Part 610

<hw>Ar`chi*lo"chi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Archilochius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; <as>as, <ex>Archilochian</ex> meter</as>.</def>

<h1>Archimage, Archimagus</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw><hw>Ar"chi*mage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar`chi*ma"gus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.; pref. <ets>archi-</ets> + L. <ets>magus</ets>, Gr. <?/, a Magian.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Archimandrite</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*man"drite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>archimandrita</ets>, LGr. <?/; pref. <?/ (E. <ets>arch-</ets>) + <?/ an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Church)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A chief of a monastery, corresponding to <i>abbot</i> in the Roman Catholic church.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to <i>superior abbot</i>, or <i>father provincial</i>, in the Roman Catholic church.</def>

<h1>Archimedean</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*me*de"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Archimedeus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; <as>as, <ex>Archimedean</ex> drill, propeller, etc.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Archimedean screw</col>, or <col>Archimedes' screw</col></mcol>, <cd>an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end.</cd></cs>

<i>Francis.</i>

<h1>Archimedes</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*me"des</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.</def>

<h1>Arching</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The arched part of a structure.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Hogging; -- opposed to <i>sagging</i>.</def>

<h1>Archipelagic</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*pe*lag"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an archipelago.</def>

<h1>Archipelago</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*pel"a*go</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-goes</plw> or <plw>-gos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>arcipelago</ets>, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref <?/ + <?/ sea, perh. akin to <?/ blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See <er>Plague</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The Grecian Archipelago, or \'92gean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.</def>

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<h1>Archipterygium</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar*chip`te*ryg"i*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. pref. <?/ (E. <ets>arch-</ets>) + <?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.</def>

<h1>Architect</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chi*tect</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>architectus</ets>, <ets>architecton</ets>, Gr. <?/ chief artificer, master builder; pref. <?/ (E. <ets>archi-</ets>) + <?/ workman, akin to <?/ art, skill, <?/ to produce: cf. F. <ets>architecte</ets>, It. <ets>architetto</ets>. See <er>Technical</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A contriver, designer, or maker.</def>