Part 646

<h1>Arranger</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*ran"ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who arranges.</def>

<i> Burke.</i>

<h1>Arrant</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"rant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>erraunt</ets>, <ets>errant</ets>, <ets>errand</ets>, equiv. to E. <ets>errant</ets> wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an <ets>errant rogue</ets>, an <ets>errant thief</ets>, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See <er>Errant</er>.]</ety> <def>Notoriously or pre\'89minently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; <as>as, an <ex>arrant</ex> rogue or coward</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I discover an <b>arrant</b> laziness in my soul. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Thorough or downright, in a good sense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An <b>arrant</b> honest woman. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arrantly</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"rant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Arras</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"ras</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Arras</ets> the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.]</ety> <def>Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.</def>

<blockquote>Stateliest couches, with rich <b>arras</b> spread. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Behind the <b>arras</b> I'll convey myself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arras</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"ras</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To furnish with an arras.</def>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Arrasene</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`ras*ene"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Arras</er>.]</ety> <def>A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.</def>

<h1>Arrastre</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*ras"tre</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.</def>

<mhw><h1>Arraswise, Arrasways</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar"ras*wise`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar"ras*ways`</hw></mhw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Prob. a corruption of <ets>arriswise</ets>. See <er>Arris</er>.]</ety> <def>Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit. Cussans.</i>

<h1>Arraught</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*raught"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[The past tense of an old v. <ets>areach</ets> or <ets>arreach</ets>. Cf. <er>Reach</er>, obs. pret. <ets>raught</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obtained; seized.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>