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self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.

A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.

m), in France. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.

or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak.

tion. He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. John ix. 21. He asked the way to Chester. Shak.

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield.

a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one i…

The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches)

recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.

A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.

curean philosophy. -- Atomic theory, or the Doctrine of definite proportions (Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. -- Atomic weight (Ch…

at atrocity, great atrocity. Revelations . . . so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them. De Quincey.

attery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

ble published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was "appointed to be read in churches," and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.

its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

one of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

h side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. W. Black.

eclare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly. If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.