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Pertaining a short beard or awn. Gray.

One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans.

oldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [Eng.] [Written also arish, ersh, etc.] The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag.

Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.

The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

The figure of a star, thus,

An asterisk, or mark of reference. [R.]

An augur. [R.]

An earpick.

An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

Authoriship. [R.]

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. W. Irving.

A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.

Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]

Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.

Behavior like that of a bear.