Chapter 94

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

Parr.

Arquebusier <Xpage=83>

Ar`que*bus*ier (#) , n. [F. arquebusier .] A soldier armed with an arquebus.

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers . E. Lodge.

Arquifoux <Xpage=83>

Ar"qui*foux (#) , n. Same as Alquifou .

Arrach <Xpage=83>

Ar"rach (#) , n. See Orach .

Arrack <Xpage=83>

Ar"rack (?; 277) , n. [Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. Rack arrack.] 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 <Xpage=83>

Ar*rag"o*nite (#) , n. See Aragonite .

Arraign <Xpage=83>

Ar*raign" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arraigned (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning .] [OE. arainen , arenen , OF. aragnier , aranier , araisnier , F. arraisonner , fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See Reason .] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

Blackstone.

2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden.

It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse .

Arraign <Xpage=83>

Ar*raign" , n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns .

Blackstone. Macaulay.

Arraign <Xpage=83>

Ar*raign" (#) , v. t. [From OF. aramier , fr. LL. adhramire .] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin .

Arraigner <Xpage=83>

Ar*raign"er (#) , n. One who arraigns.

Coleridge.

Arraignment <Xpage=83>

Ar*raign"ment (#) , n. [Cf. OF. arraynement , aresnement .] 1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.

Arraiment, Arrayment <Xpage=83>

Ar*rai"ment , Ar*ray"ment (#) , n. [From Array , v. t. ] Clothes; raiment. [Obs.]

Arrange <Xpage=83>

Ar*range" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arranged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging (#) .] [OE. arayngen , OF. arengier , F. arranger , fr. a (L. ad ) + OF. rengier , rangier , F. ranger . See Range , v. t. ] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle .

So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners.

[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell.

A mechanism previously arranged . Paley.

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking .

Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.

Arrangement <Xpage=83>

Ar*range"ment (#) , n. [Cf. F. arrangement .] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linn\'91an arrangement of plants.

3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company .

4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement .

5. (Mus.) (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

Arranger <Xpage=83>

Ar*ran"ger (#) , n. One who arranges.

Burke.

Arrant <Xpage=83>

Ar"rant (#) , a. [OE. erraunt , errant , errand , equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue , an errant thief , and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant .] Notoriously or pre\'89minently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward .

I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.

2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.]

An arrant honest woman. Burton.

Arrantly <Xpage=83>

Ar"rant*ly , adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.

L'Estrange.

Arras <Xpage=83>

Ar"ras (#) , n. [From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper.

Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.

Arras <Xpage=83>

Ar"ras , v. t. To furnish with an arras.

Chapman.

Arrasene <Xpage=83>

Ar`ras*ene" (#) , n. [From Arras .] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

Arrastre <Xpage=83>

Ar*ras"tre (#) , n. [Sp.] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

Arraswise, Arrasways <Xpage=83>

Ar"ras*wise` (#) , Ar"ras*ways` , adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise . See Arris .] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.

Encyc. Brit. Cussans.

Arraught <Xpage=83>

Ar*raught" (#) . [The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach . Cf. Reach , obs. pret. raught .] Obtained; seized.

Spenser.

Array <Xpage=83>

Ar*ray" (#) , n. [OE. arai , arrai , OF. arrai , arrei , arroi , order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi ; a (L. ad ) + OF. rai , rei , roi , order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan , garaidjan , to arrange, MHG. gereiten , Icel. rei\'ebi rigging, harness; akin to E. ready . Cf. Ready , Greith , Curry .] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array .

Wedged together in the closest array . Gibbon.

2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

3. An imposing series of things.

Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.

4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.

Dryden.

5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

To challenge the array (Law) , to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins . Blount . -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.) , a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.

Array <Xpage=83>

Ar*ray" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arrayed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying .] [OE. araien , arraien , fr. OE. arraier , arreier , arreer , arroier , fr. arrai . See Array , n. ] 1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed , Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell.

These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar.

2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli.<?/.

In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed . Trumbull.

3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

Blackstone.

To array a panel , to set forth in order the men that are impaneled.

Cowell. Tomlins.

Syn. -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.

Arrayer <Xpage=83>

Ar*ray"er , n. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

Arrear <Xpage=83>

Ar*rear" (#) , adv. [OE. arere , OF. arere , ariere , F. arri\'8are , fr. L. ad + retro backward. See Rear .] To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Arrear <Xpage=83>

Ar*rear" , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes .

Locke.

For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear . Cowper.

I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes.

In arrear &or; In arrears , behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.

Arrearage <Xpage=83>

Ar*rear"age (#) , n. [F. arr\'82rage , fr. arri\'8are , OF. arere . See Arrear .] That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.

The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.

Arrect, Arrected <Xpage=83>

Ar*rect" (#) , Ar*rect"ed , a. [L. arrectus , p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.] 1. Lifted up; raised; erect.

2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect . Smalridge.

Arrect <Xpage=83>

Ar*rect" , v. t. 1. To direct. [Obs.]

My supplication to you I arrect . Skelton.

2. [See Aret .] To impute. [Obs.]

Sir T. More.

Arrectary <Xpage=83>

Ar*rect"a*ry (#) , n. [L. arrectarius , fr. arrigere o set up.] An upright beam. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Arrenotokous <Xpage=83>

Ar`re*not"o*kous (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ bearing males; <?/ a male + <?/ a bringing forth.] (Zo\'94l.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

Arrentation <Xpage=83>

Ar`ren*ta"tion (#) . [Cf. F. arrenter to give or take as rent. See Arendator .] (O. Eng. Law) A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

Arreption <Xpage=83>

Ar*rep"tion (#) , n. [L. arripere , arreptum , to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See Rapacious .] The act of taking away. [Obs.] "This arreption was sudden."

Bp. Hall.

Arreptitious <Xpage=83>

Ar`rep*ti"tious (#) , a. [L. arreptitius .] Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [Obs.]

Odd, arreptitious , frantic extravagances. Howell.

Arrest <Xpage=83>

Ar*rest" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arrested ; p. pr. & vb. n. Arresting .] [OE. aresten , OF. arester , F. arr\'88ter , fr. LL. arrestare ; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See Rest remainder.] 1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest . Philips.

2. (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime .

&hand; After his word Shakespeare uses of ("I arrest thee of high treason") or on ; the modern usage is for .

3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention .

Buckminster.

4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.]

We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies. Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop; apprehend; seize; lay hold of.

Arrest <Xpage=83>

Ar*rest" , v. i. To tarry; to rest. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Arrest <Xpage=83>

Ar*rest" , n. [OE. arest , arrest , OF. arest , F. arr\'88t , fr. arester . See Arrest , v. t. , Arr<?/t .] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development .

As the arrest of the air showeth. Bacon.

2. (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest . Macaulay.

[Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

&hand; An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property.

3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit. Jer. Taylor.

4. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails .

White.

Arrest of judgment (Law) , the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment .

Arrestation <Xpage=83>

Ar`res*ta"tion (#) , n. [F. arrestation , LL. arrestatio .] Arrest. [R.]

The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

Arrestee <Xpage=83>

Ar`res*tee" (#) , n. [See Arrest , v .] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Arrester <Xpage=83>

Ar*rest"er (#) , n. 1. One who arrests.

2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [Also written arrestor .]

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Arresting <Xpage=84>

Ar*rest"ing (#) , a. Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.

Arrestive <Xpage=84>

Ar*rest"ive (#) , a. Tending to arrest.

McCosh.

Arrestment <Xpage=84>

Ar*rest"ment , n. [OF. arrestement .] 1. (Scots Law) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

2. A stoppage or check.

Darwin.

Arr\'88t <Xpage=84>

Ar*r\'88t (#) , n. [F. See Arrest , n. ] (F. Law) (a) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign. (b) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Arret <Xpage=84>

Ar*ret" (#) , v. t. Same as Aret . [Obs.]

Spenser.

Arrhaphostic <Xpage=84>

Ar`rha*phos"tic (#) , a. [Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ to sew together.] Seamless. [R.]

Arrhizal, Arrhizous <Xpage=84>

Ar*rhi"zal (#) , Ar*rhi"zous (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ not rooted; <?/ priv. + <?/ a root.] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous <Xpage=84>

Ar*rhyth"mic (#) , Ar*rhyth"mous (#) , a. [Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ rhythm.] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

Arrhytmy <Xpage=84>

Ar"rhyt*my (#) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ rhythm.] Want of rhythm. [R.]

Arride <Xpage=84>

Ar*ride" (#) , v. t. [L. arridere ; ad + ridere to laugh.] To please; to gratify. [Archaic]

B. Jonson.

Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

Arriere <Xpage=84>

Ar*riere" (#) , n. [F. arri\'8are . See Arrear .] "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind , rear , subordinate .

Arriere fee , Arriere fief , a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Arriere vassal , the vassal of a vassal.

Arriere-ban <Xpage=84>

Ar*riere"-ban` (#) , n. [F., fr. OE. arban , heriban , fr. OHG. hariban , heriban , G. heerbann , the calling together of an army; OHG. heri an army + ban a public call or order. The French have misunderstood their old word, and have changed it into arri\'8are - ban , though arri\'8are has no connection with its proper meaning. See Ban , Abandon .] A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

Arris <Xpage=84>