ARSON
'ARSON, noun 'arsn.In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony. The definition of this crime is varied by sta...
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ART
'ART, The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive veb am.'ART, noun [Latin ars, artis.]1. The disposition or modification of things by human skill, to ...
ARTEMISIA
ARTEMIS'IA, noun Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of these, the absinthium or common wormwood is well known.
ARTERIAL
ARTE'RIAL, adjective [See Artery.]1. Pertaining to an artery or the arteries; as arterial action.2. Contained in an artery; as arterial blood.
ARTERIOTOMY
ARTERIOT'OMY, noun [Gr. an artery, and a cutting.]The opening of an artery by the lancet, for the purpose of letting blood.
ARTERY
'ARTERY, noun [Gr. from air and to preserve or contain; so called, from the opinion of the ancients, that the arteries contained or circulated air. The term was also applied to ...
ARTFUL
ARTFUL, adjective [See Art.1. Performed with art or skill.2. Artificial, as opposed to natural3. Cunning; practicing art, or stratagem; crafty; as an artful boy. [This is the mo...
ARTFULLY
'ARTFULLY, adverb With art, or cunning; skillfully; dexterously.
ARTFULNESS
'ARTFULNESS, noun Art; craft; cunning; address.
ARTHRITIC
ARTHRIT'IC,ARTHRIT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints.
ARTHRITICAL
ARTHRIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints.
ARTHRITIS
ARTHRIT'IS, noun [Gr. from a joint. It seems to be of the same family as artus, a limb.]In a general sense, any painful disease of the joints; but more particularly, the gout, a...
ARTHRODIA
ARTHRO'DIA, noun [Gr. from to frame or articulate.]1. A species of articulation, in which the head of one bone is received into the shallow socket of another; as the humerus and...
ARTIC
'ARTIC, This word is by mistake used by some authors for arctic.
ARTICHOKE
'ARTICHOKE, noun [Gr.; Latin carduus, chard, thistle, corrupted.]A plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated and prickly calyx. The head is large, rough an...
ARTICLE
'ARTICLE, noun [Latin articulus, a joint, from artus; Gr.]1. A single clause in a contract, account system of regulations, treaty, or other writing; a particular separate charge...
ARTICLED
'ARTICLED, participle passive Drawn up in particulars; accused or bound by articles.
ARTICULAR
ARTIC'ULAR, adjective [Latin articularis.]Belonging to the joints; as, the gout is an articular disease.
ARTICULATE
ARTIC'ULATE, adjective [Latin articulatus, jointed, distinct.]1. Formed by jointing or articulation of the organs of speech; applied to sound. An articulate sound is made by clo...
ARTICULATED
ARTIC'ULATED, participle passive1. Uttered distinctly in syllables or words.2. Jointed; having joints, as a plant.
ARTICULATELY
ARTIC'ULATELY, adverb1. With distinct utterance of syllables or words.2. Article by article; in detail.
ARTICULATENESS
ARTIC'ULATENESS, noun The quality of being articulate.
ARTICULATING
ARTIC'ULATING, participle present tense Uttering in distinct syllables or words.
ARTICULATION
ARTICULA'TION, noun1. In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds:1st, diarthrosis, or a movable connection, including enarthrosis, or the ball and ...
ARTIFICE
'ARTIFICE, noun [Latin artificium, from ars, art, and facio, to make.]1. Stratagem; an artful or ingenious device, in a good or bad sense. In a bad sense, it corresponds with tr...
ARTIFICER
ARTIF'ICER, noun [Latin artifex, from ars, and facio.]1. An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind; as a silve...
ARTIFICIAL
ARTIFI'CIAL, adjective1. Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet.2. Feigned, fictitiou...