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Ar"id*ness (&?;), n. Aridity; dryness.

A"ri*el (&?;), n., or A"ri*el ga*zelle" (&?;). [Ar. aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zoöl.) (a) A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

||A"ri*es, n. [L.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram.

Ar"i*e*tate (&?;), v. i. [L. arietatus, p. p. of arietare, fr. aries ram.] To butt, as a ram. [Obs.]

Ar`i*e*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. arietatio.] 1. The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. Act of striking or conflicting. [R.] Glanvill.

{ ||A`ri*et"ta (&?;), Ar`i*ette" (&?;), } n. [It. arietta, dim. of aria; F. ariette.] (Mus.) A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

A*right" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + right.] Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

Ar"il (&?;), ||A*ril"lus (&?;), n. [From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.] (Bot.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

Ar"il*late (&?;). Ar"l*la`ted (&?;), Ar"iled (&?;), a. [Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé.] Having an aril.

A"ri*man (&?;), n. See Ahriman.

Ar`i*o*la"tion (&?;), n. [L. ariolatio, hariolatio, fr. hariolari to prophesy, fr. hariolus soothsayer.] A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ar"i*ose (&?;), a. [It. arioso, fr. aria.] Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.

Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.

||A`ri*o"so (&?;), adv. & a. [It.] (Mus.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

A*rise" (*rz"), v. i. [imp. Arose (-rz"); p. pr. & vb. n. Arising; p. p. Arisen (- rz"'n).]. [AS. rsan; (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + rsan to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See Rise.] 1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

2. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.

There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8.

The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

3. To proceed; to issue; to spring.

Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.

A*rise", n. Rising. [Obs.] Drayton.

A*rist" (&?;), 3d sing. pres. of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||A*ris"ta (&?;), n. [L.] (Bot.) An awn. Gray.

Ar"is*tarch (&?;), n. [From Aristarchus, a Greek grammarian and critic, of Alexandria, about 200 b. c.] A severe critic. Knowles.

Ar`is*tar"chi*an (&?;), a. Severely critical.

Ar"is*tar`chy (&?;), n. Severely criticism.