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for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.

, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar.

To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

ting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

traint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." Holland.

l system" in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. -- Artificial horizon. See under Horizon. Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds from the heavenly bodies. -- Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which, by the h…

ly trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under Because.]

domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.

nd which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.

Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.

omewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. -- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.

In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak.

r usually connected with another; an concomitant. The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it. Locke.

To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.

A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.