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Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

Containing clay and iron.

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.

Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc. -- Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b) Emery.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. Macaulay.

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.

The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.

so, a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

ht by the last arrival. Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.

y of Laurentum. Holland. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay.

arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

of arts. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.

spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. Macaulay.

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.

e only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable. Macaulay.

an to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin.