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om vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall.

Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, coba…

Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights. J. R. Symonds.

One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]

s, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. -- Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.…

actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. Dewey.

Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.

distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

Soaking.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.

The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey.

Assailing; attacking. Milton.

with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.…

Thither he assembled all his train. Milton. All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2.

A making over by transfer of title; assignment. House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.