around 
2. From place to place ; at random : as, to roam 
arouiul the country. [U. S.] 
aroura, . See urura. 
arousal (a-rou'ziil), H. [< arouse + -al.] The 
act of arousing or awakening ; the state of being 
aroused or awakened. 
The aniutal anil activity of our better nature. llitiv. 
Cognition of these relations [between the organism and 
some noxious a^entl will determine tire an/uxiil of some 
antagonistic feeling. Miml, IX. :)1L>. 
arouse (a-rouz'), r. . ; pret. and pp. aroused, 
ppr. (iroHniiig. [< n- 1 T rouse 1 , after arise, rise, 
etc.] To excite into action ; stir or put in mo- 
tion or exertion ; awaken : as, to arouse atten- 
tion; to arouse one from sleep; to arouse dor- 
mant faculties. 
Crying with full voice, 
"Traitor, come out, ye are trapt at last," arimted 
Lancelot. Tennitnon, <!uinevcre. 
They [the women of <!oethe] satisfy for the present, yet 
.(," an intlnite expectation, 
Mary, fuller, Woman in Kith Cent., p. 129. 
= Syn. To rouse, wake up, awaken, animate, incite, stimu- 
late, kindle, uarin. 
arouse (a-rouz'), . [< arouse, v.] The act of 
arousing; an alarm. [Rare.] JV. K. J>. 
arouser (a-rou'zer), n. One who or that which 
arouses. 
arow (a-ro'), prep. phr. as adv. [ME. ' arowe, 
a-roire, o roice, araire (early mod. E. also arcir, 
< ME. arcicc, areawe) ; < 3 + roit' 2 .] In a row; 
one after the other. Her teeth , 
And all her bones might through her cheekes be red. 
Spentfr, . ()., V. xii. 29. 
And twenty, rank in rank, they rode aroive. 
Dri/den, Flower and Leaf, 1. 249. 
aroynt, i'. See aroint. 
arpeggiation (ar-pej-i-a'shon), . Playing in 
arpeggios. 
arpeggio (ar-pej'o), H. [It., lit. harping, < ar- 
peijgiarv, play on the harp, < arjia, harp, < ML. 
itr/ia, also liar/ia, harp: see harp.] 1. The 
sounding of the notes of an instrumental chord 
in rapid succession, either upward or (rarely) 
downward, as in harp-playing, instead of si- 
multaneously. 2. A chord thus sounded; a 
broken chord. Played 
Arpeggio. 
Sometimes written harpcggio. 
arpent (ar'peu), . Same as arpent. 
arpennust (ar-pen'us), n. ; pi. arpenni (-i). 
[ML., also arpennum, -a, -is, etc.: see arpent.'] 
Same as arpent. Bouvier. 
arpent (iir'peut; F. pron. ar-pon'), n. [Early 
mod. E. also arpen, arpine ; < F. arpent = Pr. 
arpen, unpin = Sp. arapende, < ML. arpennus, 
arpenna, arpendus, arpendium, etc., < LL. ara~ 
liennis, L. arepeiiuis, a word of Celtic origin. 
Columella (5, 1, 6) says: "Galli . . . semi- 
jugerum quoque arepennem vocant." The semt- 
jugcrum was equal to 14,400 square feet.] An 
old French measure for land. By a royal edict of 
188!), it must contain 100 perches of 22 feet each (linearly), 
or 48,400 square feet. This was called the arpent royal, 
arpent d'onlonnance, or arpent des eaui et forets. The 
common arpent had 40,000 square feet, the arpent of Paris 
32,400, these being based on perches of 20 and 18 feet. The 
following are the areas in ares : arpent of Paris, 34.1887 ; 
common arpent, 42.2083; royal arpent, 51.0720; English 
acre, 40.4078. The arpent is still used In Louisiana, and 
in the province of Quebec. Formerly also arpen, arpine. 
If he be master 
Of poor ten arpines of land forty hours longer, 
Let the world repute me an honest woman. 
Webster, Devil's Law-Case, ill. 3. 
arpentatort (iir'pen-ta-tor), n. [NL., < ML. ar- 
peiitum, one of the numerous variants of L. arc- 
/i< iinis: see arpcnt.] A measurer or surveyor 
of land. Bouvier. 
arpinet (ar'pin), . Same as arpent. 
arquata (ar-kwa'ta), n, [NL., prop, arcuata, 
fern, of L. arcuatus: see arcuate.] An old name 
of the curlew, Numenius arquatus, from its long 
arcuate bill. Also written arcuata. 
arquated (iir'kwa-ted), a. [For arcuated : see 
iirciiatc.] Shaped like a bow; arcuate. [Rare.] 
arquebus, arquebuse, arquebusier. See har- 
qncbusc, liarqut'liusii r. 
317 
arquerite (iir'ke-rit), n. [< An/ncrox, near 
Coqiiiinbo, a seaport town of Chili ; + -i/c 2 .] A 
mineral silver amalgam, occurring in small 
octahedrons and in arborescent forms. It con 
tains 80 per cent, of silver, and is the chief ore of thr rieh 
silver-mines of AnnuTos. 
arquifouz (iir'ki-fo), . Same as nli/iiifmi. 
arr 1 (ar), . [E. dial., < ME. arrc, errc, < Icel. 
iirr, ;= Sw. iin'=Dun. ar, a scar.] A scar. 
Also spelled nr. [Prov. Eng.] 
arr-t, *. t. [< ME. arrcn = LG. arren, vex, < 
in'i'r =AS. ii-rrr, y/vv, <-IH'IT, anger, as adj. an- 
gry; cf. Dan. iirritj, angry, which, however, i> 
commonly associated with Dan. Norw. Sw. 
arg, wicked, bad, = G. arg = AS. eanj, timid, 
cowardly.] To anger; vex; worry, 
lie nrn-d both the clergy and the laity. 
.V. Itiiftni. Hist. Iiiscouree, xiv. 216. (.V. K. /).) 
arr 3 t, i'. < [< late ME. arrc; cf. E. dial. /;. 
inirr, imitative; cf. "H is the dog's letter, and 
hurreth in the sound" (B. Jonson): see Inirr.] 
To snarl as a dog. 
A dog U . . . fell and quarrelsome, given to am and 
war upon a very small occasion. 
Unllmiil, tr. of Plutarch's Morals, p. 726. 
arrat, . See arrlia. 
arracacha (ar-a-kach'a), H. [< Sp. araeacha 
C> NL. Arnifiifia), of S. Amer. origin.] A name 
given by the natives of western South America 
to several kinds of plants with tuberous roots, 
and especially to a species of the umbelliferous 
genus Arracacia, A. csculenta, which is exten- 
sively cultivated in the Andes, and has become 
naturalized in Jamaica. The root* are divided into 
several lobes of the size of a carrot, which when boiled 
have a flavor between that of the parsnip and that of the 
chestnut. It is said to be more prolific and nutritious than 
the potato. The name is also given to a tuber-bearing 
species of the Oxalis, 0. crenata. 
arrace 1 !, v. t. See arace 1 , arose*. 
arrace 2 t, See arras 1 . 
arracht, See orach. 
arrachet, r. t. See arace 1 . 
arrache (ar-a-sha'), o. [F., pp. of arracher, 
uproot: see arace 1 .'] In her., torn up by the 
roots : applied to plants used as bearings, and 
to whatever has the appearance of having been 
severed by violence. Erased is now in more 
general use. 
arrack (ar'ak), n. [Better spelled arack, for- 
merly arakjarac; now commonly shortened to 
rack; = F. arack = Sp. arac = Pg. araca, araque, 
< Hind, arak, Tamil araku, aruki, < Ar. 'araq, 
sweat, spirit, juice, essence, distilled spirits, 
'arqiy, arrack, brandy ; < 'araqa, sweat, perspire. 
The forms arak, arki (Tatar), and araki (Egyp- 
tian) are from the same source, the name being 
applicable to any spirituous liquor.] Originally 
the name of a strong liquor made in southern 
Asia from the fermented juice of the date, but 
used in many parts of Asia and eastern Africa 
for strong liquors of different kinds. It is made 
in Goa from the sap of the cocoa-palm, and in Batavia 
from rice ; and the arrack of eastern and northern India 
is a sort of rum distilled from molasses. See raid. 
A servant brought in a silver tray, upon which were 
large glasses of the abominable spirit called arractc, each 
of which was supposed to be emptied at a draught. 
O'Donovan, Merv, xi. 
Arragonese, . and a. See Aragonese. 
arrah (ar'a), inter/. A common Anglo-Irish ex- 
pletive, expressing excitement, surprise, etc. 
arraign 1 (a-ran'), p. *. [< ME. araynen, arenen, 
< AF. ariiiner, areiner, arener, < OF. aranier, 
earlier araimier, areisnier (later araisoner, arci- 
soner, aresoner, etc., ) ME. aresonen: see area- 
son), < ML. arrationare, call to account, arraign, 
< L. ad, to, + ML. ratwnare, reason: see reason 
androfto. Cf. deraign 1 .'] 1. In la w, to call to or 
set at the bar of a court, in order to plead guilty 
or not guilty to the matter charged in an indict- 
ment or information. This term is unknown in the law 
of Scotland, except in trials for high treason, in which the 
forms of procedure in England and Scotland are the same. 
Hence 2.Tocallin question for faults, before 
any tribunal ; call before the bar of reason or of 
taste ; accuse or charge in general. 
They arraign'd shall sink 
Beneath thy sentence. Milton, P. L., iii. 331. 
Is there not something in the pleading eye 
Of the poor brute that suffers, which arraiyn* 
The law that bids it suffer? 0. W. IMnut, Rights. 
= Syn. Accuse, Charge, Indict. See accuse. 
arraign 1 (a-ran'), n. [< arraign 1 , v.] Arraign- 
ment : as, the clerk of the arraigns. lilackstonc. 
arraign 2 ! (a-ran'), . t. [Early mod. E. also 
arraiiie, araine, < AF. arraigner, arainer, the lat- 
ter an error for aramer () ML. arramare), OF. 
arnmier, aramir = Pr. aramir = OCat. arcmir, < 
ML. adramire, adhramire, atlchramire, agramire, 
itrramire, etc., < L. ad, to, + "hramire, prob. orig. 
arrangement 
with a sense subsequently lost in the technical 
use, < (Joth. ItriiiHJini, iiK-lirinnjuii. enicifv, lit. 
hang (cf. OIIH. riiiini, MI1U. niiu<; ruin, (i. /<//,- 
mi n = I), rii/ini =Dan. rammc = Sw. ram, frnme. 
supjiort), = (ir. K/itin- i vai, hang.] In 
old laic, to appeal to; claim; demand: in the 
phrase ton rraiijn niinxxi^i-, hx It-ma ml, and limn' 
to institute or prepare, a trial or an action. 
arraigner (n-rii'ner), w. [< arraign 1 + -tr 1 .] 
One who arraigns or accuses. 
Tin- ordinary nanu! for tlir li mn.. ];i,-ts is tin- iti'," 
of Christianity. Milimm, Latin rhriti;uiilj . 
arraignment (a-ran'ment), n. [< iirriiiijH 1 + 
-mi nl.] 1. Iii IMP, the act of arraigning; the 
act of calling and setting a prisoner before a 
court to answer to an accusation. The form usu- 
ally includes calling the prisoner, wmit-thni-s n-<|iiirinu 
him to stand or hold up his hand )>> way of idt-ntiliratimi. 
reading the indictment to him, and asking him whrthrr 
he pleads guilty or not guilty. 
2. Accusation before any tribunal, as that of 
reason, taste, etc. ; a calling in question for 
faults; accusation. 
But this secret arnii'iimn nl <>t the kin;: did not content 
the nni|Uirt prelate. Milman, Latin Christianity, viii. 8. 
The sixth satire . . . seems only an in'in"/,* //-/<' of the 
whole sex. Dryclen, bed. of .Urn id. 
= 8yn. 1. Prosecution, iinireacliincnt. inilii-trnent. 
arrameurt, . [AF., < nrmiin-r, nnnitn; < OF. 
arraniir, aramir = Pr. aramir, < ML. arramire, 
adhramire, etc., pledge, promise, appoint: see 
arraign^.] A port-officer who superintended 
the loading and unloading of vessels. 
arran (ar'an), . [E. dial. : see arain.] A spi- 
der. Also called arrand. [Prov. Eug.] 
arrandH, . An old form of errand. 
arrand 2 t, An old form of arrant. 
arrand 3 (ar'and), . Same as arran. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
arrange (a-ran j'), v. ; pret. and pp. arraiiged, 
ppr. arranging. [< ME. arayngen, arengen, < 
OF. arangier, arengier. F. arranger, put into a 
rank, arrange, < a- (< L. ad, to) + rangier, ren- 
gier, range, put into a rank, < rang, reng, rcnc, 
F. rang, a rank: see rank 2 and range.] I. 
trans. 1. To put in proper order; dispose or 
set out conformably to a plan or purpose ; give 
a certain collocation to; marshal: as, to ar- 
range troops for battle. 
Arrange the board and brim the glass. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cviL 
When we come to arranftf. our shapes and our measure- 
ments [in biological investigations], we tlnd a certain num- 
ber of identities, and a certain number of variations. 
K. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 296. 
2. To adjust ; settle ; come to an agreement or 
understanding regarding: as, to arrange the 
terms of a bargain. 
Matters, therefore, were happily arranged. The baron 
pardoned the young couple on the spot 
Irmtuj, Sketch-Book, p. 209. 
3. In music, to adapt or alter so as to fit for 
performance bv other voices or instruments 
than those designed by the composer: as, to 
arrange an opera for the piano. =syn. 1. To array, 
classify, group, dispose, sort. 2. To fix upon, determine, 
agree upon, draw up ; to devise, organize, construct, con- 
coct. 
II. intrans. 1. To make preparations; carry 
out beforehand such negotiations or make such 
disposition in regard to some matter as may be 
necessary : as, to arrange about a passport, or 
for supplies; arrange with a publisher. 2. To 
come to an agreement or understanding in re- 
gard to something ; make a settlement. 
We cannot arrange with our enemy in this conjuncture, 
without abandoning the interest of mankind. 
Burke, A Regicide Peace. 
arrangeable (a-ran 'ja-bl), a. [< arrange + 
-able.] Capable of being arranged. 
Fishes have crania made up of bones that are no more 
clearly arranQeable into segments like vertebra? than are 
the cranial bones of the highest mammal. 
//. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., $ 210. 
arrangement (a-ranj'ment), n. [< F. arrange- 
ment: see arrange and -ment.~] 1. The act of 
arranging or putting in proper order; the state 
of being put in order; disposition in suitable 
form. Specifically, in the fine arti, the combining of 
parts in a manner conformable to the character and aim 
of the design ; composition. 
The freedom of syntactical arrangement which was pos- 
sessed by the Anglo-Saxon is irrecoverably gone. 
G. P. Marih, Origin of Eng. Lang., p. 111. 
2. That which is disposed in order; a system 
of parts disposed in due order; any combina- 
tion of parts or materials. 
The interest of that portion of social arrangement is in 
the hands of all those who compose it. Burke. 
3. The style or mode in which things are ar- 
ranged. 
