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A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

Containing or producing arsenic.

The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.

A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak.

Producing reeds or canes.

That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such. [Obs.] I can place thee in such abject state, as help shall never find thee. Rowe. So as, so that. [Obs.] The relations are so uncertain as they require a great deal of examination. Bacon.

A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invectiv…

The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.

To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. Dryden.

Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.

; habituation. [Obs.] Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison.

Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.