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A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson.

Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinde…

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

The arched part of a structure.

Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

Used in building; proper for building. Derham.

The science of architecture.

Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

The science of architecture.

An architect. [Obs.] North.

A female architect.

Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.

hes, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.