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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-roynt’, interj. p. 76Be gone; away. [Obs.] Aroynt thee, witch! the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.Ar-pĕg'gio, n. p. 76(Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, and not simultaneously.Ăr'pent, n. p. 76Formerly, a portion of land in France, ordinarily containing one hundred square roods or perches, each of 18 feet, or 900 square toises, equal to 4088 square yards, or nearly five sixths of an…Ar'pen-tā'tor, n. p. 76A measurer or surveyor of land. Bouvier.Är′pine, n. p. 76A certain portion of land; an arpent. “Master Of poor ten arpines of land.” Webster, 1623.Ar'quā-ted, a. p. 76Shaped like a bow; arcuate. [Rare.]Ār'que-bus-āde', n. p. 76A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, &c., applied to a bruise or wound;—so called because it was originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Part. 2. The…Är'que-bŭse, n. p. 76A sort of hand-gun; an old species of fire-arm, resembling a musket, and supported upon a forked rest when in use. Bardin. James.Är'que-bus-iēr', n. p. 76A soldier armed with an arquebuse. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. Lodge.Är'qui-foux, n. p. 76A kind of lead ore used by potters to give their wares a green varnish. McCulloch.Ar'rach, n. p. 76A plant; orrach.Ar'răck, n. p. 76A spirituous liquor manufactured in the East Indies from a great variety of substances; specifically, a spirituous liquor distilled from fermented rice, and from the sap of the cocoa palm.Ar'ra-go-nīte, n. p. 76See ARAGONITE, which is the true spelling.Ar-rāign', v. t. p. 76(Law.) (a.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone. (b.) (O. Eng. Law.) To set in order; to fit for trial; as, to…Ar-rāign', n. p. 76Arraignment; as, clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone.Ar-rāign'er, n. p. 76One who arraigns. Coleridge.Ar-rāign'ment, n. p. 76(Law.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint. 2. A calling in question for faults…Ar-rāi'ment, n. p. 76Clothes; garments; raiment. [Obs.] Beaumont.Ar-rāng'e, v. t. p. 76To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So [they] came to the market-place, and there he arranged his…Ar-rānge'ment, n. p. 76The act of arranging or putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition in suitable form. 2. The result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and…Ar-rān'ger, n. p. 76One who arranges.Ār'rant, a. p. 76In right earnest. [Obs.] “An errant honest woman.” Burton. 2. Notorious, in an ill sense; infamous; mere; vile; as, an errant rogue or coward. I discover an errant laziness in my soul. Fuller.Ār'rant-ly, adv. p. 76Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.Ār'ras, n. p. 76Tapestry; hangings woven with figures. Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.Ăr'ras, v. t. p. 76To furnish with an arras, or tapestry. [Obs.] “Curtained and arrased.” Chapman.A'rras, n. p. 76Same as ORRIS. Webster, 1623.Ar'ras-wīse, adv. p. 76Placed in such a position as to exhibit its top and two of its sides; — said of any object of a square form. Encyc. Brit.Ar-raught', a. p. 76Seized by violence. Spenser.Ar-rāy',, n. p. 76Order; disposition in regular lines; hence, a posture for fighting; as, drawn up in battle array. “Wedged together in the closest array.” Gibbon. 2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an…Ar-rāy’, v. t. p. 76To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle-blade. Campbell. 2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to clothe; to…Ar-rāy', v. t. p. 76To harass; to frighten; to terrify. [Very rare.] I would gladly know who has dared to array the poor knave thus. W. Scott.Ar-rāy'er, n. p. 76One who arrays. In some early English statutes, an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.Ar-rear', adv. p. 76Behind, at the hinder part. [Obs.] To leave with speed Atalanta swift, arrear. Spenser.Ar-rēar', n. p. 76That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday’s arrear. Cowper. It is generally used in the plural, as, the arrears of…Ar-rēar'age, n. p. 76Any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part; arrears. “The old arrearages . . . being defrayed.” Howell. ☞ A person may be in arrear for the whole amount of a debt; but…Ar-rēar'ançe, n. p. 76The same as ARREAR. [Obs.]Ar-rēct' or Ar-rēct'ed, a. p. 76Lifted up; raised; erect. 2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.] God speaks not to the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smallridge.Ar-rĕct'a-ry, n. p. 76An upright beam or post, as opposed to one that is transverse. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ar'ren-tā'tion, n. p. 76(O. Eng. Law.) A licensing the owner of land in a forest to inclose it under a yearly rent. (Cowell.)Ar-rĕp'tion, n. p. 76The act of taking away. [Obs.] “This arreption was sudden.” Bp. Hall.Ăr'rep-tĭ'tious, a. p. 76Snatched away; seized or possessed; — applied to a demoniac; and hence, irrational, insane. [Obs.] “Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances.” Howell. 2. [Lat. ad and repere, to creep, q. v.] Crept…Ar-rēst’, v. t. p. 76To obstruct; to stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips. 2.…Ar-rĕst', v. i. p. 77To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] Spenser.Ar-rĕst’, n. p. 77A stop, hinderance, or restraint. [Obs.] “As the arrest of the air showeth.” Bacon. 2. (Law.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law. ☞— An arrest may be made by seizing or…Arrest of judgment p. 77the staying or stopping of a judgment after verdict for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.Ar′res-tā′tion, n. p. 77The act of arresting; an arrest or seizure. [Rare.] The arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.Ar'res-tee', n. p. 77(Scots Law.) The person in whose hands the movables of another, or a debt due to another, are arrested by the creditor of the latter by the process of arrestment. Burrill.Ar-rĕst'er, n. p. 77Ar-rĕst'or p. 77One who arrests. 2. (Scots Law.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.Ar-rēst′ment, n. p. 77(Scots Law.) (a.) The securing of a criminal until he undergoes trial, or finds caution or bail, or the securing of a debtor until he gives security. (b.) The attachment, by a creditor, of the…Ar-rêt', n. p. 77(Fr. Law.) (a.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or of parliament; — applied more particularly to the judgments and decisions of the higher courts and tribunals, as the imperial courts, and…Ar-rēt’, v. t. p. 77To assign; to allot; to decree; to appoint. [Obs.] Spencer.Ar'rha-phōs'tic, a. p. 77Made of leather without a seam. [Rare.] Clarke.Ar'rhythm-y, n. p. 77A want or deficiency of rhythm. Heyse.Ar-rīde', v. t. p. 77To laugh at or with; to smile at or upon. 2. To please well; to gratify. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering…Ar-ri-ère', n. p. 77The last body of an army; now called rear.Ar-riēre'-bān, n. p. 77A proclamation of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war. 2. The assembly of such vassals. Arriere-fee, or…Ar′ris, n. p. 77(Arch.) The edge formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved;—applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric…Arris-fillet or Arris-gutter p. 77a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. — Arris-gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.Ar-ris'ion, n. p. 77Act of smiling. [Obs.] Blount.