Definition for A'RI-ES

A'RI-ES, n. [L. from the Celtic. Ir. reithe, or receith; Corn. urz; a ram; W. hwrz, a thrust, a ram.]

The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the figure of a ram. It is the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

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