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ant species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

derly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

To black art; magic. [Obs.] Shak. Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

iculo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. -- Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by…

Because; since; it being the case that. As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under Because.]

Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott.

and devotions; austere; severe. The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.

shes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.

So as to be heard by others; privately. Then lords and ladies spake aside. Sir W. Scott. To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

[R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.

desire. "Aspirations after virtue." Johnson. Vague aspiration after military renown. Prescott.

lt upon a man, a house, or a town. The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.

the credit of the proposer. Locke. The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.…

which his lot had been assigned. Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. Prescott.

ormity; to cause a resemblance between. Sir M. Hale. To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. John Bright. Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. Cowper.

o be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.

olve; to acquit by sentence of court. God assoilzie him for the sin of bloodshed. Sir W. Scott.

oung knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott.

Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scots law]