Part 615

<h1>Arctisca</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc*tis"ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Arachnida. See <i>Illust</i>. in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Arctogeal</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc`to*ge"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the north + <?/, <?/, country.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to arctic lands; <as>as, the <ex>arctogeal</ex> fauna</as>.</def>

<h1>Arctoidea</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc*toid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ bear + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.</def>

<h1>Arcturus</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc*tu"rus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Arcturus</ets>, Gr. <?/ bearward, equiv. to <?/; <?/ bear + <?/ ward, guard. See <er>Arctic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bo\'94tes.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Arcturus</i> has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.</note>

<blockquote>Canst thou guide <b>Arcturus</b> with his sons [Rev. Ver.: "the Bear with her train"]. <i>Job xxxviii. 32.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arcual</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc"u*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an arc.</def>

<cs><col>Arcual measure of an angle</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to the radius of the circle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arcuate, Arcuated</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw><hw>Arc"u*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Arc"u*a`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>(#),<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcuatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>arcuare</ets> to shape like a bow, fr. <ets>arcus</ets>. See <er>Arc</er>.]</ety> <def>Bent or curved in the form of a bow.</def> "<i>Arcuate</i> stalks."

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Arcuately</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc"u*ate*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form of a bow.</def>

<h1>Arcuation</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arc`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcuatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.</def>

<i>Coxe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Arcubalist</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"cu*ba*list</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arbalist</er>.]</ety> <def>A crossbow.</def>

<i>Fosbroke.</i>

<h1>Arcubalister</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar`cu*bal"ist*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arcuballistarius</ets>. Cf. <er>Arbalister</er>.]</ety> <def>A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.</def>