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linder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis.

The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.

eolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

r containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.] Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell.

To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.

To make an argument; to argue. [Obs.] Gower.

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.

A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.

Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law. To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed Isa. lii. 1. Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. Dryden. -- Arm's length, the length of the arm. -- Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. -- To go (or walk)…

A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. Totten.

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

Power in arms. [R.] Johnson.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.

man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone.

Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

ummoned to attend the court. To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.

and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.