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Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.

consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc. Oxf. Gloss.

tc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. -- To arms! a summons to war or battle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. Arm's end, Arm's length, Arm's reach. See un…

To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

ion over kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.

cess of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.

To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

stine and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. -- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.

A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe.

A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

me to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith.

men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.

Any gaseous envelope or medium. An atmosphere of cold oxygen. Miller.