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tiugiiished from a song by being less simple 
and less purely lyrical. The aria ijrandc is the 
next most elaborate species of solo vocal music 
to the SCCIKI (which see), (ft) A distinct form 
of solo vocal music, distinguished by a clear 
division into three parts, namely, a principal 
section, a subordinate section, and a repeti- 
tion, with or without alterations, of the first 
section : otherwise known as the da capo form. 
(c) A solo movement, whether in strict ana 
form or not, in an extended vocal work, like an aridness (ar'id-nes), n. Same a 
opera or an oratorio: as, the soprano aria "I Around and between the ruined citie 
know that my Redeemer liveth." See airf, 1. 
The harsh ascetic mode of treating philosophy by the 
schoolmen generated a corresponding barrenness, aridity 
and repulsiveness, in the rigid forms of their technical 
language. I> e Quincey, Style, iv. 
I have often been reproached with the aridity of my 
Kenills . Poe, Tales, I. 146. 
3. Dullness of mind or situation; depression; 
tedium. 
Strike my soul with lively apprehensions of thy excel- 
lences to bear up my spirit under the greatest aridities 
and dejections. Norm. 
Same as aridity. 
\rounii ami iieiweuu me mined cities, and reaching far 
and wide to the north and east, were blank aridness and 
des< ilatioii. 0' Donovan, Merv, xx. 
-arie*. [NL., fern. pi. of -arieus, < L. -dri-ux + 
'<<"uir"'Apeta V Af), < Anns, Ariu* (irnprop. Ar- -e-ns: see -aryl and -eous.] Into*., an ordinal 
/ /r Xfc a man's name, prop adj., termination, used by some authors in a very 
, r h I, warlike, of Ares or Mars, < K Ares, few cas,s instead of the more common -accv 
Mars see Arcs. ] I a. 1. Pertaining to or of Ariel 1 (a'ri-el), n. [In def. 1, < LL. and, < Gr. 
the nature of the doctrines of Arius. See II. a('"l\ < Heb. ariel, in the passage cited pfjm- 
2. Adhering to Arius or his doctrines. 
II. M. In theol., one who adheres to the doc- 
trines of Arius and his school. Arius was a pres- 
byter of the church of Alexandria in the fourth century. 
He held that the Son was begotten of the Father, and there- 
fore not coeternal nor colisubstantial with the Father, but 
created by and subordinate to the Father, though pos- 
sessing M similar nature. The name Arian is given in the- 
ology not only to all those who adopt this particular 
view of the nature of Christ, but also to all those who, 
holding to the divine nature of Christ, yet maintain his 
dependence upon and subordination to the Father in the 
Ciodhead. As a class the Arians accept the Scriptures as 
a divinely inspired and authoritative book, and declare 
their doctrines to be sustained by its teachings. The doc- 
trine of Arius was authoritatively condemned by the 
Council of Nice A. I). 326, which decreed that Jesus 
Arimaspian 
She hastened to beseech their attention unto a military 
ariette. Scott. 
aright (a-rif), prep. phr. as adv. [< ME. ariyht, 
arigt, ariht, etc., < AS. driht, earlier on riht, 
aright: on, E. n 3 ; riht, E. right: see right, n. 
The second sense is modern.] 1. Rightly; in 
a right way or form ; without error or fault. 
Korean a man of passions judge ur^i/il, 
Except his mind be from all passions free. 
Sir J. Dames, Immortal, of Soul, iv. 
These mingled seeds thy hand shall set arit/M, 
All laid In heaps, each after its own kind. 
William Morris, Earthly I'aradise, I. 204. 
2. To or toward the right hand. [Rare.] 
The affrighted foemcn scatter from his spear, aright, aleft. 
Southeu, Joan of Arc, vi. 308. 
uim (ar-i-i'na), n. pi. [NL., < Arius + -ina.} 
In Giinther's classification of fishes, a group of 
Nilurida! proteroptera;, with the anterior and 
, . , . , posterior nostrils close together and without 
certain meaning, perhaps ' fire-altar of God uasa l barbels : synonymous with Ariiiue. 
(Gesenius) ; elsewhere in the Old Testament as Ariinae (ar-i-i'ne), n.pl. [NL., < Arius + -ina;.'} 
a man's name and as an appellation of Jerusa- i n j e Mh. t a subfamily of siluroid fishes, typified 
lern^ where it is taken as 'lion of God.' Hence, by the genus ^In'its. They have a form resembling 
. . , 
Christ was "very God of very God ; begotten, not made ; of 
one substance with the Father." 
Arian 2 , a. and . See Aryan. 
-arian. [< L. -dri-us (E. -n/l, -ar2) + -an-us, 
E. -an.] A compound suffix of Latin origin, 
forming adjectives, and thence nouns, from or 
instead of adjectives or nouns in -art/ 1 . Words 
heavenly body and to birds.] It. [/. c.] An 
altar. See etymology and quotation. 
Foreothc the ylk ariel or auter [thilke arid, that is the 
hisere part of the auter, Purv.] of foure cubitis, and fro 
ariel Ithe auter, Purv.l vn to above, foure corners. 
Wyclif, Ezek., xliii. 15, 10(Oxf. ed.). 
2. The innermost of the satellites of Uranus, 
discovered by Lassell in 1851. It revolves 
about its primary in 2i days. 3. [I. c.] In 
ornitli., applied to sundry birds of buoyant airy 
flight : as, the ariel swallow, Chelidon ariel ; the 
ariel petrel, Proccllaria ariel; the ariel toucan, 
Rhamphastos ariel. 
[< Ar. aryil, var. of ayyil, a 
the gazel (Dozy) ; cf. 
zool., an Arabian 
gazel, Gazelld dama. 
Salt-water Catfish (Arius felis}. 
(From Report of U. S. Fish Commission, 1884.) 
usually present. About 100 species are known, most of 
which are inhabitants of the tropical or warm seas. The 
males of many species carry the eggs, which are of large 
size, in their mouth, and there hatch them. A few reach 
nA~pmctice]^ Adrian MilleiMnan,necesgarian,Su- gazel, Gazella dama. JlnS'inT?' r V nritJe 8r> nrilln Pe: 
pralapmrian, Unitarian, humanitarian, utilitarian, etc. They are dainty little antelopes, these gazelles and am (,ar U). n. L * ""Kf* ";,' , 
In the last use the termination is extended to words of ar i e ( g o f the Soudan. Contemporary Rev., XLIX. 864. It. arillo, < NL. arillus, < ML. arilli (pi.), dried 
non-Latin origin, as aytMngarian,notln,ujarian. arierbant, See arriere-ban. grapes, < L. ari*<*,dryj see arid.] 
Aries (a'ri-ez), n. [< L. aries (ariet-), OL. ares 
= Ir. and Gael, reith, a ram.] 1. One of the 
"^'jsrgteicss&ssss ttss&ttsizxsz 
Arianism (a'ri-an-izm), w, [= F. Arianisme. < 
Gr. 'Apeiavta/ik, < 'Apetavi&iv, Arianize.] The 
doctrines of the Arians. See Ariari^, n. 
ppr. Ariani 
< 'Apetav6(, Arian : see Arian 1 .'] 1, trans. To ren- 
der conformable to Arianism ; convert to Ari- 
anism. 
II. intrans. To favor or admit the tenets 
of the Arians; tend toward Arianism: as, an 
Arianizing sect of Christians. 
Arianizer (a'ri-an-i-zer), . One who favors, 
tends toward, or converts others to Arianism. 
Arica bark. See bark 2 . 
aricari (ar-i-kii'ri), . See aracari. 
Aricia (a-rish'i-ii), . [NL., prob. < L. Aricia, 
a town in Latium, now (It.) La Siccia.} The 
typical genus of the family Ariciidce. 
Ariciidae (ar-i-sl'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Aricia + 
-te.] A family of free marine annelids, of the 
order Chattopoda. 
aricin (av'i-sin), . [< Arica, the name of a place 
(formerly in Peru, now in Chili) whence the bark 
is exported, + -iw 2 .] An alkaloid found in the 
bark of some species of Cinchona. See ftarfc 2 . 
arid (ar'id), a. [< L. aridus, dry, < arere, be 
dry.] Dry; without moisture; parched with 
The Constellation Aries. 
at the vernal equinox, March 21st, and leaves 
April 20th. Owing to the precession of the equinoxes, 
the constellation Aries has moved completely out of the 
sign of the same name, which is now occupied by the 
constellation Pisces. 
3. [NL.] In zool., a genus of mammals. Storr, arillus (a-ril'us), n. 
In to*., a 
term variously applied to the accessory cover- 
ings or appendages of seeds, it is sometimes used 
in a general sense, without regard to form or place of ori- 
gin, and includes the strophiole, caruncle, and arillode (see 
these words) ; but it is usually limited to a more or less 
nearly complete seed-covering which originates from the 
funiculus near the hilum, or from the placenta when there 
is no funiculus. Also arillux. 
ariled (ar'ild), a. Same as arillate. 
arillate (ar'i-lat). a. [< NL. arillatus, < arillus : 
see aril.} Furnished with an aril, as the fruit of 
the spindle-tree. 
arillated (ar'i-la-ted), a. Same as arillate. 
arilli, w. Plural of arillus. 
arilliform (a-ril'i-form), a. [< NL. arillus, aril, 
+ L. forma, form.] Having the form of an aril. 
arillode (ar'i-lod), n. [< NL. "arillodium, < aril- 
lus, aril, + Gr. tMof, form.] In bot., a false aril: 
sometimes applied to 
a form of aril which 
originates from the 
micropyle or raphe 
instead of at or be- 
low the hilum, as in 
the nutmeg. Also 
spelled arilode. 
1870. 
heat ; hence, figuratively, uninteresting, life- arietatet, . *. [< L. arietatus, pp. of arietare, 
less, dull, pithless, etc. 
The ami abstractions of the schoolmen were succeeded 
by the fanciful visions of the occult philosophers. 
/. D' Israeli, Amen, of Lit., II. 286. 
As arid as a tuft of moss (a thing whose life is in the 
shade, the rain, or the mountain dew) crumbling ill the 
sunshine, after long expectance of a shower. 
llairthorne, Blithedale Romance, xi. 
The capital defect of cold, arid natures is the want of 
pi. arilli (-i). 
same as aril. 
>> '" > 
[NL.] 
butt, asaram, < aries (ariet-), aram: see^ries.] Arilus (ar'i-lus), n. 
[NL.]Agenusofhet- 
eropterous hemip- 
terous insects, of the 
family Seduviida!,foT- 
merly including the 
species of Prionidus, 
as the wheel-bug, 
animal spirit*. Emerson, Society and Solitude. 3. The act of colliding or conflicting. Glanville. Arimasp(ar'i-masp), 
aridas (ar'i-das), . [Native name.] A kind arietiform (ar-i-et'i-fonn), a. [< L. Aries ' f -- ' 
of taffeta, or plain smooth silk stuff without (Ariet-), a sign^of the zodiac (see Aries), ,+ 
pattern, from the East Indies, 
aridge (a-rij'), prep. phr. as adv. [< a 3 + ridge."] 
In a rid?- - >~ - --* !J - 1M =" 
To push or butt like a ram. Bailey. 
irietationt (ar'i-e-ta-shon), n. [< L. arieta- 
tio(n-), < arietare, butt : see arietate.] 1 . The act 
of butting like a ram. 2. The aet of battering 
with a battering-ram. 
Ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inven- 
tions. Bacon, Essays, Xo. 68. 
. 
re-, , r. 'ApifiaaTroi, pi., a 
forma, form.] Having the shape of the symbol ' Scythian' word, said 
of the zodiacal sign Aries (f). 
Arillodes. 
n, 6, seed of Kicfnus communis; 
r.seed of Cfttltdoniittn waJMs; d,t, 
seed of Myristica Srazrttns, nut- 
mee and mace;y, arillode. (a, b, 
and c magnified. ) 
arietine (ar'i-e-tin), a. [< L. arietinus, < aries 
(ariet-), a ram : see Aries.'} Butting ; pertaining 
to or having the nature of a ram, 
In a ridge ; in or into a ridge-like position. 
You're oilers quick to set your back aridge, 
Though't suits a tom-cat more'n a sober bridge. 
Lowell, Monument to the Bridge. 
aridity (a-rid'i-ti), n. ; pi. aridities (-tiz). [= F. Literary World, June, 1871 
aridM, <'L. ariditas, dryness, < aridus, dry: see arietta (a-ri-et'ta), n. [It., dim. of aria, q. v.] 
arid.] 1. The state of being arid; dryness; A short song; an air, or_a little air. 
want of moisture. 2. Figuratively, want of ariette (a-ri-ef), . 
interest; dryness ; lifelessness. Same as arietta. 
to mean 'one-eyed'; according to Herodotus, 
'Scythian,' < aptfta, one, + airov, eye; according 
to Eustathius, < apt, one, + /jacrn-Of, eye.] One 
; ui uuviiig wic uautuc uj. au Kim. of the Arimaspi, a mythical tribe of Scythians, 
The gap in the fence discovered by their arietine leader, believed in antiquity to have carried off a hoard 
of gold which was under the guardianship of 
griffins. Figures of Arimasps occur sometimes in Greek 
art, represented in Oriental dress and fighting griffins. 
[F., < It. arietta, q. v.] Arimaspian (ar-i-mas'pi-an), . Same as Ari- 
masp. 
