This most solemn and arresting occurrence.
J. H. Newman.
ArÏrest¶ive (?), a. Tending to arrest.
McCosh.
ArÏrest¶ment , n. [OF. arrestement.] 1. (Scots Law) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
2. A stoppage or check.
Darwin.
Ø ArÏrˆt (?), n. [F. See Arrest, n.] (F. Law) (a) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign. (b) An arrest; a legal seizure.
ArÏret¶ (?), v. t. Same as Aret. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Ar·rhaÏphos¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? to sew together.] Seamless. [R.]
ArÏrhi¶zal (?), ArÏrhi¶zous (?), } a. [Gr. ? not rooted; ? priv. + ? a root.] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
ArÏrhyth¶mic (?), ArÏrhyth¶mous (?), } a. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? rhythm.] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
Ar¶rhytÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? rhythm.] Want of rhythm. [R.]
ArÏride¶ (?), v. t. [L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.] To please; to gratify. [Archaic]
B. Jonson.
Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning.
Lamb.
ArÏriere¶ (?), n. [F. arriŠre. See Arrear.] ½That which is behind¸; the rear; Ð chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
÷ fee, ÷ fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. Ð ÷ vassal, the vassal of a vassal.
ArÏriere¶Ðban· (?), n. [F., fr. OE. arban, heriban, fr. OHG. hariban, heriban, G. heerbann, the calling together of an army; OHG. heri an army + ban a public call or order. The French have misunderstood their old word, and have changed it into arriŠreÐban, though arriŠre has no connection with its proper meaning. See Ban, Abandon.] A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
Ar¶ris (?), n. [OF. areste, F. arˆte, fr. L. arista the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish.] (Arch.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; Ð applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
P. Cyc.
÷ fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. Ð ÷ gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.
Ar¶rish (?), n. [See Eddish.] The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [Eng.] [Written also arish, ersh, etc.]
The moment we entered the stubble or arrish.
Blackw. Mag.
Ar¶risÏwise· (?), adv. Diagonally laid, as ??es; ridgewise.
ArÏriv¶al (?), n. [From Arrive.] 1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival.
Dryden.
2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
Another arrival still more important was speedily announced.
Macaulay.
4. An approach. [Obs.]
The house has a corner arrival.
H. Walpole.
ArÏriv¶ance (?), n. Arrival. [Obs.]
Shak.
ArÏrive¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Arrived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Arriving.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.] 1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; Ð followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. ½Arrived in Padua.¸
Shak.
[’neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived... and landed in the country of Laurentum.
Holland.
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich.
Macaulay.
2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
To ~ at, or attain to.
When he arrived at manhood.
Rogers.
We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts.
McCosh.
If at great things thou wouldst arrive.
Milton.
3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
Waller.
ArÏrive¶, v. t. 1. To bring to shore. [Obs.]
And made the seaÐtrod ship arrive them.
Chapman.
2. To reach; to come to. [Archaic]
Ere he arrive the happy isle.
Milton.
Ere we could arrive the point proposed.
Shak.
Arrive at last the blessed goal.
Tennyson.
ArÏrive¶, n. Arrival. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
How should I joy of thy arrive to hear!
Drayton.
ArÏriv¶er (?), n. One who arrives.
Ø ArÏro¶ba (?), n. [Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, arÐrubu, a fourth part.] 1. A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America ? 25736 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil ? 32738 lbs. avoir.
2. A Spanish liquid measure for wine ? 3754 imp. gallons, and for oil ? 2.78 imp. gallons.
Ar¶roÏgance (?), n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; selfÐassumption; presumption.
i hate not you for her proud arrogance.
Shak.
Syn. - Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See Haughtiness.
Ar¶roÏganÏcy (?), n. Arrogance.
Shak.
Ar¶roÏgant (?), a. [F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See Arrogate.] 1. Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; Ð applied to persons.
Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate.
Shak.
2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or selfÐimportance; Ð applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
Syn. - Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See Magisterial.
Ar¶roÏgantÏly, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or selfÐimportance.
Ar¶roÏgantÏness, n. Arrogance. [R.]
Ar¶roÏgate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrogated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Arrogating (?).] [L. arrogatus, p. p. of adrogare, arrogare, to ask, appropriate to one's self; ad + rogare to ask. See Rogation.] To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine.
Macaulay.
Ar·roÏga¶tion (?), n. [L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. Adrogation.] 1. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
Hall.
2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
Ar¶roÏgaÏtive (?), a. Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.]
Dr. H. More.
Ø Ar·ron·disse·ment¶ (?), n. [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.] A subdivision of a department. [France]
µ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
ArÏrose¶ (?), v. t. [F. arroser.] To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.]
The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you.
Two N. Kins.
ArÏro¶sion (?), n. [L. arrodere, arrosum, to gnaw: cf. F. arrosion.] A gnawing. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Ar¶row (?), n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ”r, ”rvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
Broad ~. (a) An ~ with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.
Ar¶row grass· (?), n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
Ar¶rowÏhead· (?), n. 1. The head of an arrow.
2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, Ð named from the shape of the leaves.
Ar¶rowÏhead·ed, a. Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform.
÷ characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; Ð hence called also nailÐheaded, wedgeÐformed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.
Ar¶rowÏroot· (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
Ar¶rowÏwood· (?), n. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; Ð so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
Ar¶rowÏworm· , n. (Zo”l.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
Ar¶rowÏy (?), a. 1. Consisting of arrows.
How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers.
Milton.
2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. ½His arrowy tongue.¸
Cowper.
By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone.
Byron.
With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities.
Carlyle.
Ø ArÏroy¶o (?), n.; pl Arroyos (?). [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. ? river, stream, fr. ? to flow.] 1. A water course; a rivulet.
2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]
Ø Ar¶schin (?), n. See Arshine.
Arse , n. [AS. ears; ‘rs; akin to OHG. ars. G. arsch, D. aars, Sw. ars, Dan. arts, Gr. ? (cf. ? tail).] The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
Ar¶seÏnal , n. [Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. d¾r?in¾'a house of industry or fabrication; d¾r house + ?in¾ art, industry.] A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
Ar¶seÏnate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of arsenic acid.
ArÏse¶niÏate , n. See Arsenate. [R.]
Ar¶seÏnic (?; 277), n. [L. arsenicum, Gr. ?, ?, yellow orpiment, perh. fr. ? or better Attic ? masculine, ? male, on account of its strength, or fr. Per. zernÆkh: cf. F. arsenic.] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steelÐgray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 3560 Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight. Symbol As.
2. (Com.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; Ð called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
ArÏsen¶ic , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ~; Ð said of those compounds of ~ in which this element hat its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
ArÏsen¶icÏal , a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
~ silver, an ore of silver containing arsenic.
ArÏsen¶iÏcate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arsenicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Arsenicating.] To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
ArÏsen¶iÏcism , n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
Ar¶senÏide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; Ð formerly called arseniuret.
Ar·senÏif¶erÏous (?), a. [Arsenic + Ïferous.] Containing or producing arsenic.
ArÏse¶niÏous (?), a. [Cf. F. ars‚nieux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.
Ar¶senÏite (?), n. [Cf. F. ars‚nite.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
Ar·seÏni¶uÏret (?), n. (Chem.) See Arsenide.
Ar·seÏni¶uÏret·ed, a.ÿ(Chem.) Combined with arsenic; Ð said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]
Ar·senÏoÏpyr¶ite (?), n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.) A mineral of a tinÐwhite color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; Ð also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
Arse¶smart (?), n. Smartweed; water pepper.
Dr. Prior.
Ø Ar¶shine (?), n. [Russ. arshin, of TurkishÐTartar origin; Turk. arshin, arsh?n, ell, yard.] A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Ar¶sine (?), n. [From Arsenic.] (Chem.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having and odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
Ø Ar¶sis (?), n. [L. arsis, Gr. ? a raising or lifting, an elevation of the voice, fr. ? to raise or apprehension; originally and properly it denotes the lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.] 1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
µ It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.
2. (Mus.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; Ð opposed to thesis.
Moore.
Ars·met¶rike (?), n. [An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art.] Arithmetic. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ar¶son (?; 277), n. [OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn.] (Law) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.
Wharton.
µ The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of ~ has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of ~ have been established, with corresponding punishment.
Burrill.
Art (?). The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending Ït, as in thou shalt, witt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
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Art (?), n. [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat, article.] 1. The 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 grace of nature and of art.
Pope.
2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; Ð often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Science is systematized knowledge... Art is knowledge made efficient skill.
J. F. Genung.
3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea.
Addison.
4. The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
5. pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts.
Pope.
Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation.
Goldsmith.
6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic]
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Pope.
7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
8. Skillful plan; device.
They employed every art to soothe... the discontented warriors.
Macaulay.
9. Cunning; artifice; craft.
Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
Shak.
Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength.
Crabb.
10 To black art; magic. [Obs.]
Shak.
÷ and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.
µ The arts are divided into various classes. The useful, mechanical, or industrial arts are those in which the hands and body are concerned than the mind; as in making clothes and utensils. These are called trades. The fine arts are those which have primarily to do with imagination taste, and are applied to the production of what is beautiful. They include poetry, music, painting, engraving, sculpture, and architecture; but the term is often confined to painting, sculpture, and architecture. The liberal arts (artes liberales, the higher arts, which, among the Romans, only freemen were permitted to pursue) were, in the Middle Ages, these seven branches of learning, Ð grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. In modern times the liberal arts include the sciences, philosophy, history, etc., which compose the course of academical or collegiate education. Hence, degrees in the arts; master and bachelor of arts.
In America, literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity.
Irving.
Syn. - Science; literature; aptitude; readiness; skill; dexterity; adroitness; contrivance; profession; business; trade; calling; cunning; artifice; duplicity. See Science.
Ø ArÏte¶miÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, a Greek goddess.] (Zo”l.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
Ar·teÏmi¶siÏa (?), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
ArÏte¶riÏac (?), a. [L. arteriacus, Gr. ?. See Artery.] Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
ArÏte¶riÏal (?), a. [Cf. F. art‚riel.] 1. Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
2. Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
÷ blood, blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.
ArÏte·riÏalÏiÏza¶tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; Ð called also a‰ration and hematosis.
ArÏte¶riÏalÏize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arterialized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arterializing.] To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
ArÏte·riÏog¶raÏphy , n. [Gr. ? + Ïgraphy.] A systematic description of the arteries.
ArÏte¶riÏole (?), n. [NL. arteriola, dim. of L. arteria: cf. F. art‚riole.] A small artery.
ArÏte·riÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? + Ïlogy.] That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.
ArÏte·riÏot¶oÏmy (?), n. [L. arteriotomia, Gr. ?; ? + ? a cutting.] 1. (Med.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
2. That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
Ø Ar·teÏri¶tis (?), n. [Artery + Ïetis.] Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
Dunglison.
Ar¶terÏy (?), n.; pl. Arteries (?). [L. arteria windpipe, artery, Gr. ?.] 1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] ½Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach.¸
Holland.
2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
µ In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
ArÏte¶sian (?), a. [F. art‚sien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.] Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
÷ wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.
Art¶ful (?), a. [From Art.] 1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] ½Artful strains.¸ ½Artful terms.¸
Milton.
2. Artificial; imitative.
Addison.
3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
Dryden.
4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
Pope.
The artful revenge of various animals.
Darwin.
Syn. - Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning.
Art¶fulÏly, adv. In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
Art¶fulÏness, n. The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
Ar¶then (?), a. Same as Earthen. [Obs.] ½An arthen pot.¸
Holland.
ArÏthrit¶ic (?), ArÏthrit¶icÏal (?), } a. [L. arthriticus, Gr. ?. See Arthritis.] 1. Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2. Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty.
Cowper.
Ø ArÏthri¶tis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ? (as if fem. of ? belonging to the joints, sc. ? disease) gout, fr. ? a joint.] (Med.) Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.
Ar¶throÏderm (?), n. [Gr. ? joint + 'derm.] (Zo”l.) The external covering of an Arthropod.
Ø ArÏthro¶diÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? well articulated; ? a joint + ? shape.] (Anat.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.
ArÏthro¶diÏal (?), ArÏthrod¶ic (?), } a. Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
Ø Ar·throÏdyn¶iÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + ?? pain.] (Med.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
Ar·throÏdyn¶ic , a. Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.
Ø Ar·throÏgas¶tra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + ? stomach.] (Zo”l.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
ArÏthrog¶raÏphy (?), n. [Gr. ? joint + Ïgraphy.] The description of joints.
ArÏthrol¶oÏgy , n. [Gr. ? joint + Ïlogy.] That part of anatomy which treats of joints.
Ar¶throÏmere (?), n. [Gr. ? joint + Ïmere.] (Zo”l.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
Packard.
Ø Ar·throÏpleu¶ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + ? the side.] (Zo”l.) The side or limbÐbearing portion of an arthromere.
Ar¶throÏpod (?), n (Zo”l.) One of the Arthropoda.
Ø ArÏthrop¶oÏda (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + Ïpoda.] (Zo”l.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. Ð ArÏthrop¶oÏdal (?), a.
Ø Ar·throÏpom¶aÏta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + ? lid.] (Zo”l.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
Ø ArÏthro¶sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? joint.] (Anat.) Articulation.
Ø ArÏthros¶traÏca , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? joint + ? a shell.] (Zo”l.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.
Ar·throÏzo¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? joint + ? animal, fr. ? an animal.] (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.
Ar¶tiÏad (?), a. [Gr. ? even, fr. ? exactly.] (Chem.) Even; not odd; Ð said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.
Ar¶tiÏchoke (?), n. [It. articioc?o, perh. corrupted fr. the same word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. alÐharshaf, alÐkharsh?f.] (Bot.) 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
2. See Jerusalem artichoke.
Ar¶tiÏcle (?), n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. ?, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art, n.] 1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.]
A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding.
Addison.
This last article will hardly be believed.
De Foe.
4. A distinct part. ½Upon each article of human duty.¸ Paley. ½Each article of time.¸ Habington.
The articles which compose the blood.
E. Darwin.
5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food.
Landor.
6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic]
This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
Evelyn.
7. (Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
8. (Zo”l.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. Ð Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. Ð Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. Ð In the ~ of death [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. Ð Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. Ð The ThirtyÐnine Articles, statements (thirtyÐnine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.
Ar¶tiÏcle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Articled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Articling (?).] [Cf. F. articuler, fr. L. articulare. See Article, n., Articulate.] 1. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
Jer. Taylor.
2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.
Stat. 33 Geo. III.
3. To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
Ar¶tiÏcle, v. i. To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [R.]
Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.
Selden.
Ar¶tiÏcled (?), a. Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.
ArÏtic¶uÏlar (?), a. [L. articularis: cf. F. articulaire. See Article, n.] Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
ArÏtic¶uÏlar (?), ArÏtic¶uÏlaÏry (?), } n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
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