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The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in smal…

A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak.

mberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.

Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. Spenser.

Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinde…

The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.

me word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.

Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

rgillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n.

ement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.

forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole united armament of Greece." Glover.