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moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.…

eld; eddish. [Eng.] [Written also arish, ersh, etc.] The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag.

Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]

To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt.

To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.

A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.

To garrison to excess.

Having a rough, dry taste. [Prov. Eng.]

On tiptoe; eagerly expecting. We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison.

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S.…

An adversative word. Harris.

detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "Pure English without Latin alloy." F. Harrison.

e apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

l. That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. F. Harrison.

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

re equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, to do or say something very foolish or absurd.

By way of help. Harris.

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.