Part 599

<cs><col>Arbor Day</col>, <cd>a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Arborary</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bo*ra*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arborarius</ets>, fr. <ets>arbor</ets> tree.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.</def>

<h1>Arborator</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bo*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>arbor</ets> tree.]</ety> <def>One who plants or who prunes trees.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Arbor Dian\'91</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bor Di*a"n\'91</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., the tree of Diana, or silver.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.</def>

<h1>Arboreal</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*bo"re*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.</def>

<i>Cowley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; <as>as, <ex>arboreal</ex> animals</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Woodpeckers are eminently <b>arboreal</b>. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arbored</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bored</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.</def> "An <i>arboreal</i> walk."

<i>Pollok.</i>

<h1>Arboreous</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*bo"re*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arboreous</ets>, fr. <ets>arbor</ets> tree.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.</def>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; <as>as, <ex>arboreous</ex> moss</as>.</def>

<i>Quincy.</i>

<h1>Arborescence</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar`bo*res"cence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; <as>as, the <ex>arborescence</ex> produced by precipitating silver</as>.</def>

<h1>Arborescent</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar`bo*res"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arborescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>arborescere</ets> to become a tree, fr. <ets>arbor</ets> tree.]</ety> <def>Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.</def> "<i>Arborescent</i> hollyhocks."

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Arboret</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar"bo*ret</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>arboret</ets>, dim. of <ets>arbre</ets> tree, L. <ets>arbor</ets>]</ety> <def>A small tree or shrub.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>