English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Arson
(n.)
The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of
another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and
voluntary firing of a building or ship.
Art
(n.)
The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting
a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such
knowledge or skill.
Art
(n.)
The black art; magic.
Art
(n.)
Cunning; artifice; craft.
Art
(n.)
Skillful plan; device.
Art
(n.)
Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions,
acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the
art of managing his business to advantage.
Art
(n.)
Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
Art
(n.)
Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical
course of colleges; as, master of arts.
Art
(n.)
The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by
imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as
in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to
literature.
Art
(n.)
A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of
certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a
desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often
contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art
of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Art
(n.)
The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the
adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the
application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of
the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural
are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the
second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical
style.
An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of
design), and giving encouragement to artists.
Artemia
(n.)
A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and
brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
Artemisia
(n.)
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,
southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood,
is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky
Mountain region.
Arteriac
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
Arterial
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as,
arterial action; the arterial system.
Arterial
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an
artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
Arterialization
(n.)
The process of converting venous blood into
arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being
absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and
hematosis.
Arterialize
(v. t.)
To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial
blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.