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Aq"ui*line (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle.

2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.

Aq"ui*lon (&?;), n. [L. aquilo, - lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] Shak.

A*quip"a*rous (&?;), a. [L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.

Aq`ui*ta"ni*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.

A*quose" (&?;), a. [L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.] Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey.

A*quos"i*ty (&?;), n. [LL. aquositas.] The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.

Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

Ar (&?;), conj. Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||A"ra (&?;), n. [L.] (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

||A"ra (&?;), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

Ar"ab (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. &?;.] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.

The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Ar`a*besque" (&?;), n. [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab.] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.

It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco- Roman work.

Ar`a*besque", a. 1. Arabian. [Obs.]

2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

Ar`a*besqued" (&?;), a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

A*ra"bi*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.

A*ra"bi*an, n. A native of Arabia; an Arab.

Ar"a*bic (&?;), a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. -- Gum arabic. See under Gum.

Ar"a*bic, n. The language of the Arabians.

The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Mohammedans must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa.

A*rab"ic*al (&?;), a. Relating to Arabia; Arabic. -- A*rab"ic*al*ly, adv.