ARCHES-COURT — AREOMETRICAL NWAD ARCHES-COURT.1
ARCHES-COURT, in England, so called from the church of St. Mary le bow (de arcubus,) whose top is raised of stone pillars built archwise, where it was anciently held, is a court of appeal, in the ecclesiastical polity, the judge of which is called the dean of the arches. This court had jurisdiction over thirteen peculiar parishes in London, belonging to the archbishop of Cantebury; but the office of dean of the arches being united with that of the archbishop’s principal office, the dean now receives and determines appeals from the sentence of all inferior courts within the province; and from him lies an appeal to the king in chancery. This and all the principal spiritual courts are now held at Doctors’ Commons. NWAD ARCHES-COURT.1
ARCHETYPAL, a. Original; constituting a model or pattern. NWAD ARCHETYPAL.1
ARCHETYPE, n. [Gr. beginning, and form.] NWAD ARCHETYPE.1
1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made; as, a tree is the archetype or pattern of our idea of that tree. NWAD ARCHETYPE.2
2. Among minters, the standard weight, by which others are adjusted. NWAD ARCHETYPE.3
3. Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed in the idea of God, before the creation. NWAD ARCHETYPE.4
ARCHEUS, n. [Gr. beginning, or a chief.] NWAD ARCHEUS.1
A term used by the ancient chimists, to denote the interal efficient cause of all things; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers; the power that presides over the animal economy, or the vis medicatrix; the active principle of the material world. In medicine, good health, or ancient practice. NWAD ARCHEUS.2
ARCHFELON, n. [See Felon.] A chief felon. NWAD ARCHFELON.1
ARCHFIEND, n. [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe. NWAD ARCHFIEND.1
ARCHFLAMEN, n. A chief flamen or priest. NWAD ARCHFLAMEN.1
ARCHFLATTERER, n. [See Flatter.] A chief flatterer. NWAD ARCHFLATTERER.1
ARCHFOE, n. [See Foe.] A grand or chief enemy. NWAD ARCHFOE.1
ARCHFOUNDER, n. A chief founder. NWAD ARCHFOUNDER.1
ARCHGOVERNOR, n. The chief governor. NWAD ARCHGOVERNOR.1
ARCHHERESY, n. [See Heresy.] The greatest heresy. NWAD ARCHHERESY.1
ARCHHERETIC, n. A chief heretic. NWAD ARCHHERETIC.1
ARCHHIEREY, n. [Gr. chief, and priest.] A chief priest in Russia. NWAD ARCHHIEREY.1
ARCHHYPOCRITE, n. A great or chief hypocrite. NWAD ARCHHYPOCRITE.1
ARCHIATER, n. [Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia. NWAD ARCHIATER.1
ARCHICAL, a. Chief; primary. NWAD ARCHICAL.1
ARCHIDIACONAL, a. [See Deacon.] NWAD ARCHIDIACONAL.1
Pertaining to an archdeacon; as an archidiaconal visitation. NWAD ARCHIDIACONAL.2
ARCHIEPISCOPAL, a. [See Episcopal.] NWAD ARCHIEPISCOPAL.1
Belonging to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. NWAD ARCHIEPISCOPAL.2
ARCHIL, n. A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a rich purple color, not durable, but very beautiful. It is bruised between stones, and moistened with strong spirit of urine mixed with quick lime. It first takes a purplish red color, and then turns to blue. In the first state it is called archil; and in the second, lacmas or litmase, litmus. NWAD ARCHIL.1
ARCHILOCHIAN, a. Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the last three, trochees. NWAD ARCHILOCHIAN.1
ARCHIMAGUS, n. [See Magician.] The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. NWAD ARCHIMAGUS.1
ARCHIMANDRITE, n. [from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk.] NWAD ARCHIMANDRITE.1
In church history, a chief of the mandrites or monks, answering to abbot in Europe. NWAD ARCHIMANDRITE.2
ARCHING, ppr. Forming an arch; covering with an arch. NWAD ARCHING.1
ARCHING, a. Curving like an arch. NWAD ARCHING.2
ARCHIPELAGO, n. [Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be compounded of Gr. chief, and sea; others of the Egean sea.] NWAD ARCHIPELAGO.1
In a general sense, a sea interspersed with many isles; but particularly the sea which separates Europe from Asia, otherwise called the Egean Sea. It contains the Grecian isles, called Cyclades and Sporades. NWAD ARCHIPELAGO.2
ARCHITECT, n. [Gr. chief, and a workman. See Technical.] NWAD ARCHITECT.1
1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and superintend the artificers employed. NWAD ARCHITECT.2
2. A contriver; a former or maker. NWAD ARCHITECT.3
ARCHITECTIVE, a. Used in building; proper for building. NWAD ARCHITECTIVE.1
ARCHITECTONIC, a. That has power or skill to build. NWAD ARCHITECTONIC.1
ARCHITECTONICS, n. The science of architecture. NWAD ARCHITECTONICS.1
ARCHITECTRESS, n. A female architect. NWAD ARCHITECTRESS.1
ARCHITECTURAL, a. Pertaining to the art of building; that is according to the rules of architecture. NWAD ARCHITECTURAL.1
ARCHITECTURE, n. [L. architectura.] NWAD ARCHITECTURE.1
1. The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate sense, the art of constructing houses, bridges and other buildings for the purposes of civil life. NWAD ARCHITECTURE.2
2. Frame or structure. NWAD ARCHITECTURE.3
The earth is a piece of divine architecture. NWAD ARCHITECTURE.4
Military architecture is the art of fortification. NWAD ARCHITECTURE.5
Naval architecture is the art of building ships. NWAD ARCHITECTURE.6
ARCHITRAVE, n. [Gr. chief, and L. trabs, a beam.] NWAD ARCHITRAVE.1
In architecture, the lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column. It probably represents the beam which, in ancient buildings, extended from column to column, to support the roof. NWAD ARCHITRAVE.2
In chimneys, the architrave is called the mantle piece; and over doors and windows, the hyperthyrion. NWAD ARCHITRAVE.3
ARCHIVAL, a. [See Archives.] Pertaining to archives or records; contained in records. NWAD ARCHIVAL.1
ARCHIVAULT, n. [arch, chief, and vault.] NWAD ARCHIVAULT.1
In building, the inner contour of an arch, or a band adorned with moldings, running over the faces of the arch-stones, and bearing upon the imposts. It has only a single face in the Tuscan order; two faces crowned in the Doric and Ionic, and the same moldings, as the architrave, in the Corinthian and Composite. NWAD ARCHIVAULT.2
ARCHIVES, n. plu. [Gr.; Low L. archivum.] NWAD ARCHIVES.1
The apartment in which records are kept; also the records and papers which are preserved, as evidences of facts. NWAD ARCHIVES.2
ARCHIVIST, n. The keeper of archives or records. NWAD ARCHIVIST.1
ARCHLIKE, a. Built like an arch. NWAD ARCHLIKE.1
A large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison. NWAD ARCHLUTE.2
ARCHLY, adv. Shrewdly; wittily; jestingly. NWAD ARCHLY.1
ARCHMAGICIAN, n. The chief magician. NWAD ARCHMAGICIAN.1
ARCHMARSHAL, n. The grand marshal of the German empire; a dignity belonging to the elector of Saxony. NWAD ARCHMARSHAL.1
ARCHNESS, n. Cunning; shrewdness; waggishness. NWAD ARCHNESS.1
ARCHON, n. [Gr. a prince.] NWAD ARCHON.1
The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of Codrus, from the most illustrious families, to superintend civil and religious concerns. They were nine in number; the first was properly the archon; the second was called king; the third, polemarch, or general of the forces. The other six were called thesmothetae, or legislators. NWAD ARCHON.2
ARCHONSHIP, n. The office of an archon; or the term of his office. NWAD ARCHONSHIP.1
ARCHONTICS, n. In church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not created by God, but by angels, archontes. NWAD ARCHONTICS.1
ARCHPASTOR, n. Chief pastor, the shepherd and bishop of our souls. NWAD ARCHPASTOR.1
ARCHPHILOSOPHER, n. A chief philosopher. NWAD ARCHPHILOSOPHER.1
ARCHPILLAR, n. The main pillar. NWAD ARCHPILLAR.1
ARCHPOET, n. The principal poet. NWAD ARCHPOET.1
ARCHPOLITICIAN, n. [See Policy.] An eminent or distinguished politician. NWAD ARCHPOLITICIAN.1
ARCHPONTIFF, n. [See Pontiff.] A supreme pontiff or priest. NWAD ARCHPONTIFF.1
ARCHPRELATE, n. [See Prelate.] The chief prelate. NWAD ARCHPRELATE.1
ARCHPRESBYTER, n. [See Presbyter.] a chief presbyter or priest. NWAD ARCHPRESBYTER.1
ARCHPRESBYTERY, n. The absolute dominion of presbytery, or the chief presbytery. NWAD ARCHPRESBYTERY.1
ARCHPRIEST, n. [See Priest.] A chief priest. NWAD ARCHPRIEST.1
ARCHPRIMATE, n. The chief primate; an archbishop NWAD ARCHPRIMATE.1
ARCHPROPHET, n. Chief prophet. NWAD ARCHPROPHET.1
ARCHPROTESTANT, n. A principal or distinguished protestant. NWAD ARCHPROTESTANT.1
ARCHPUBLICAN, n. The distinguished publican. NWAD ARCHPUBLICAN.1
ARCHREBEL, n. The chief rebel NWAD ARCHREBEL.1
ARCHTRAITOR, n. A principal traitor. NWAD ARCHTRAITOR.1
ARCHTREASURER, n. [See Treasure.] NWAD ARCHTREASURER.1
The great treasurer of the German empire; a dignity claimed by the elector of Hanover. NWAD ARCHTREASURER.2
ARCHTREASURERSHIP, n. The office of archtreasurer. NWAD ARCHTREASURERSHIP.1
ARCHTYRANT, n. A principal or great tyrant. NWAD ARCHTYRANT.1
ARCHVILLAIN, n. [See Villain.] A chief or great villain. NWAD ARCHVILLAIN.1
ARCHVILLANY, n. Great villany. NWAD ARCHVILLANY.1
ARCHWISE, adv. [arch and wise. See Wise.] In the form of an arch. NWAD ARCHWISE.1
ARCTATION, ARCTITUDE, n. [L. artus, tight.] Preternatural straightness; constipation from inflammation. NWAD ARCTATION.1
ARCTIC, a. [Gr. a bear, and a northern constellation so called.] NWAD ARCTIC.1
Northern; pertaining to the northern constellation, called the bear; as, the arctic pole, circle, region or sea. NWAD ARCTIC.2
The arctic circle is a lesser circle parallel to the equator, 23 degrees 28’ from the north pole. this, and the antarctic circle, are called the polar circles, and within these lie the frigid zones. NWAD ARCTIC.3
ARCTURUS, n. [Gr. a bear, and tail.] A fixed star of the first magnitude, in the constellation of Bootes. NWAD ARCTURUS.1
ARCUATE, a. [L. arcuatus. See Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow. NWAD ARCUATE.1
ARCUATION, n. NWAD ARCUATION.1
1. The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; great convexity of the thorax. NWAD ARCUATION.2
2. A method of raising trees by layers; that is, by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth, three inches deep upon the joints; making a basin of earth to hold the water. When these have taken root, they are removed into a nursery. NWAD ARCUATION.3
ARCUBALIST, n. [L. arcus, a bow, and balista, an engine for throwing stones.] A cross-bow. NWAD ARCUBALIST.1
ARCUBALISTER, n. A cross-bowman; one who used the arbalist. NWAD ARCUBALISTER.1
ARD, The termination of many English words. We observe it in Goddard, a divine temper; Giffard, a disposition to give, liberality; Bernard, flial affection; standard, drunkard, dotard, etc. NWAD ARD.1
ARDENCY, n. [L. ardens, from ardeo, to burn.] NWAD ARDENCY.1
Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal. NWAD ARDENCY.2
ARDENT, a. NWAD ARDENT.1
1. Hot; burning; that causes sensation of burning; as, ardent spirits, that is distilled spirits; an ardent fever. NWAD ARDENT.2
2. Having the appearance of quality of fire; fierce; as ardent eyes. NWAD ARDENT.3
3. Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; affectionate; much engaged; zealous; as, ardent love or vows; ardent zeal. NWAD ARDENT.4
ARDENTLY, adv. With warmth; affectionately; passionately. NWAD ARDENTLY.1
ARDENTNESS, n. Ardency. NWAD ARDENTNESS.1
ARDOR, n. [L.] NWAD ARDOR.1
1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun’s rays. NWAD ARDOR.2
2. Warmth, or heat, applied to the passions and affections; eagerness; as, he pursues study with ardor; they fought with ardor. NWAD ARDOR.3
Milton uses the word for person or spirit bright and effulgent, but by an unusual license. NWAD ARDOR.4
ARDUOUS, a. [L. arduus.] NWAD ARDUOUS.1
1. High, lofty, in a literal sense; as, arduous paths. NWAD ARDUOUS.2
2. Difficult; attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise. NWAD ARDUOUS.3
ARDUOUSLY, adv. In an arduous manner; with laboriousness. NWAD ARDUOUSLY.1
ARDUOUSNESS, n. Height; difficulty of execution. NWAD ARDUOUSNESS.1
ARE. The plural of the substantive verb; but a different word from be, am or was. It is usually pronounced ar. NWAD ARE.1
ARE, n. [L.] In France, a measure, the new square perch, containing a hundred square meters, a little less than two square perches of 22 feet, in the ancient measure. NWAD ARE.2
AREA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, stretch, lay or spread.] NWAD AREA.1
1. Any plain surface, as the floor of a room, of a church or other building, or of the ground. NWAD AREA.2
2. The space or site on which a building stands; or of any inclosure. NWAD AREA.3
3. In geometry, the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; as the area of a square or a triangle. NWAD AREA.4
4. Among physicians, baldness; an empty space; a bald space produced by alopeey; also a name of the disease. NWAD AREA.5
5. In mining, a compass of ore allotted to diggers. NWAD AREA.6
AREAD, AREED, v.t. To counsel; to advise. Obs. NWAD AREAD.1
AREAL, a. Pertaining to an area; as areal interstices. NWAD AREAL.1
AREEK, adv. In a reeking condition. [See Reek.] NWAD AREEK.1
AREFACTION, n. [L. arefacio, to dry, from aero.] The act of drying; the state of growing dry. NWAD AREFACTION.1
AREFY, v.t. To dry or make dry. NWAD AREFY.1
ARENA, n. [L. sand.] NWAD ARENA.1
1. An open space of ground strewed with sand, on which the gladiators, in ancient Rome, exhibited shows of fighting for the amusement of spectators. Hence, a place for public exhibition. NWAD ARENA.2
2. Among physicians, sand or gravel in the kidneys. NWAD ARENA.3
ARENACEOUS, a. [from arena, sand.] NWAD ARENACEOUS.1
1. Sandy; having the properties of sand. NWAD ARENACEOUS.2
2. Brittle; as arenaceous limestone. NWAD ARENACEOUS.3
ARENATION, n. Among physicians, a sand bath; a sprinkling of hot sand upon a diseased person. NWAD ARENATION.1
ARENDALITE, n. In mineralogy, another name of epidote, or pistacite; epidote being the name given to it by Hauy, and pistacite by Werner. [See Epidote.] NWAD ARENDALITE.1
ARENDATOR, n. NWAD ARENDATOR.1
In Livonia and other provinces of Russia, a farmer of the farms or rents; one who contracts with the crown for the rents of the farms. He who rents an estate belonging to the crown, is called Crownarendator. Arende is a term used both for the estate let to farm, and the sum for which it is rented. NWAD ARENDATOR.2
ARENILITIC, a. [arena, sand, and a stone.] NWAD ARENILITIC.1
Pertaining to sand stone; consisting of sand stone; as arenilite mountains. NWAD ARENILITIC.2
ARENOSE, ARENOUS, a. Sandy; full of sand. NWAD ARENOSE.1
AREOLE, AREOLA, n. [L.] The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule. NWAD AREOLE.1
AREOMETER, n. [Gr. rare, thin, and to measure.] NWAD AREOMETER.1
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. NWAD AREOMETER.2
AREOMETRICAL, a. Pertaining to an areometer. NWAD AREOMETRICAL.1