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A*rear", adv. [See Arrear, adv.] Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. Spenser.

||A*re"ca (&?;), n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.] (Bot.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

A*reek" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + reek.] In a reeking condition. Swift.

Ar`e*fac"tion (&?;), n. [L. arefacere to dry.] The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.

Ar"e*fy (&?;), v. t. [L. arere to be dry + -fly.] To dry, or make dry. Bacon.

A*re"na (&?;), n.; pl. E. Arenas (&?;); L. Arenæ (&?;). [L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.

2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

3. (Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

Ar`e*na"ceous (&?;), a. [L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand.] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

Ar`e*na"ri*ous (&?;), a. [L. arenarius, fr. arena sand.] Sandy; as, arenarious soil.

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Ar`e*na"tion (r`*n"shn), n. [L. arenatio, fr. arena sand.] (Med.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.

||Ar`en*da"tor (&?;), n. [LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent.] In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

A person who rents an estate belonging to the crown is called crown arendator. Tooke.

||A*reng" (&?;), ||A*ren"ga (&?;), n. [Malayan.] A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

Ar`e*nic"o*lite (&?;), n. [L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live.] (Paleon.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.

A*ren`i*lit"ic (&?;), a. [L. arena sand + Gr. li`qos stone.] Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan.

Ar"e*nose (&?;), a. [L. arenosus, fr. arena sand.] Sandy; full of sand. Johnson.

A*ren"u*lous (&?;), a. [L. arenula fine sand, dim. of arena.] Full of fine sand; like sand. [Obs.]

A*re"o*la (&?;), n.; pl. Areolæ (&?;). [L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. aréole. See Area.] 1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

2. (Anat. & Med.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

A*re"o*lar (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ.

reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them.

{ A*re"o*late (&?;), A*re"o*la*ted, } a. [L. areola: cf. F. aréole.] Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

A`re*o*la"tion (&?;), n. 1. Division into areolæ. Dana.

2. Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

A"re*ole (&?;), n. Same as Areola.