Webster's Dictionary 1913

6292

Artly

Art″ly, adv. With art or skill.

6293

Artocarpeous

{ Ar′to‐car″pe‐ous (�), Ar′to‐car″pous (�), } a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.

6294

Artotype

Ar″to‐type (�), n. [Art + type.] A kind of autotype.

6295

Artotyrite

Ar′to‐ty″rite (�), n. [LL. Artotyritae, pl., fr. Gr. � bread + � cheese.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and ch...

6296

Artow

Ar″tow (�). A contraction of art thou. Chaucer.

6297

Artsman

Arts″man (�), n. A man skilled in an art or in arts. Bacon.

6298

Arum

‖A″rum, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. �.] A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the ...

6299

Arundelian

Ar′un‐del″ian (�), a. Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

6300

Arundiferous

Ar′un‐dif″er‐ous, a. [L. arundifer; arundo reed + ferre to bear.] Producing reeds or canes.

6301

Arundinaceous

A‐run′di‐na″ceous (�), a. [L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed.] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

6302

Arundineous

Ar′un‐din″e‐ous (�), a. [L. arundineus, fr. arundo reed.] Abounding with reeds; reedy.

6303

Aruspex

‖A‐rus″pex (�), n.; pl.Aruspices (�). [L. aruspex or haruspex.] One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrail...

6304

Aruspice

A‐rus″pice (�), n. [L. aruspex: cf. F. aruspice. Cf. Aruspex, Haruspice.] A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written also haruspice.]

6305

Aruspicy

A‐rus″pi‐cy (�), n. [L. aruspicium, haruspicium.] Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

6306

Arval

Ar″val (�), n. [W. arwyl funeral; ar over + wylo to weep, or cf. arföl; Icel. arfr inheritance + Sw. öl ale. Cf. Bridal.] A funeral feast. Grose.

6307

Arvicole

Ar″vi‐cole (�), n. [L. arvum field + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

6308

Aryan

Ar″yan (är″yan or ăr″ĭ‐an), n. [Skr. ārya excellent, honorable; akin to the name of the country Iran, and perh. to Erin, Ireland, and the early name of this people, at least in ...

6309

Aryan (2)

Ar″yan (är″yan or ăr″ĭ‐an), a. Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

6310

Aryanize

Ar″yan‐ize, v. t. To make Aryan (a language, or in language). K. Johnston.

6311

Arytenoid

A‐ryt″e‐noid (�), a.(Anat.) Ladle-shaped; — applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attache...

6312

As

As (ăz), adv. & conj. [OE. as, als, alse, also, al swa, AS. eal swā, lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. als as, than, also so, then. See Also.] 1. Denoting equality ...

6313

As (2)

As (�), n. [See Ace.] An ace. Chaucer.Ambes-as, double aces.

6314

As (3)

‖As (�), n.; pl.Asses (�). [L. as. See Ace.] 1. A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.2. ...

6315

Asa

‖As″a (�), n. [NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. azā mastic, Ar. asā healing, isā remedy.] An ancient name of a gum.

6316

Asafetida

{ As′a‐fet″i‐da, As′a‐fœt″i‐da } (�), n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafœtida) of Persia and the ...

6317

Asaphus

‖As″a‐phus (�), n.(Paleon.) A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.

6318

Asarabacca

‖As′a‐ra‐bac″ca (�), n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone.] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It ...