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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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Ar'i-e-tā'tion, n. p. 74The act of butting as a ram. [Obs.] 2. The act of battering with a battering ram; the act of using a battering ram. [Obs.] Bacon. 3. Act of striking or conflicting. [Obs.] Glanville.Ar'i-ĕt'ta or Ar'i-ette', n. p. 74(Mus.) A little aria, or air. She hastened to beseech their attention unto a military ariette. W. Scott.A-right', adv. p. 74Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.A-right', n. p. 74Justice, or an act of justice. [Obs.] When they had seen and heard her doom arights Against Duessa. Spenser.Ar'il or A-ril'lus, n. p. 74(Bot.) An exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water-lily: the mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.Ar′il-lāte, a. p. 74Hav-Ar'il-lā'ted p. 74Having an exterior covering or aril.Ar'i-mā or Ar'i-man, n. p. 74(Myth.) See AHRIMAN.Ar'i-o-lā'tion, n. p. 74A soothsaying; a foretelling. Browne.Ar'i-ōse, a. p. 74Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel: vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.A-rīse’, v. i. p. 74A-S. arisan, Goth. reisan, urreisan, Icel. rísa, D. rijzen. Cf. Ger. reisen, to start, to travel. Icel. reisa. See RISE. 1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to…A-rīse’, n. p. 74The act of rising, or getting up. [Obs. or poet.] Drayton.A-ris'tā, n. p. 74(Bot.) The awn; the pointed beard which issues from the husk or scaly flower-cup of the grasses, called the glume. Lindley.Ār'is-tärch, n. p. 74A severe critic. Knowles.Ar'is-tärch'i-an, a. p. 74Severely critical, like the ancient critic Aristarchus.Ar'is-tär'chy, n. p. 74A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men. [Obs.]A-ris'tate, a. p. 74(Bot.) Having a pointed, beard-like process, as the glumes of wheat. Gray.Ar'is-tōc'ra-cy, n. p. 74A governing body composed of the best men in the state. [Obs. and very rare.] If the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson. 2. A form of…A-ris’to-crāt or Ār’is-to-crāt, n. p. 74One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice. Burke. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly, 1792. A born aristocrat, bred radical. E. B. Browning. 2. One who is…Ar'is-to-crāt'ic, a. p. 74[Gr. ἀριστοκρατικός, Fr.Ar'is-to-crāt'ic-al p. 74aristocratique. See supra. 1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; as, an aristocratic…Ar'is-to-crāt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 74In an aristocratical manner.Ăr'is-to-crăt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 74The quality of being aristocratical.A-ris'to-crāt-ism or Ar'is-to-crāt'ism, n. p. 74The principles of aristocrats. Romilly.Ar'is-tŏc'ra-ty, n. p. 74Same as ARISTOCRACY. [Obs.]Ar'is-tōl'ō-gy, n. p. 74The science of dinners. Quart. Rev.Ar'is-to-phān'ic, a. p. 74Pertaining to Aristophanes.Ar'is-to-tē'lĭ-an, a. p. 74Pertaining to Aristotle, a celebrated philosopher, who was born at Stagira, in Macedon, about 384 years before Christ; as, the Aristotelian philosophy.Ar'is-to-tē'li-an, n. p. 74A follower of Aristotle, who was a disciple of Plato, and founded the sect of Peripatetics. See PERIPATETIC.Ar’is-to-tē’li-an-ism, n. p. 74The philosophy or doctrines of Aristotle.Ăr'is-to-tĕl'ic, a. p. 74Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. “Aristotelic usage.” Sir W. Hamilton.A-ris'tu-late, a. p. 74(Bot.) Having a short beard or awn. Gray.Ăr’ith-măn’cy or Ă-rĭth’man-cy, n. p. 74Divination, or the foretelling of future events, by the use or observation of numbers.A-rith'me-tĭc, n. p. 74(Math.) The science of numbers, or the art of computation by figures.Ar'ith-met'ic-al, a. p. 74Pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See LOGARITHM. — Arithmetical mean. See MEAN. — Arithmetical progression. See…Ār'ith-mĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 74In an arithmetical manner; conformably to the rules, principles, or method of arithmetic.A-rĭth'me-tĭ'cian, n. p. 74One skilled in arithmetic, or versed in the science of numbers.Ärk, n. p. 74A small, close vessel, chest, or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews. 2. The large, floating vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved…Ärk'īte, a. p. 74Belonging to the ark. [Rare.] Faber.Ärles, n. pl. p. 74Money paid to bind a bargain; an earnest. Arles-penny, earnest money given to servants. Kelsey.Arm, n. p. 74The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand. 2. Any thing resembling an arm; as, (a.) The branch of a tree. (b.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from…Ärm, v. t. p. 74To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense. Abraham armed his trained servants. Gen. xiv. 14. 2. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or…Ärm, v. i. p. 74To be provided with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. “'Tis time to arm.” Shak.Ar-mā/dā, n. p. 74A fleet of armed ships; a squadron; specifically, the Spanish fleet intended to act against England, A. D. 1588.Är'ma-dil'lo, n. p. 75(Zoöl.) (a.) An edentate animal of the genus Dasypus, peculiar to South America, and having the body encased in an armor composed of small bony plates. It burrows in the earth, where it lies during…Ar-mā'do, n. p. 75Same as ARMADA.Är'ma-ment, n. p. 75A body of forces equipped for war;—used of a land or naval force. “The whole united armament of Greece.” Glover. 2. (Mil.) All arrangements made for the defense of a fortification with musketry and…Är'ma-mĕnt'a-ry, n. p. 75An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [Rare.]Är'ma-türe, n. p. 75Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body. Raj. 2. (Magnetism.) A piece of iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the…Ărm'-châir, n. p. 75A chair with arms to support the elbows.Ärmed, p. a. p. 75Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. “An armed host.” Dryden. 2. Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. 3.…Ar-mē'ni-an, n. p. 75(Geog.) A native of Armenia, or the language of the country. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Eutyches, who maintained that the human nature of Christ was swallowed up in the divine. Hoole.Ar-mē'ni-an, a. p. 75(Geog.) Pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a species of clay from Armenia. See BOLE. — Armenian stone, a variety of the blue carbonate of copper, brought from Armenia, once esteemed as a cordial…Ar-mĕn'tal or Ar-mĕn'tine, a. p. 75Belonging to a drove or herd of cattle. [Obs.] Bailey.Är'men-tōse', a. p. 75Abounding in herds of cattle. [Obs.] Bailey.Ärm'et, n. p. 75A helmet or headpiece much in use in the 16th century, and worn with or without the beaver. Southey.Ärm'ful, n. p. 75As much as the arms can hold.Arm'gäunt, a. p. 75Worn by military service. “An armgaunt steed.” Shak. ☞ This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Some have supposed the meaning to be lean with poverty; some lean-shouldered; others, slender as one's…Ärm'-grēt, a. p. 75Great as a man's arm. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ärm'hōle, n. p. 75The cavity under the shoulder; armpit. Bacon. 2. A hole for the arm in a garment.