Part 614

<h1>Archtraitor</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`trai"tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>traitor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A chief or transcendent traitor.</def>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Archtreasurer</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`treas"ur*er</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>treasurer</ets>.]</ety> <def>A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.</def>

<h1>Archway</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch"way</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A way or passage under an arch.</def>

<h1>Archwife</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`wife"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>wife</ets>.]</ety> <def>A big, masculine wife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Archwise</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch"wise</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Arch-shaped.</def>

<h1>Archy</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch"y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Arched; <as>as, <ex>archy</ex> brows</as>.</def>

<h1>archy</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>*ar"chy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ chief. See <er>Arch-</er>, <ets>pref</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix properly meaning <i>a rule</i>, <i>ruling</i>, as in mon<i>archy</i>, the rule of one only. Cf. <er>-arch</er>.</def>

<h1>Arciform</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"ci*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcus</ets> bow + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of an arch; curved.</def>

<h1>Arcograph</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc"o*graph</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcus</ets> (E. <ets>arc</ets>) + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.</def>

<h1>Arctation</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arctus</ets> shut in, narrow, p. p. of <ets>arcere</ets> to shut in: cf. F. <ets>arctation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.</def>

<h1>Arctic</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>artik</ets>, OF. <ets>artique</ets>, F. <ets>arctique</ets>, L. <ets>arcticus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ a bear, also a northern constellation so called; akin to L. <ets>ursus</ets> bear, Skr. <?/ksha.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the <i>Bear</i>; northern; frigid; <as>as, the <ex>arctic</ex> pole, circle, region, ocean; an <ex>arctic</ex> expedition, night, temperature.</as></def>

<note>&hand; The <i>arctic</i> circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23&deg; 28\'b7 from the north pole. This and the <it>antarctic</it> circle are called the <it>polar circles</it>, and between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See <er>Zone</er>.</note>

<h1>Arctic</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The arctic circle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A warm waterproof overshoe.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>