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Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. Shak.

Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.]

ept at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.

All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

n which the soldiers, while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction, drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional perio…

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar.

, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

ment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

eese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]

ing was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors. Fuller.

Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple.

. persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. Smollett. The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. Gibbon.