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Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

Arrest. [R.] The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

One who arrests.

Striking; attracting attention; impressive. This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.

Tending to arrest. McCosh.

The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric (#), a.

for Bursteth. [Obs.]

A torus. [Obs.]

To burst. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Breastsummer.

One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually bores in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.

Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.

Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

lection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.