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ation of knowledge or power to practical purposes. Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.

An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

Of or pertaining to the windpipe.

Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.

To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

A systematic description of the arteries.

A small artery.

That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

Abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. -- Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#), a.

The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.

The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." Holland.

Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton.

In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

Same as Earthen. [Obs.] "An arthen pot." Holland.