Webster's Dictionary 1913

6049

Armorist

Ar″mor‐ist (�), n. [F. armoriste.] One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans.

6050

Armory

Ar″mo‐ry (�), n.; pl.Armories (�). [OF. armaire, armarie, F. armoire, fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.] 1. A place wh...

6051

Armozeen

{ Ar′mo‐zeen″, Ar′mo‐zine″ } (�), n. [armosin, armoisin.] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.

6052

Armpit

Arm″pit′ (�), n. [Arm + pit.] The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

6053

Armrack

Arm″rack′ (�), n. A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

6054

Arms

Arms (�), n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See Arm, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or...

6055

Armure

Ar″mure (�), n. [F. See Armor.] 1. Armor. Chaucer.2. A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

6056

Army

Ar″my (�), n. [F. armée, fr. L. armata, fem. of armatus, p. p. of armare to arm. Cf. Armada.] 1. A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, batt...

6057

Army organization

Army organization. The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, and equips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which ...

6058

Army worm

Ar″my worm′ (�). (Zoöl.) (a) A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. T...

6059

Arna

‖Ar″na (�), ‖Ar″nee (�), n.(Zoöl.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

6060

Arnatto

Ar‐nat″to (�), n. See Annotto.

6061

Arnaut

{ ‖Ar‐naut″‖Ar‐naout″ } (?), n. [Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. �, for �.] An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish ...

6062

Arnica

Ar″ni‐ca (�), n. [Prob. a corruption of ptarmica.] (Bot.) A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medici...

6063

Arnicin

Ar″ni‐cin (�), n. [See Arnica.] (Chem.) An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.

6064

Arnicine

Ar″ni‐cine (�), n.(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

6065

Arnot

{ Ar″not (�), Ar″nut (�), } n. [Cf. D. aardnoot, E. earthut.] The earthnut.

6066

Arnotto (2)

Ar‐not″to (�), n. Same as Annotto.

6067

Aroid

A″roid (�), A‐roid″e‐ous (�), a. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.

6068

Aroid (2)

Ar″oid (?), n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.) Any plant of the Arum family (Araceæ).

6069

Aroint

A‐roint″ (ȧ‐roint″), interj. [Cf. Prov. E. rynt, rynt thee, roynt, or runt, terms used by milkmaids to a cow that has been milked, in order to drive her away, to make room for o...

6070

Aroint (2)

A‐roint″, v. t. To drive or scare off by some exclamation. “Whiskered cats arointed flee.” Mrs. Browning.

6071

Arolla

A‐rol″la (ȧ‐rŏl″lȧ), n. [F. arolle.] (Bot.) The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).

6072

Aroma

A‐ro″ma (�), n. [L. aroma, Gr. �: cf. OE. aromaz, aromat, spice, F. aromate.] 1. The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreea...

6073

Aromatic

{ Ar′o‐mat″ic (�), Ar′o‐mat″ic‐al (�), } a. [L. aromaticus, Gr. �: cf. F. aromatique. See Aroma.] Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odorifero...

6074

Aromatic (2)

Ar′o‐mat″ic (ăr′ō̍‐măt″ĭk), n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.

6075

Aromatization

Ar′o‐mat′i‐za″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. aromatisation.] The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.