Part 602

<h1>Arcaded</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*cad"ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with an arcade.</def>

<h1>Arcadia</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*ca"di*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Arcadia</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.</def>

<blockquote>Where the cow is, there is <b>Arcadia</b>. <i>J. Burroughs.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arcadian, Arcadic</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw><hw>Ar*ca"di*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar*ca"dic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Arcadius</ets>, <ets>Arcadicus</ets>, fr. <ets>Arcadia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>Arcadien</ets>, <ets>Arcadique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; <as>as, <ex>Arcadian</ex> simplicity or scenery</as>.</def>

<h1>Arcane</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*cane"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcanus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hidden; secret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>arcane</i> part of divine wisdom."

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<h1>Arcanum</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Ar*ca"num</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Arcana</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. <ets>arcanus</ets> closed, secret, fr. <ets>arca</ets> chest, box, fr. <ets>arcere</ets> to inclose. See <er>Ark</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>Inquiries into the <b>arcana</b> of the Godhead. <i>Warburton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A secret remedy; an elixir.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Arcboutant</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Arc`*bou`tant"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A flying buttress.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Arch</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>Arch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arche</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>arca</ets>, for <ets>arcus</ets>. See <er>Arc</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Any part of a curved line.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are <i>segmental</i>, <i>round</i> (i. e., semicircular), or <i>pointed</i>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.</def>

<note>&hand; Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of spanning an opening by resolving vertical pressure into horizontal or diagonal thrust.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any place covered by an arch; an archway; <as>as, to pass into the <ex>arch</ex> of a bridge</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any curvature in the form of an arch; <as>as, the <ex>arch</ex> of the aorta</as>.</def> "Colors of the showery <i>arch</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Triumphal arch</col>, <cd>a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arch</h1> <Xpage=77>