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A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton.

The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

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

A female archer. Markham.

A female architect.

Same as Archpriest.

The absolute dominion of presbytery. Milton.

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

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

Arrest. [R.] The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

One who arrests.

Striking; attracting attention; impressive. This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.

Tending to arrest. McCosh.

The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

A female hearer. Milton.

A female author. Glover.

A female avenger. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman aviator.