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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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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.]Ar-tist'ic-al p. 79Pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art.Ar-tist'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 79In an artistic manner.Art'ist-ry, n. p. 79Works of art collectively. [Rare.]Art'ize, v. t. p. 79To make by art. [Obs.] Florio.Art'less, a. p. 79Wanting art, knowledge, or skill. 2. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or…Ărt'less-ly, adv. p. 79In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile. Pope.Art'less-ness, n. p. 79The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity; unaffectedness; ingenuousness.Art'ly, a. p. 79Characterized by, or performed with, art or skill; artful. [Obs.] “Their artly and pleasing relation.” Chapman.Är'/to-eär'/pe-oüs or Är'/to-eär'/poüs, a. p. 79Pertaining to the bread-fruit, or bread-fruit tree.Ăr'/to-eăr'pus, n. p. 79(Bot.) The bread fruit tree, a genus of plants belonging to the nat. ord. Urticaceæ, sub-order Artocarpeæ. Many species, some of which yield valuable timber, are found in the forests of Bengal and…Är'/to-tÿ'rîte, n. p. 79(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics, in the primitive church, who celebrated the eucharist with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men were not only of the fruit of the earth…Arts'-măn, n. p. 79A man skilled in an art or in arts. [Obs.] Bacon.Art-ūn'ion, n. p. 79An association for encouraging artists by the purchase of their works, which are usually distributed by lot to the members. Fairholt.A'rum, n. p. 79A name applied to certain plants growing in damp places, including the Calla, Taro, Indian turnip, &c. Gray.Ar·un·dēl'ian, a. p. 79Pertaining to Arundel; as, the Arundelian marbles, ancient stones, containing a chronological detail of the principal events of Greece, from Cecrops, who lived about 1582 years before Christ, to the…Ăr-un-dif'fer-oŭs, a. p. 79Producing reeds or canes. Blount.A-rŭn'/di-nā'ceoŭs, a. p. 79Pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.Ăr'/un dīn'e·oûs, a. p. 79Abounding with reeds.A-rŭs'pex, n. p. 79A soothsayer; an aruspice. Dryden.A-rŭs’pĭçe, n. p. 79A priest, in ancient Rome, whose business it was to inspect the entrails of victims killed in sacrifice, and by them to foretell future events or interpret the will of the gods.A-rŭs'pi·cy, n. p. 79Prognostication or divination by inspection of the entrails of beasts slain in sacrifice. The roguery Of old aruspicy and augury. Hudibras.Är'vel, n. p. 79A funeral. Grose.A-rȳt'e-noid, a. p. 79Shaped like a funnel or a ladle;—applied in anatomy to two small cartilages at the top of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, &c., connected with them. Dunglison.Ăs, conj. p. 79Like; similar to; of the same kind, or in the same manner, with; in the manner in which; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. 2. That…Ăs, n. p. 80A Roman weight of twelve ounces, answering to the libra or pound, equivalent to about 5204 grains Troy. Anthon. 2. A Roman coin, originally of a pound weight; but reduced, after the first Punic war…Ăs'a, n. p. 80An ancient name of a gum. Encyc.As'a-dōl'cis, n. p. 80Benzoin.As'a-fet'i-dā or As'a-fœt'i-dā, n. p. 80A fetid inspissated sap, from Persia and the East Indies. It is the concrete juice of a large umbelliferous plant, the Ferula asafetida, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.As'ar-a-bác'ca, n. p. 80(Bot.) The Asarum Europæum, the leaves and roots of which are emetic, and used in farriery. The powdered leaves form the basis of most cephalic snuffs. London.As'a-rōne, n. p. 80(Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum;—now called camphor of asarum.As-bĕs'tic, a. p. 80Of, or belonging to, asbestos; inconsumable; asbestine.As-bĕs'ti-fōrm, a. p. 80Having the structure of asbestus.As-bēs'tine, a. p. 80Pertaining to asbestos, or partaking of its nature and qualities; incombustible; asbestic.As-bēs'tin-ite, n. p. 80(Min.) The actinolite or strahlstein. Kirwan.As-bĕs'toūs, a. p. 80Same as ASBESTIC.As-bēs'tus or As-bēs'tos, n. p. 80(Min.) A variety of hornblende and pyroxene, occurring in long, delicate fibers, or fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white or gray color, but sometimes greenish or reddish. The finer varieties…As'bo-line, n. p. 80(Chem.) A peculiar acrid and bitter principle obtained from wood soot. Eng. Cyc.As'ca-ris, n. p. 80(Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms, having a cylindrical body tapering at the ends.As-cĕnd', v. i. p. 80To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise. Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. 2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects…As-cĕnd’, v. t. p. 80To go or move upward upon, to climb; as, to ascend a hill or ladder; to ascend a tree. “Ascend the rampart.” Cooper.