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Arched; as, archy brows.

ist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.

A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. A born aristocrat, bred radical. Mrs. Browning.

To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] "Whiskered cats arointed flee." Mrs. Browning.

o as to make the circuit of; about. A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows. Dryden.

Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne.

lso that which arises, as from distillation. Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. Sir T. Browne. Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. -- Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of t…

Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.

Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.

Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found als…

, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.

Roasting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

sing the body, not repairing it by assimilation, but preserving it by ventilation. Sir T. Browne.

Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.

To study or to talk astronomy. [R.] They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne.

To make an attempt; -- with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.