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Arresting (ărrĕstĭng), a. Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
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This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.
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Arrestive (-ĭv), a. Tending to arrest. McCosh.
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Arrestment, 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.
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2. A stoppage or check. Darwin.
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Arrêt (�), n. [F. See , 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.
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Arret (�), v. t. Same as . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Arrha (?), n.; pl. Arrhæ (#). [L. Cf. .] (Law) Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.
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Arrhaphostic (�), a. [Gr. �; 'a priv. + � to sew together.] Seamless. [R.]
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{ Arrhizal (�), Arrhizous (�), } a. [Gr. � not rooted; 'a priv. + � a root.] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
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{ Arrhythmic (�), Arrhythmous (�), } a. [Gr. �; 'a priv. + � rhythm.] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
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Arrhytmy (�), n. [Gr. �; 'a priv. + � rhythm.] Want of rhythm. [R.]
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Arride (�), v. t. [L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.] To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson.
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Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.
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Arriere (�), n. [F. arrière. See .] “That which is behind”; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
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Coloq. Arriere fee , Coloq. Arriere fief , a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Coloq. Arriere vassal , the vassal of a vassal.
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Arriere-ban (�), 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 arrière-ban, though arrière has no connection with its proper meaning. See , .] 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.
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Arris (�), n. [OF. areste, F. arête, 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; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc.
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Coloq. Arris 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. -- Coloq. Arris gutter , a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.
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Arrish (�), n. [See .] The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [Eng.] [Written also arish, ersh, etc.]
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The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag.
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Arriswise (�), adv. Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.
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Arrival (�), n. [From .] 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.
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Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival. Dryden.
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2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
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3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
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Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.
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4. An approach. [Obs.]
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The house has a corner arrival. H. Walpole.
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Arrivance (�), n. Arrival. [Obs.] Shak.
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Arrive (�), 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. .] 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; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. “Arrived in Padua.” Shak.
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[Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. Holland.
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay.
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2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
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Coloq. To arrive at , or attain to.
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When he arrived at manhood. Rogers.
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We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh.
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If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Milton.
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3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
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Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.
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Arrive, v. t. 1. To bring to shore. [Obs.]
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And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. Chapman.
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2. To reach; to come to. [Archaic]
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Ere he arrive the happy isle. Milton.
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Ere we could arrive the point proposed. Shak.
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Arrive at last the blessed goal. Tennyson.
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Arrive, n. Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.
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Arriver (�), n. One who arrives.
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arriving adj. prenom. directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.
Syn. -- inbound, inward.
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Arroba (�), n. [Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, a fourth part.] 1. A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.
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2. A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
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Arrogance (�), n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See .] 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; self-assumption; presumption.
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I hate not you for her proud arrogance. Shak.
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Syn. -- Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See .
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Arrogancy (�), n. Arrogance. Shak.
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Arrogant (�), a. [F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See .] 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; -- applied to persons.
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Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.
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2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
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Syn. -- Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See .
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Arrogantly, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
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Arrogantness, n. Arrogance. [R.]
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Arrogate (�), 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 .] 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.
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He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.
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Arrogation (�), n. [L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. .] 1. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall.
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2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
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Arrogative (�), a. Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Arrondissement (�), n. [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.] A subdivision of a department. [France]
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☞ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
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Arrose (�), v. t. [F. arroser.] To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.]
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The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. Two N. Kins.
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Arrosion (�), n. [L. arrodere, arrosum, to gnaw: cf. F. arrosion.] A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Arrow (�), n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. .] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
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Coloq. Broad arrow . (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.
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Arrow grass (�), n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
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Arrowhead arrow-head (�), n. 1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.
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2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.
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Arrowheaded, a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
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Coloq. Arrowheaded characters , characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, 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 .
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Arrowroot (�), n. 1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
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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.
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arrow-shaped adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform.
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arrow-wood n. 1. any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.
Syn. -- arrow wood.
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Arrowwood (�), n. 1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.
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Arrowworm, n. (Zoöl.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See .
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Arrowy (�), a. 1. Consisting of arrows.
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How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton.
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2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. “His arrowy tongue.” Cowper.
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By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron.
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With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle.
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Arroyo (�), n.; pl. Arroyos (�). [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. � river, stream, fr. � to flow.] 1. A water course; a rivulet.
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2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]
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Arschin (�), n. See .
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Arse (ärs), n. [AS. ears; ærs; akin to OHG. ars. G. arsch, D. aars, Sw. ars, Dan. arts, Gr. � (cf. o'yra tail).] The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
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arsehole (ärshōl), n. 1. execretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.
Syn. -- anus, arse, asshole
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Arsenal (ärs�n�l), n. [Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. dārçinā'a house of industry or fabrication; dār house + çinā'a 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.
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Arsenate (�), n. (Chem.) A salt of arsenic acid.
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Arseniate, n. See . [R.]
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Arsenic (ärs�nĭk; 277), n. [L. arsenicum, Gr. 'arsenikon, 'arrenikon, yellow orpiment, perh. fr. 'arsenikos or better Attic 'arrenikos masculine, 'arrhn male, on account of its strength, or fr. Per. zernīkh: 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 steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356° 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 arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
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2. (Com.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
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Arsenic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
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Arsenical, a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
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Coloq. Arsenical silver , an ore of silver containing arsenic.
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Arsenicate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arsenicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Arsenicating.] To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
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Arsenicism, n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
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Arsenide (�), n. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
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Arseniferous (�), a. [Arsenic + -ferous.] Containing or producing arsenic.
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Arsenious (�), a. [Cf. F. arsénieux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
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2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.
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Arsenite (�), n. [Cf. F. arsénite.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
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Arseniuret (�), n. (Chem.) See .
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Arseniureted, a. (Chem.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]
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Arsenopyrite (�), n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
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Arsesmart (�), n. Smartweed; water pepper. Dr. Prior.
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Arshine (ärshēn), n. [Russ. arshin, of Turkish-Tartar origin; Turk. arshin, arshūn, ell, yard.] A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
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Arsine (ärsĭn or -sēn), n. [From .] (Chem.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
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Arsis (ärsĭs), n. [L. arsis, Gr. 'arsis a raising or lifting, an elevation of the voice, fr. a'irein to raise or lift up. Its ordinary use is the result of am early misapprehension; 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.
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☞ It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.
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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; -- opposed to thesis. Moore.
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Arsmetrike (ärzmĕtrĭk), n. [An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art.] Arithmetic. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Arson (ärs'n; 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.
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arsonist n. 1. 1 a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property.
Syn. -- incendiary, firebug.
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☞ The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment. Burrill.
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Art (ärt). The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb ; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. . Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
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