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pearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

One of the Aptera.

See Araneina.

Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. -- n.

Having the form of a spider. Kirby.

The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.

A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

(persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

One who arranges. Burke.

preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward. I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.

Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.

A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

equence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.

ire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay.

Stranded. Sir W. Scott.

Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceæ, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.