English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Areopagist
(n.)
See Areopagite.
Areopagite
(n.)
A member of the Areopagus.
Areopagitic
(a.)
Pertaining to the Areopagus.
Areopagus
(n.)
The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were
held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal
Areostyle
(a. & n.)
See Intercolumniation, and Araeostyle.
Areosystyle
(a. & n.)
See Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle.
Arere
(v. t. & i.)
See Arear.
Arest
(n.)
A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
Aret
(v. t.)
To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.
Aretaics
(n.)
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between
virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with
eudemonics.
Aretology
(n.)
That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue,
its nature, and the means of attaining to it.
Arew
(adv.)
In a row.
Argal
(n.)
Crude tartar. See Argol.
Argal
(adv.)
A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
Argal
(n.)
Alt. of Argali
Argala
(n.)
The adjutant bird.
Argali
(n.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali),
remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia
and central Asia.
A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney
which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
Argas
(n.)
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of
Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.
Argean
(a.)
Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.