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A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.

To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.] The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. Two N. Kins.

ilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

in this article of good breeding. Addison. This last article will hardly be believed. De Foe.

hed wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

Even-toed.

As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic] He lies, as he his bliss did know. Waller.

A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

uch a book to such an author. The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. Addison.

anic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.

To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.

tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character. With blackest crimes aspersed. Cowper.

The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] Shak. Tennyson.

repared to renew the assault. Prescott. Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.

Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.

To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.] Friends should associate friends in grief and woe. Shak.

To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.

assuaged." Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe.