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The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.

Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.

us substance; also, to spread over, as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

se; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand Dryden.

: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.

an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden.

A summons to answer to a charge. Dryden.

come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

n, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

ly medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

und by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Dryden. Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet specia…

Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden.

area of thought. The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison. Dry area. See under Dry.

The act of drying, or the state of growing dry. The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.

To dry, or make dry. Bacon.

and expressions . . . which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality. Dryden.

Acuteness. Dryden.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.