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Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

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

Relating to the archegonium.

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Pertaining to the ship Argo.

Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks. Ure.

Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.

A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

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

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.