Part 629

<hw>A"ri*an*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The doctrines of the Arians.</def>

<h1>Arianize</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>A"ri*an*ize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.</def>

<h1>Arianize</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>A"ri*an*ize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To convert to Arianism.</def>

<h1>Aricine</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>Ar"i*cine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Arica</ets>, in Chile.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.</def>

<h1>Arid</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>Ar"id</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aridus</ets>, fr. <ets>arere</ets> to be dry: cf. F. <ets>aride</ets>.]</ety> <def>Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.</def> "An <i>arid</i> waste."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Aridity</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>A*rid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aridities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>ariditas</ets>, fr. <ets>aridus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.</def>

<i>Norris.</i>

<h1>Aridness</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>Ar"id*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Aridity; dryness.</def>

<mhw><h1>Ariel, n., &or; Ariel gazelle</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>A"ri*el</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, &or; <hw>A"ri*el ga*zelle"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>. <ety>[Ar. <ets>aryil</ets>, <ets>ayyil</ets>, stag.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <i>A</i>) <def>A variety of the gazelle <spn>(Antilope, or Gazella, dorcas)</spn>, found in Arabia and adjacent countries. <sd>(b)</sd> A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of <i>Petaurus</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> A beautiful Brazilian toucan <i>Ramphastos ariel</i>).</def>

<h1>Aries</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>A"ri*es</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A battering-ram.</def>

<h1>Arietate</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>Ar"i*e*tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arietatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>arietare</ets>, fr. <ets>aries</ets> ram.]</ety> <def>To butt, as a ram.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Arietation</h1> <Xpage=81>

<hw>Ar`i*e*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arietatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Act of striking or conflicting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>