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Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]

Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.

Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton.

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.

irearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also harquebus.]

The shot of an arquebus. Ash.

A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.

Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

ay; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [Obs.] Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell.

Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

Containing or producing arsenic.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

Artificial. [Obs.] Johnson.

Even-toed.

Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.

Producing reeds or canes.

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.