Part 592

<cs><mcol><col>Arabic numerals</col> or <col>figures</col></mcol>, <cd>the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.</cd> -- <col>Gum arabic</col>. <cd>See under <er>Gum</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arabic</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*bic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The language of the Arabians.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>Arabic</i> 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.</note>

<h1>Arabical</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*rab"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to Arabia; Arabic.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*rab"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Arabin</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*bin</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum <i>arabic</i>, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.</def>

<h1>Arabinose</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*bin*ose`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A sugar of the composition <chform>C5H10O5</chform>, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.</def>

<h1>Arabism</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*bism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Arabisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.</def>

<i>Stuart.</i>

<h1>Arabist</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar`a*bist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Arabiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.</def>

<h1>Arable</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arable</ets>, L. <ets>arabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>arare</ets> to plow, akin to Gr. <?/, E. <ets>ear</ets>, to plow. See <er>Earable</er>.]</ety> <def>Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.</def>

<h1>Arable</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Arable land; plow land.</def>

<h1>Araby</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar"a*by</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The country of Arabia.</def> <mark>[Archaic & Poetic]</mark>

<h1>Aracanese</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar`a*ca*nese"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.</def> -- <def2><tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def> A native or natives of Aracan.</def></def2>

<h1>Ara</ari</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A`ra*<?/a"ri</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird, of the genus <spn>Pleroglossius</spn>, allied to the toucans. There are several species.</def>

<h1>Arace</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*race"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aracen</ets>, <ets>arasen</ets>, OF. <ets>arachier</ets>, <ets>esracier</ets>, F. <ets>arracher</ets>, fr. L. <ets>exradicare</ets>, <ets>eradicare</ets>. The prefix <ets>a-</ets> is perh. due to L. <ets>ab</ets>. See <er>Eradicate</er>.]</ety> <def>To tear up by the roots; to draw away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>