-rā'tion, n. p. 70Plowing. “Prepared for a second aration.” Johnson. Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are under tillage. Brande.Ăr'a-to-ry, a. p. 70Contributing to tillage.A-râu-cā'rē-a, n. p. 70(Bot.) A genus of conifers of the Pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The woody fiber differs from that of other conifers in having the dots in their outer…Ăr'au-cā'ri-an, a. p. 70Relating to, or of the nature of, the araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian. Dana.Ar'bal-est or Ar'bal-ist, n. p. 70(Antiq.) A cross-bow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and bent with a piece of iron. It served to throw bullets, darts, arrows, &c. [Written…Är'bal-īst'er, n. p. 70A cross-bowman. [Obs.] Speed.Är'bi-ter, n. p. 70(Law.) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties in controversy, to decide their differences. In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. 2. Any person who has the power of judging and…Ăr'bi-ter, v. t. p. 70To act as arbiter between; to judge. [Obs.] Hall.Ar'bi-tra-ble, a. p. 70Arbitrary; depending on the will. Spelman. 2. Determinable. Bp. Hall.Ar-bit'ra-ment, n. p. 70Will; determination; decision. “The arbitrament of time.” E. Everett. Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. W. Scott. 2. The award of arbitrators. Cowell.Är'bi-tra-ri-ly, adv. p. 70In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely. “To govern arbitrarily.” Dryden.Ăr'bi-tra-ri-ness, n. p. 70The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny; as, mere arbitrariness in the communicators. Bp. Hall.Är'bi-trā'ri-ōus, a. p. 70Arbitrary; despotic. [Obs.] “Arbitrarious dependence on any will or understanding.” Norris.