An arrant honest woman.
Burton.
Ar"rant*ly, adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.
Ar"ras (&?;), n. [From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread.
Cowper.
Behind the arras I'll convey myself.
Shak.
Ar"ras, v. t. To furnish with an arras. Chapman.
Ar`ras*ene" (&?;), n. [From Arras.] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
||Ar*ras"tre (&?;), n. [Sp.] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
Ar"ras*wise` (&?;), Ar"ras*ways`, adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris.] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.
Ar*raught" (&?;). [The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught.] Obtained; seized. Spenser.
Ar*ray" (&?;), n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reiði rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry.] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array.
Gibbon.
2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
Prescott.