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The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.

Treelike in shape.

Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate." Wright.

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.

Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.

Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.

The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.

Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

f the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.

Full of fine sand; like sand. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ. reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them.

Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

ous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.

le (Antilope, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. [Obs.] Bacon.

Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray.

The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

s reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home reserves, to serve until he r…