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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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Ār'son, n. p. 78(Law.) The malicious burning of a dwelling-house or out-house of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of buildings and ships. Wharton. ☞ The definition…Ärt p. 78The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb to be; but from were, Sw. vara, Dan. være. See ARE.Ärt, n. p. 78The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes. Blest with each…Ăr'te-mĭs'ĭ-a, n. p. 78(Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these the A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known. Loudon.Ar-tē'ri-ae, a. p. 78Same as ARTERIAL.Ar-tĕ’ri-æ, n. p. 78(Med.) A medicine used in diseases of the windpipe. Dunglison.Ar-tē'ri-al, a. p. 78Pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action. 2. Contained in an artery; as, arterial blood. 3. Pertaining to important streams and water-courses, as having a resemblance to…Ar-tē'ri-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 78The process of communicating to venous blood the qualities of arterial blood during its passage through the lungs; called also aëration and hematosis. Carpenter.Ar-tē'ri-al-ize, v. t. p. 78To communicate the qualities of arterial blood to; to make arterial.Ār-tē′ri-ŏg′ra-phy, n. p. 78Same as ARTERIOLOGY.Ar-tē'rī-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 78A treatise or discourse on the arteries.Ar-tē'rĭ-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 78(Anat.) (a.) The opening of an artery by a lancet, or other instrument, for the purpose of letting blood. (b.) That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.Ar'te-rī'tis, n. p. 78Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.Ar'ter-y, n. p. 78The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach. Holland. 2. One of the vessels or tubes which convey the blood from the heart to all parts of the body. 3.…Är-tē'sian, a. p. 78Pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. Artésian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously…Art'ful, a. p. 78Made, performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. “Artful strains.” “Artful terms.” Milton. 2. Using or exhibiting art or skill. “Too artful a writer.” Dryden. 3. Cunning; practicing art or…Ärt'ful-ly, adv. p. 78In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dextrously; craftily.Art'ful-ness, n. p. 78Art; craft; cunning; address.Är'then, a. p. 78Same as EARTHEN. [Obs.] “An arthen pot.” Holland.Ar-thrit'ic or Ar-thrit'ic-al, a. p. 78Pertaining to the joints; affecting the joints. 2. Pertaining to the gout; gouty. “Pangs arthritic.” Cooper.Ar-thrĭ'tis, n. p. 78(Med.) Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout, an hereditary, intermitting disease, usually affecting the small joints, sometimes the stomach.Ar-thrō'di-a, n. p. 78(Anat.) A species of articulation, in which the head of one bone is received into the shallow socket of another; as that of the humerus into the glenoid cavity of the scapula. See ARTICULATION.Ar-thrō'di-al, a. p. 78(Osteology.) Having reference to a joint made of a ball at the extremity of a bone, acting in a hollow cup.Ar-thrŏd'ic, a. p. 78Relating to arthrodia.Ar-thro-dyn'i-a, n. p. 78(Med.) Pain in the joints; chronic rheumatism. Dunglison.Är/thro-dyn'ic, a. p. 78Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic. Brande.Ar-thrōl'o-gy, n. p. 78A description of the joints. Dunglison.Ar-thrŏp'o-dă, n. pl. p. 78(Zoöl.) Animals having jointed bodies and appendages; the same as the Articulata.Ar-thrō'gi-ā, n. p. 78(Med.) Severely painful inflammation, mostly confined to the joints, as rheumatism and gout. Dunglison.Ar'ti-chōke, n. p. 78(Bot.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly calyx. The head is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a…Är'ti-cle, n. p. 78A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; hence, a clause in a contract, account…Ăr'ti-cle, v. t. p. 78To draw up in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. “If all his errors and follies were articled against him.” Bp. Taylor. 2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles. He shall be…Är'ti-cle, v. i. p. 78To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain. “Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.” Seldon.Ar-tic'ŭ-lar, a. p. 78Belonging to the joints; as, the gout is an articular disease. 2. Serving for a joint; as, an articular process.Ar-tic'u-lar-ly, adv. p. 78In an articular or an articulate manner. [Obs.]Ar-tĭc'ū-lā'tă, n. pl. p. 78See ARTICULATE, n.Ar-tic'u-late, a. p. 78Expressed in articles, or in separate items or particulars. [Obs. or rare.] Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlisle. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Jointed; formed with joints; as, an articulate…Ar-tĭc'ū-late, n. p. 78(Zoöl.) An animal of the second sub-kingdom, which includes invertebrates, having the body and members jointed. See ANIMAL KINGDOM. ☞ There are five classes of articulates, belonging to two…Är-tĭc'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 78To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; as, to articulate distinctly.Ar-tĭc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 79To joint; to unite by means of a joint. 2. To draw up or write in separate particulars. [Obs.] “These things, indeed, you have articulated.” Shak. 3. To express plainly or distinctly. [Rare.] Luther…Ar·tic'ū-late-ly, adv. p. 79Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. 2. With distinct utterance of syllables or words.Ar·tic'ū-late-ness, n. p. 79The quality of being articulate.Ar·tic'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 79(Anat.) The joining or juncture of the bones of a skeleton. This is of three kinds: 1st, diarthrosis, or a movable connection, including enarthrosis, or the ball-and-socket joint; arthrodia, which is…Ar-tic'ū-la-tive, a. p. 79Pertaining to articulation. Rush.Ar-tic'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 79One who articulates; as, he isÄr'ti-fice, n. p. 79Artful or skillful contrivance; an artful or ingenious device, in a good or a bad sense. In a bad sense, it corresponds with trick or fraud. “The skill of artifice or office mean.” Milton. The…Ăr·tĭf'ĭ·cer, n. p. 79An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith or saddler. 2. One who makes or contrives; an inventor. “Artificer of…Ăr′ti-fĭ′cial, a. p. 79Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet; artificial gems, salts, or minerals. Artificial strife Lives in…Är'ti-fi-ci-äl'i-ty, n. p. 79The quality of being artificial; appearance of art. Sherstone.Ăr'ti-fi'cial-ly, adv. p. 79In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance; hence, with good contrivance; with art or ingenuity; artfully. “The spider’s web, finely and artificially wrought.” Tillotson. Sharp…Ăr'ti-fi'cial-ness, n. p. 79The quality of being artificial.Är'ti-fi'cious, a. p. 79Same as ARTIFICIAL. [Obs.] Johnson.Art'i-lize, v. t. p. 79To give an appearance of art to; to make to seem artificial. [Rare.] If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize art instead of artizing nature. Bolingbroke.Ar-tĭl′ler-ist, n. p. 79A person skilled in gunnery; one of the men in an army who manage the artillery.Ar-tĭl'ler-y, n. p. 79Offensive weapons of war; missiles used in warfare, as bows and arrows. And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad. 1 Sam. xx. 40. 2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers…Är-tĭl'le-ry-măn, n. p. 79A man who manages, or assists in managing, large guns in firing.Är'/tĭ-san, n. p. 79One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.] Contrive me, artisan, a bowl Of silver, ample as my soul. Fawkes. 2. One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art, mystery…Art'ist, n. p. 79One who is skilled in the practice of some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the artists and reward their haste. Waller. 2. One who…är-tiste’, n. p. 79One who is peculiarly dextrous and tasteful in almost any art, as an opera dancer, and even a hair-dresser or a cook. ☞— This term should not be confounded with the English word artist, which is used…Ar-tist'ic p. 79(a. [Fr. artistique, from artiste.]