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Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

The light of an arc lamp.

A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

. [Rarely used in sing.] Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom explored press. Lamb.

Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.

Burning; ardent. [R.] Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary.

cite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

To blame; to accuse; to charge with. [Obs.] Thoughts and expressions . . . which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality. Dryden.

To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] "Whiskered cats arointed flee." Mrs. Browning.

On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows. Dryden.

d Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.

Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.

. Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit. Pope. And fairly quit him of the imputed blame. Spenser.

The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. Byron. In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. -- Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone o…

which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. Waller.

appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay.