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A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge.

r easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.

Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood.

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

Apprenticeship. [Obs.]

Apprenticeship. [Obs.]

The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

ng largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

Sandy; as, arenarious soil.

A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.

In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.