Dictionary: A-RE-OM'E-TRY – AR-GIL-LIT'IC

a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |

1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120
121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140
141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160
161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180
181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200
201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220
221222223224225226

A-RE-OM'E-TRY, n.

The measuring or act of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.

AR-E-OP'A-GITE, n.

A member of the Areopagus, which see. Acts xvii. 34.

AR-E-OP-A-GIT'IC, a.

Pertaining to the Areopagus. – Mitford.

AR-E-OP'A-GUS, n. [Gr. Αρης, Mars, and παγος, hill.]

A sovereign tribunal at Athens, famous for the justice and impartiality of its decisions. It was originally held on a hill in the city; but afterward removed to the Royal Portico, an open square, where the judges sat in the open air, inclosed by a cord. Their sessions were in the night, that they might not be diverted by objects of sight, or influenced by the presence and action of the speakers. By a law of Solon, no person could be a member of this tribunal, until he had been archon or chief magistrate. This court took cognizance of high crimes, impiety and immorality, and watched over the laws and the public treasury. – Lempriere. Encyc. Pausanias. Acts xvii. 19.

A'RE-O-STYLE, n. [Gr. αραοις, wide, and στυλος, a column.]

A modern manner of arranging intercolumniations, which consists in placing columns in pairs, and throwing two intercolumniations into one. – Elmes.

A-RE-OT'IC, a. [Gr. αραιος, thin.]

Attenuating; making thin, as in liquids; rarefying.

A-RE-OT'IC, n.

A medicine, which attenuates the humors, dissolves viscidity, opens the pores, and increases perspiration; an attenuant. – Quincy. Coxe.

A-RE-TOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. αρετη, virtue, and λογος, discourse.]

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature and the means of attaining to it. – Johnson.

AR'GAL, n.

Unrefined or crude tartar, a substance adhering to the sides of wine casks. – Johnson. Coxe.

AR-GE'AN, a.

Pertaining to Argo or the Ark. – Faber.

AR'GENT, n. [L. argentum; Gr. αργυρος, silver, from αργος, white; Ir. arg, white; airgiod, silver, money; Fr. argent, money; Sans. rajatam, Qu.]

  1. The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness. – Encyc.
  2. adj. Silvery; of a pale white, like silver. – Johnson. Encyc.
  3. adj. Bright. Ask of yonder argent fields above. – Pope.

AR-GENT'AL, a.

Pertaining to silver; consisting of silver; containing silver; combined with silver; applied to the native amalgam of silver, as argental mercury. – Cleaveland.

AR'GENT-AN, n.

An alloy of nickel with copper; German silver.

AR-GENT-A'TION, n.

An overlaying with silver. – Johnson.

AR-GENT-HORN-ED, a.

Silver-horned.

AR-GENT-IF'ER-OUS, a. [L. argentum, silver, and fero, to produce.]

Producing silver; as, argentiferous ore. – Kirwan.

AR-GENT'I-NA, n.

In ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of Abdominals. – Encyc.

AR-GENT'INE, a.

Like silver; pertaining to silver, or sounding like it. – Johnson.

AR-GENT'INE, n.

In mineralogy, a sub-species of carbonate of lime, nearly pure; a mineral of a lamellated or slaty structure; its lamins usually curved or undulated; its surface is shining, or of a pearly luster. It is found in primitive rocks, and frequently in metallic veins. – Cleaveland.

AR'GIL, n.

A species of the Ardea, or genus of cranes.

AR'GIL, n. [L. argilla, white clay, from Gr. αργος, white.]

In a general sense, clay, or potter's earth; but in a technical sense, pure clay, or alumine. – Fourcroy.

AR-GIL-LA'CEOUS, a. [L. argillaceus.]

Partaking of the nature of clay; clayey; consisting of argil. – Kirwan.

AR-GIL-LIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. argilla, clay, and fero, to produce.]

Producing clay; applied to such earths as abound with argil. – Kirwan.

AR'GIL-LITE, n.

Argillaceous shist or slate; clay-slate. Its usual color is bluish, greenish or blackish gray. – Kirwan.

AR-GIL-LIT'IC, a.

Pertaining to argillite.