Part 644

<hw>Ar"pine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An arpent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Webster (1623).</i>

<h1>Arquated</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"qua*ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Arquebus, Arquebuse</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw><hw>Ar"que*bus</hw>, <hw>Ar"que*buse</hw><hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arquebuse</ets>, OF. <ets>harquebuse</ets>, fr. D. <ets>haak</ets>-<ets>bus</ets>; cf. G. <ets>hakenb\'81chse</ets> a gun with a hook. See <er>Hagbut</er>.]</ety> <def>A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>harquebus</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Arquebusade</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`que*bus*ade"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arquebusade</ets> shot of an arquebus; eau d'<ets>arquebusade</ets> a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The shot of an arquebus.</def>

<i>Ash.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.</def>

<i>Parr.</i>

<h1>Arquebusier</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`que*bus*ier</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arquebusier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A soldier armed with an arquebus.</def>

<blockquote>Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called <b>arquebusiers</b>. <i>E. Lodge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arquifoux</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"qui*foux</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Alquifou</er>.</def>

<h1>Arrach</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"rach</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Orach</er>.</def>

<h1>Arrack</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"rack</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>araq</ets> sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. <ets>araqa</ets> to sweat. Cf. <er>Rack</er> arrack.]</ety> <def>A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.</def>

<h1>Arragonite</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rag"o*nite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aragonite</er>.</def>

<h1>Arraign</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raign"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Arraigned</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Arraigning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>arainen</ets>, <ets>arenen</ets>, OF. <ets>aragnier</ets>, <ets>aranier</ets>, <ets>araisnier</ets>, F. <ets>arraisonner</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>arrationare</ets> to address to call before court; L. <ets>ad + ratio</ets> reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See <er>Reason</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.</def>

<blockquote>They will not <b>arraign</b> you for want of knowledge. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be <b>arraigned</b> by the world. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>