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The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

ndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications. -- Naval architecture, the art of building ships.

A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes.

Crude tartar. See Argol.

Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks. Ure.

A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. "Arms and the man I sing." Dryden.

To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] Spenser.

An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.

ic establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the f…

Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]

use or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton.

Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.