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ht. The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison. Dry area. See under Dry.

Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

n armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. -- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.

The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. Bacon.

Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.

t; 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 under Arm.

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.