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Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

"moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke.

Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

ed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal s…

to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

Belonging to or like an eagle.

Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. For Jove is arbiter of both to man. Cowper.

Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.

The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.

Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber.

All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.

Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.

or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices.

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper. Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.

her by water (as in its original sense) or by land. Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. Dryden.