ark 
2. In. Scrip.: (a) The repository of the covenant 
or tables of the law. The ark was made of shittim- 
wood, overlaid within und without with gold. It wasaliout 
3} feet long by 2J feet high ami broad, ami over it were 
placed the golden covering or mercy-seat and the two cheru- 
bim. The siiine mime is t;iven in modern .Jewish synagogues 
to a repository for the mils or hooks used in divine service. 
(6) The laro floating vessel in which, according 
to the account in the Old Testament, Noah and 
his family were preserved during the deluge. 
(c) The vessel of bulrushes in which the infant 
Moses was laid. 3. In the Ethlopic ('It., a sa- 
cred chest, called the tabout, serving as an altar. 
I must here speak of that extraordinary appurtenance 
of the Ethiopia clmrch, the tabout, or ark. It is the be. 
lief of thut Church that the original ark is preserved in 
the cathedral of Axuin, and, in imitation of that, every 
parish church is also furnished with an ark, which is pre- 
served in the sanctuary, and forms the principal object in 
ecclesiastical processions. 
J. M. Neale, Eastern Church, i. 185. 
4. A large boat used on western American 
rivers to transport prodxico to market. 5. In 
zool,, a name common to the bivalve mollusks 
of the family Arcidtc; an ark-shell. 6. An Ara- 
bian measure of capacity, equal to the Spanish 
fancj/a, or 58 quarts ; also, a measure of three 
fourths of this capacity, or 43 quarts. 
ark'^K&rk), v. t. [<orW,.] To inclose in an ark. 
Arkansas stone. See ?<. 
arkansite (iir'kan-sit or ar-kan'sit), . [< Ar- 
kansas (one of the United States) + -ite 2 .] A va- 
riety of brookite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas. 
arki (iir'ki), ii. [Ar. 'arqiij: see arrack.] Same 
as arrack. 
arkite (iir'kit), . and a. [< ark? + -ite*.] I. 
n. One of the persons who were preserved in 
Noah's ark. J. linjant. [Rare.] 
II. a. Belonging to Noah's ark. J. Bryant. 
[Bare.] 
arkose(iir-k6s'), n. [F.] Feldspathic sandstone ; 
a rock consisting essentially of more or less 
consolidated quartzose sand with grains or 
particles of orthoclase disseminated through it, 
and frequently containing also some mica and 
kaolin. The feldspar seems, In some cases, to have 
Wen derived from the disintegration of rock containing 
that mineral ; in others, to have resulted from the meta- 
morphism of sandstone containing argillaceous material. 
The rock to which the name arkose has been given occurs 
chiefly in the Lower Silurian, Carboniferous, and Triassic 
formations. 
ark-shell (ark'shel), n. [< art 2 + shell.'} The 
shell of a mollusk belonging to the family Ar- 
cida; (which see). 
arksutite (ark'su-tit), n. [< Arksttt (see def.) + 
-ite 2 .] A fluorid of aluminium, calcium, and 
sodium, occurring with cryolite in the Arksut 
fiord, Greenland. 
Arkys (iir'kis), n. Same as Arcys. 
arle-penny, arles-penny (arl'-, arlz'pen'i), n. 
[< arte, arles + penny.] Same as arles. 
Here tak' this gowd and never want 
Enough to gar you drink and rant, 
And this is but an arle penny 
To what I afterwards design ye. Allan Ramsay. 
arles (arlz), n. [North, and Sc., Sc. also arlis, 
erlis, < ME. erles, appar. < OF. "erle, *arle, 
< I ,. ,-i s i f *arrhula, dim. (cf. OF. erre, arre, pi. 
erres, arres, mod. F. arrhes), < L. arrha, arra, 
earnest : see arrha. ] 1 . Earnest-money given 
in confirmation of a bargain, contract, or agree- 
ment: a practice chiefly connected with the 
hiring of servants and with sales of goods where 
there is no writing and delivery is postponed. 
[Scotch and north of England.] 2. An ear- 
nest or foretaste. 
This ure lauerd [Lord] giueth ham [them] as on erles of 
the echo mede [eternal reward] that sehal cume thrafter. 
Hali Meidenhed (ed. Cockayne), p. 7. 
arlienanse (ar'li-a-uan'sa), n. [Sp.] A kind of 
Spanish linen. E. H. Knight. 
arlingt (iir'ling), . [E. dial. (ME. not found), 
< AST terthling, irthling, eorthling, a name for 
this bird, lit. a "fieldling,' 'earthling' (cf. 
elodbird, fallow-smiter) ; the name also means 
a 'farmer': see earthling.] A species of bird; 
the wheatear. 
Arling, a bird that appeareth not in winter; a clot- 
byrde ; a smatch. Baret, Alvearie. (If. E. D.) 
arm 1 (arm), n. [< ME. arm, < AS. eara = ONorth. 
arm = OS. arm = OFries. erm, arm, Fries, arm = 
OD. aerm, D. arm = OHG. aram, MHG. G. arm, 
arm, = Icel. armr = Sw. Dan. arm = Goth, arms, 
arm, = L. armus, shoulder (usually of a brute), 
= Gr. apfiof, joint, shoulder, allied to ap6pov, 
joint, L. art u8, limb, joint ; all < -\/ *ar, fit, join. 
See arwi 2 , and cf. ar< 2 , arts, article, etc.] 1. In 
ordinary language: (a) The upper limb of the 
human body, extending from the shoulder to the 
hand, and including the latter. (6) The same, 
311 
exclusive of the hand ; the upper limb from the 
shoulder to the wrist. It is divided into upper 
arm, or arm proper, from the shoulder to the el- 
bow, and lower arm, or forearm, from the elbow 
to the wrist. 2. In human niiat., the anterior 
extremity from the shoulder-joint to the elbow- 
joint, represented by the extent of the humeriis ; 
the braehium, as distinguished from the forearm 
or antebrachium. 3. In comp. anat. and zool. : 
(n) The fore limb of any vertebrate, especially 
when terminating in a prehensile extremity 
like a hand, more or less removed from the 
office of locomotion; the pectoral or thoracic 
limb ; the diverging appendage of the scapular 
arch or shoulder-girdle ; a fore leg, wing, pec- 
toral fin, etc. (b) Some diverging or radiating 
part or organ like or likened to an arm, as the 
(irui of a cephalopod, the wing of a pteropod, 
the braehium of a brachiopod, and the ray of a 
starfish, sand-star, or crinoid. 4. Anything 
formed on the type of the arm, or resembling an 
arm in shape, position, or function, (a) Any pro- 
jecting part from a main body, trunk, axis, etc.: as, the 
arm of a lever or of the yard of a ship ; an arm of the sea ; 
the arm of an anchor, (b) A rail or projecting support at 
the sides of a chair, sofa, etc. 
5. Figuratively, power; might; strength; au- 
thority : as, the secular arm v [In this sense the 
word is often used in the Scriptures.] 
Towhomisthe arm of the Lord revealed ? Is, liil. 1. 
Hence 6. That on which one relies for support 
or assistance; a prop; a stay Ann In arm, 
properly arm-and-arm, with arms interlinked. 
I saw my companions passing arm-in-arm across the 
end of one of the long-drawn vistas. 
It. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 140. 
Ann of a force, arm of a couple, in mteh. See mo- 
ment of a force, under moment. Babe in arms, a child 
so young that it has to be carried in the arms. Better 
arm*, the right arm. Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1850. Oral 
arms, in acalephs. See oral. To dagger or stab 
armst, a practice once observed among gallants of pier- 
cing their arms with daggers so as to draw blood, which 
they mixed with wine and drank to the health of their 
mistresses. Karei. 
Have I not . . . stabb'd arms, and done all the offices 
of protested gallantry for your sake? Martton. 
Trailing arm, in mach., an arm which follows the piece 
to which it is attached. 
In adapting this wheel to multiplex telegraphy, a trail- 
ing arm Is attached to the revolving wheel. 
Jour. Franklin }nst., CXXI. 313. 
With open arms, cordially ; with eager welcome. 
Even mitred Rochester would nod the head, 
And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) 
With open arms received one poet more. 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 142. 
arm 1 ! (arm), r. t. [< arm 1 , n.] To take by the 
arm; also, to seize or hold in the arms. 
Arm your prize ; 
I know you will not lose her. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 3. 
And make him with our pikes and partisans 
A grave. Come, arm him. Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
arm 2 (arm), n. [< pi. arms, < ME. armes, < OF. 
armes, pi. (sing, arme), = Pr. armas = Sp. Pg. 
armas (sing, arma) = It. armi (sing, arme, some- 
times arma), < L. arma (neut. pi., in ML. some- 
times used as fern, sing.), arms, weapons, prop, 
fittings, equipments; from same source as 
armus, shoulder, etc. : see arm 1 . Hence alarm, 
q. v.] 1. Milit.: (a) A weapon. In this sense 
most commonly used iu the plural, and when used In the 
singular for the most part referring rather to a particular 
kind of weapon than to an Individual piece. 
If the citadel of poverty and ignorance and vice is to be 
taken at all, it must be besieged from every point of the 
compass, . . . and no kind of arm must be neglected 
which will tend to secure the ultimate victory of morality 
and culture. Jevong, Social Reform, p. 2. 
(b) pi. Armor ; coverings for the body intended 
as defenses against weapons of war. 
Look, a prize ! 
Three horses and three goodly suite of arms, 
And all in charge of whom ? a girl : set on. 
Tennyson, Geralnt. 
(c) A branch of the military service, as cavalry 
or artillery: as, the enemy was strong in artil- 
lery, but we were weak in that arm. 
The inland Britons being accustomed to rely upon their 
Infantry, and the Continental Gauls being fonder of the 
cavalry arm. C. Elton, Orig. of Eng. Hist., p. 118. 
Hence 2. pi. The use of weapons; military 
occupations ; war. 
By sea, by land, thy matchless worth was known, 
Arms thy delight, and war was all thy own. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achlt., L 841. 
3. pi. Deeds or exploits of war. 
Arms and the man I sing. Dryden, .F.nriil. i. 1, 
The women crowded to the doors to gaze upon him as 
he passed, so much does prowess in arm* delight the gen- 
tle sex. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 418. 
4. In law, anything which a man takes in his 
hand in anger to strike or assault another. 5. 
arm 
pi. In bot., anything that serves as a defense to 
a plant, as prickles, thorns, or spines. 6. j/l. 
Inftili'oiiri/, the legs of a hawk from the thigh to 
the foot. 7. ]>l. The heraldic bearings of an in- 
dividual or a community, consisting of Borne de- 
vice in heraldic tinctures (see tincture) borne on 
a shield, generally with the addition of a crest 
and sometimes with supporters. A description in 
heraldic terms of shield, crest, etc., is called WHJOIHH;/ 
(which see). The right to In ;tr tin lunis ol the father is 
inherited ly the BOILS, lmt in strict nesa each of the joiin^i T 
sons should add to the paternal shield a label as a murk 
of cadency ; the samr rinht descends to a daughter only if 
she is her father's heiress. A person inheriting an estate. 
other than the paternal one often assumes the arms of the 
former possessor, but should Iu strictness apply t" the 
proper authorities. iMM^MttarBM ltr> "M, and heralds' 
college. Arms not paternal may be classed as follows : (a) 
Arms of ifnm in/nit, or the national arms tome by the 
sovereign, in which generally the bearings inherited by 
the prince as an individual have come to have a certain 
national character. ('/) Arms a/ community, as of a cor- 
poration, an episcopal see, or the like. Arms assumed i >v ;i 
republic, as by the I'nited States or by one of the States. 
partake of the nature of both the preceding, (c) Arm" >} 
pretension, as, specifically, those assumed by a sovereign 
in assertion of his claim to a realm not actually under his 
authority, like the fleurs-de-lys of France, which were 
borne by English sovereigns until 1S01. (d) Anns of suc- 
cession, denoting inheritance of an estate, as mentioned 
above, (e) Arms of assumption, or amnttujAire urws, bear- 
Ings assumed or granted in consequence of an exploit, as 
the three feathers with the motto Ich dien taken from the 
slain King John of Bohemia !>y Edward the Black Trim < 
at the battle of Crecy (134G), and now home by the 
Prince of Wales. (J) Amis of alliance, as where one 
spouse impales the arms of the other on his or her shield. 
(/7) Arms of office, anus which are the perquisite or ap- 
pendage of some public position. In all the above cases 
except (a) and ('/), a private Individual having a right 
to such arms charges them with the paternal arms, 
whether by quartering or otherwise, r'or the origin and 
history of arms, see heraldry. Abated aims. Seeabate. 
Adoptive arms. See adoptirf.- Allusive arms, in 
her., a hearing or bearings having immediate reference to 
the wearer's name : thus, the arms of a person named Lamh 
or Herring would lie termed allusive, if they included 
as a bearing a figure of the animal so named. In this 
way the name De Loupe may have been given to the first 
earls of Chester because of their bearing a wolfs head, or 
the name Arundel may be derived from swallows (French 
hirondeUes) borne on the shield. The arms of Bolton are a 
crossbow-bolt driven through a tun. Castile and Leon had 
for their chief bearings a castle and a lion respectively. 
There are many such cases. Also called allusive heraldry, 
canting heraldry, rebus, and armes parlantes. Anns- 
carrying Act. See Bill of Rights, under bill. Anns of 
precision, firearms rifled, furnished with graded sights, 
accurately prepared bullets, and appliances calculated 
to enable them to act with precision and rapidity, and 
at much greater distances than ordinary weapons. The 
Armstrong gun and the Springfield and Martini-Henry 
ritles are examples. Assize of arms. See assize. As- 
sumptive anus. See above, 7 (<), and assmnpti w. Coat 
Of arms. See coat. Places Of arms, in fort., parts of 
the covered way opposite the salient and reentering an- 
gles of the counterscarp. Repeating arms, arms that 
can be discharged a number of times without being re- 
loaded. Rifled small arms, rifles, muskets, carbines, 
pistols, or revolvers, the bores of which are cut with spi- 
ral grooves or " rifles." Small anus, all weapons not 
requiring carriages, as opposed to artillery, and includ- 
ing rifles, muskets, bayonets, pistols, revolvers, sabers, and 
swords ; also, sporting weapons. Stand Of arms, a com- 
plete set of arms for one soldier, consisting of a musket, 
bayonet, cartridge-box, and belt, with or without a sword. 
To arms! a warning equivalent to "arm! take to your 
arms ; make ready for battle." (Compare alarm.) To 
bear arms, to do military service ; serve as a soldier. 
You have been a soldier, De Vitry, and borne arms. 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, ill. 2. 
To be In arms, to lie in a state of hostility, or of readi- 
ness for war. 
Sir Edward Courtenay and the haughty prelate, . . . 
With many more confederates, are in arms. 
Shale., Rich. III., Iv. 4. 
To be under arms, to be armed and in a state of readi- 
ness for fighting. To carry, order, present, etc., arms. 
See the verbs. To take (or take up) arms, to arm for 
attack or defense, literally or figuratively. 
Ye will find it a far easier field to wage war against all 
the armies that ever were or will be on earth, and all the 
angels of heaven, than to take up arms against any truth 
of God. A'athaniel Ward, Simple Cobler. 
= Syn. 1. (a) Arm, Weapon. Arm is especially applied to 
those things which are designed for lighting and recognized 
as such ; it includes means of defense as well as of offense. 
Weapon applies to any means of offense made for the pur- 
pose or (as a scythe, chisel, or hammer) used for the nonce. 
arm 2 (arm), v. [< ME. armen, < OF. armer (F. 
armer) = Pr. Sp. Pg. armor = It. armare, < L. 
armare, arm, furnish with weapons, < anna, 
arms: see ari 2 , H.] I. trans. 1. To furnish 
or equip with weapons for offense or defense : 
as, to arm the militia. 
On our return to Souhag we met a party of men on foot, 
who were <i,mi with spears, shields, and daggers, and 
one or two with guns. 
R. Curzon, Mona.it. in the Levant, p. 119. 
2. To cover or provide with whatever will add 
strength, force, or security : as, to arm the hilt 
of a sword; to arm a man-of-war with armor- 
plates. 3. To furnish with means of defense; 
prepare for resistance ; fortify. 
Ann yourselves likewise with the same mind. 
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