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Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.

to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge.

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.

tols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. -- To arms! a summons to war or battle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. Arm's end, Arm's length, Arm's reach.…

One who arraigns. Coleridge.

Obs.] God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smalridge.

Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

ing jointed; connection of parts. [R.] That definiteness and articulation of imagery. Coleridge.

en, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.

A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. Shak. Asses' Bridge. Etym: [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, "The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, t…

The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge.

hy should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned Coleridge.

Act of rising. The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. Coleridge.

Amazement. Coleridge.

A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like. [Sp. Amer.]

object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge.

, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge.

Auditory. [R.] Coleridge.