Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Articulator

Ar‐tic″u‐la′tor (�), n. One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

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Articulus

‖Ar‐tic″u‐lus (�) n.; pl.Articuli (�). [L. See Article.] (Zoöl.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

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Artifact

Ar″ti‐fact (?), n. [L. ars, artis, art + facere, factum, to make.] 1. (Archæol.) A product of human workmanship; — applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as dist...

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Artifice

Ar″ti‐fice (�), n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.] 1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making.2. Workmanship; a skillfull...

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Artificer

Ar‐tif″i‐cer (�), n. [Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.] 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particu...

6270

Artificial

Ar′ti‐fi″cial (�), a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in oppositi...

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Artificiality

Ar′ti‐fi′ci‐al″i‐ty (�), n. The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

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Artificialize

Ar′ti‐fi″cial‐ize (�), v. t. To render artificial.

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Artificially

Ar′ti‐fi″cial‐ly, adv. 1. In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.2. Ingeniously; skillfully.The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought.T...

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Artificialness

Ar′ti‐fi″cial‐ness, n. The quality of being artificial.

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Artificious

Ar′ti‐fi″cious (�), a. [L. artificiosus.] Artificial. Johnson.

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Artilize

Art″i‐lize (�), v. t. To make resemble.If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize art instead of artilizing nature.Bolingbroke.

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Artillerist

Ar‐til″ler‐ist (�), n. A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.

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Artillery

Ar‐til″ler‐y (�), n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kin...

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Artillery wheel

Ar‐til″ler‐y wheel. A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construct...

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Artilleryman

Ar‐til″ler‐y‐man (�), n. A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

6281

Artiodactyla

‖Ar′ti‐o‐dac″ty‐la (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (co...

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Artiodactyle

Ar′ti‐o‐dac″tyle (�), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Artiodactyla.

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Artiodactylous

Ar′ti‐o‐dac″ty‐lous (�), a.(Zoöl.) Even-toed.

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Artisan

Ar″ti‐san (?; 277), n. [F. artisan, fr. L. artitus skilled in arts, fr. ars, artis, art: cf. It. artigiano. See Art, n.] 1. One who professes and practices some liberal art; an ...

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Artist

Art″ist (�), n. [F. artiste, LL. artista, fr. L. ars. See Art, n., and cf. Artiste.] 1. One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.How to build ships, and dreadful...

6286

Artiste

‖Ar‐tiste″ (�), n. [F. See Artist.] One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.☞ This term should not be confounde...

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Artistic

{ Ar‐tis″tic, Ar‐tis″tic‐al (�), } a. [Cf. F. artistique, fr. artiste.] Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized...

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Artistry

Art″ist‐ry (�), n. 1. Works of art collectively.2. Artistic effect or quality. Southey.3. Artistic pursuits; artistic ability. The Academy.

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Artless

Art″less (�), a. 1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.Artless of stars and of the moving sand.Dryden.2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.Artless a...

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Artlessly

Art″less‐ly, adv. In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.

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Artlessness

Art″less‐ness, n. The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.