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bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

Furnished with an architrave. Cowper.

A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts.

An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.

Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan.

A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34.

Pertaining to the Areopagus. Mitford.

Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.

Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

Divination by means of numbers.

A book containing the principles of this science. Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. -- Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.

Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.

Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

One skilled in arithmetic.

Arithmancy.

A calculating machine.

Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber.