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The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

Aridity; dryness.

arm of the Lord revealed Isa. lii. 1. Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. Dryden. -- Arm's length, the length of the arm. -- Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. -- To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in armwe…

offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. "And armed host." Dryden.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.

One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans.

That branch of hplwaldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. Cussans.

The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. "Arms and the man I sing." Dryden.

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

w, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak. And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden.

of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

h satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.

Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden.

e) or by land. Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes, Expect his swift arrival. Dryden.

The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]

ous; skillful. He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden.

art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful. Artless of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.

iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.