Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-RA-BESK', or AR'A-BESQUE
A-RA-BESK', or AR'A-BESQUE, a. [See Arabian.]
- In the manner of the Arabians; applied to ornaments consisting of imaginary foliage, stalks, plants, &c., in which there are no figures of animals. – Encyc.
- The Arabic language. [Not in use.] – Guthrie.
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