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A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore. Shak.

reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood.

Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

itizens. [Obs.] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson.

The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.

Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

e heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.

A great number; a vast multitude; a host. An army of good words. Shak. Standing army, a permanent army of professional soldiers, as distinguished from militia or volunteers.

multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies. [Obs.]

y. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

omatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr.

s not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [Obs.] An arrant honest woman. Burton.

A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.