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The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

A salt of arsenic acid.

See Arsenate. [R.]

ur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight. Symbol As.

Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers. Arsenical silver, an ore of silver containing arsenic.

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.

Containing or producing arsenic.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.

See Arsenide.

Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]

A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.

Smartweed; water pepper. Dr. Prior.

The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.

not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.