English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Arpen
(n.)
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or
nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1
acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
Arpent
(n.)
Alt. of Arpen
Arpentator
(n.)
The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land
surveyor.
Arpine
(n.)
An arpent.
Arquated
(a.)
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
Arquebus
(n.)
Alt. of Arquebuse
Arquebusade
(n.)
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants,
as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in
gunshot wounds.
Arquebusade
(n.)
The shot of an arquebus.
Arquebuse
(n.)
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to
a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a
later invention.
Arquebusier
(n.)
A soldier armed with an arquebus.
Arquifoux
(n.)
Same as Alquifou.
Arrach
(n.)
See Orach.
Arrack
(n.)
A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all
ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of
rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm,
etc.
Arragonite
(n.)
See Aragonite.
Arraign
(v. t.)
To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of
novel disseizin.
Arraign
(v. t.)
To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to
answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
Arraign
(v. t.)
To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of
reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
Arraign
(n.)
Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
Arraigned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Arraign
Arraigner
(n.)
One who arraigns.