Part 598

<hw>Ar"bi*trate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To decide; to determine.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act as arbitrator or judge; <as>as, to <ex>arbitrate</ex> upon several reports;; to <ex>arbitrate</ex> in disputes among heighbors; to <ex>arbitrate</ex> between parties to a suit.</as></def>

<h1>Arbitration</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar`bi*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arbitration</ets>, L. <ets>arbitratio</ets>, fr. <ets>arbitrari</ets>.]</ety> <def>The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.</def>

<note>&hand; This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called <i>arbitrators</i>; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the <i>umpire</i>. Their determination is called the <i>award</i>.</note>

<i>Bouvier</i>

<cs><col>Arbitration bond</col>, <cd>a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration.</cd> -- <col>Arbitration of Exchange</col>, <cd>the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An <i>arbitrated rate<i> is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arbitrator</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*tra`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>arbitrari</ets>: cf. F. <ets>arbitrateur</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See <er>Arbitration</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.</def>

<blockquote>Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high <b>Arbitrators</b> sit secure. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Masters of their own terms and <b>arbitrators</b> of a peace. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See <er>Judge</er>.</syn>

<h1>Arbitratrix</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*tra`trix</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fem. of <ets>arbitrator</ets>.]</ety> <def>A female who arbitrates or judges.</def>

<h1>Arbitress</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bi*tress</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Arbiter</er>.]</ety> <def>A female arbiter; an arbitratrix.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Arblast</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"blast</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A crossbow. See <er>Arbalest</er>.</def>

<h1>Arbor</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herber</ets>, <ets>herbere</ets>, properly a garden of herbs, F. <ets>herbier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>herbarium</ets>. See <er>Herb</er>, and cf. <er>Herbarium</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Arbor</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bor</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <ets>arbour</ets>.]</altsp> <ety>[L., a tree, a beam.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>arbre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mandrel in lathe turning.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>