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The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

s.] If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland. Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, mora…

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

ally. South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak.

To raise; to set up; to stir up. [Obs.]

ount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

irearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. -- To arms! a summons to war or battle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a militar…

To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.

The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.

ing much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden.

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable. Jer. Taylor.

cle by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller.

ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage.

urse, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping. "Set them not upright, but aslope." Bacon.

nt. In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.