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Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. -- Gum arabic. See under Gum.

Relating to Arabia; Arabic. -- A*rab"ic*al*ly, adv.

Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.

Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also Mozarabic.]

The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

Gum arabic.

The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

m California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.

A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. Stuart.

One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

bs.] Chaucer. Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. -- Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer.

Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. A. Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.

n Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.

Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language. [Written also Kufic.]

ion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.

oken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.

ujube paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened.