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ts weather, etc. The April's her eyes; it is love's spring. Shak. April fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.

Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable. A tale extremely apropos. Pope.

Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.

A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports;; to arbitrate in disputes among heighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

h the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

r containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.

A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. Shak.

To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton.

t. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.

etical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.

The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson.

ge of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.

a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.