arrangement 
The clouds passed slowly through several arrangements. 
De Qwncey, Confessions (ed. 1862), p. 97. 
4. Preparatory measure or negotiation; pre- 
vious disposition or plan; preparation: com- 
monly in the plural : as, we have made arrange- 
ments for a journey. 
Previous to his departure he made all due arrangements 
with the holy fraternity of the convent for the funeral 
solemnities of his friend. Irviny, Sketch-Book, p. li)8. 
An elaborate arrangement was entered into at the same 
time by the Allied Powers, to provide for u succession to 
Parma in the event of the sovereign dying childless. 
E. Dicey, Victor Emmanuel, p. 74. 
5. Final settlement; adjustment by agreement: 
as, the ami ni/cnien t of a dispute. 6. Inw/Hwc: 
(a) The adaptation of a composition to voices 
or instruments, or to a purpose, for which it 
was not originally designed. (b) A piece so 
adapted; a transcription : as, an orchestral ar- 
rangement of a song, an opera, or the like. =Syn. 
1. Classification, distribution. 2. -Structure, form. 
arranger (a-ran'jer), . One who arranges or 
puts in order. 
arrant (ar'ant), a. [Early mod. E. also arraunt, 
arrand, a variant spelling of errant, erraunt, 
errand, roving, wandering, which, from its com- 
mon use in the term arrant or errant thief, 
that is, a roving robber, one outlawed, pro- 
claimed and notorious as such, came to be 
used apart from its lit. sense as an opprobrious 
intensive with terms of abuse, as rogue, knave, 
traitor, fool, etc., but often also without oppro- 
brious force. See errant."] It. Wandering; 
itinerant ; vagrant ; errant : as, a knight arrant; 
an arrant preacher: especially in thief arrant 
or arrant thief, a roving, outlawed robber; a 
highwayman. Now written errant. 2. Noto- 
rious; manifest; unmitigated; downright: in 
a bad sense (derived from the noun qualified) : 
as, an arrant rogue; an arrant coward; arrant 
nonsense. 
I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller. 
As arrant a "Screw" 
In money transactions as ever you knew. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 46. 
It was easy to see through all his piety that he was an 
arrant author at the bottom. 
Smollett, Gil Bias, VIII. iii. (If. E. D.) 
3. Thorough ; downright ; genuine : in a good 
sense. 
An arrant honest woman. Burton, Anat. Mel., p. 617. 
=Syn. 2. Utter, rank, consummate, perfect. 
arrantly (ar'ant-li), adv. In an arrant man- 
ner; notoriously; impudently: in a bad sense. 
Funeral tears are as arrantly hired out as mourning 
clokes. Sir K. L'Estrange. 
arras 1 (ar'as), . [Early mod. E. also arrace, 
arrasse, < ME. arras, orig. cloth (or cloths) of 
Arras (F. drapsd? Arras) (= It. arazzo=Pr. rag), 
< F. Arras, the capital of the department of Pas- 
de-Calais, in the north of France, where this 
article was manufactured. The name Arras is 
corrupted from the name of the Atrebates (L. ), a 
Tapestry; specifically, 
covering the walls of a 
room. The original expression doth of Arras was prob- 
ably used with more accuracy to distinguish arras tapes- 
try from other sorts. Sometimes used as an adjective. 
I'll not speak another word for a King's ransom unless 
the ground be perfumed, and covered with cloth of arras. 
Marlowe, Faustus, ii. 2. 
I have of yore made many a scrambling meal, 
In corners, behind arrases, on stairs. 
Bean, and Fl., Woman Hater, iii. 4. 
Arras was used precisely as acurtain ; it hung (on tenters 
or lines) from the rafters, or from some temporary stay, 
and was opened, held up, or drawn aside, as occasion re- 
quired. Dyce, Note to Ford's Lover's Melancholy, ii. 2. 
In Arthur's arras hall at Camelot. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
arras 2 t, [Prob. a form of orris, q. v.] A kind 
of powder, probably made of the root of the 
orris. Halliwell. 
arrased (ar'ast), a. [< arras 1 + -ed2.~\ Hung 
with arras. Chapman. 
arrasene (ar'a-sen), n. [< arras 1 + -ene."] A 
sort of cord made with a central thread and a 
thick velvet-like pile of wool or silk. It is used 
in raised embroidery. Also spelled arasene. 
arrastra (a-ras'tra), . Same as arrastre. 
arrastre (a-ras'tfe), n. [Sp., lit. the act of 
dragging, < arrastrar, drag along the ground, 
creep, crawl, < a- (L. ad, to) + rastrar (obs.), 
drag, < rastro, a rake, sledge, track, = Pg. rasto, 
rostra, < L. rostrum, a rake, mattock, < radcre, 
pp. rasus, scrape, scratch.] A rude apparatus 
used in Mexico, and to some extent in the United 
States, for grinding and at the same time amal- 
gamating ores containing free gold or silver. 
It has a vertical axis with horizontal arms attached to it. 
318 
To these arms masses of rock are fastened by chains and 
dragged over the ore, which is placed on a bed of Itat stones 
laid within a circular inclosure, usually about 12 feet in 
diameter. Also written arrastra, arastra. 
people of Belgic Gaul.] Tapestry; specifically, 
that used for hangings 
Mexican Arrastre. 
(From Pepper's " Play-Book of Metals." ) 
arraswise (ar'as-wiz), adv. Erroneous form of 
arriswise. 
arratel (ar-rii'tel), . [Pg. : see arrel."] The 
Portuguese pound. It exceeds the pound avoirdu- 
pois by about one per cent. The following are the values 
in grams : Pound avoirdupois, 453.593 ; arratel, in Lisbon, 
459 ; in Funchal, 458.547 ; in Rio de Janeiro, 458.75. 
arraughtt. For araught, preterit of areach. 
array (a-ra'), v. t. [Early mod. E. also aray, ar- 
raie, < ME. arayen, araien, areyen, < AF. arayer, 
araier, OF. areyer, areier, areer, later aroyer, ar- 
royer = Pr. arcdar = Sp. arrear (obs.) = Pg. ar- 
reiar = It. arredare, < ML. arredare, put in order, 
order, array, < L. ad, to, + ML. "rcdum (> OF. 
ret, rat, roi^preparation, order, of Teut. origin; 
cf. AS. gercede, gerede, preparation, equipment 
(Icel. reidhi, rigging, harness, reidha, imple- 
ments, outfit ; Sw. reda = Dan. rede, order), < 
geraide = OFries. rede, red = Goth, garaids, 
ready, prepared : see ready. Cf. curry 1 .] 1. To 
place or dispose in order, as troops for battle ; 
marshal; draw up in hostile order: often used 
figuratively. 
They were more ignorant in ranging and arraying their 
battles. Bacon, Vicissitude of Tilings. 
The stronger our conviction that reason and Scripture 
were decidedly on the side of Protestantism, the greater 
is the reluctant admiration with which we regard that 
system of tactics against which reason and Scripture were 
arrayed in vain. Macaulay, Ranke's Hist, of Popes. 
2. To deck or dress ; adorn with dress, especially 
with dress of an ornamental kind. 
Array thyself with glory and beauty. Job xl. 10. 
Morn by morn, arraying her sweet self 
In that wherein she deem'd she look'd her best. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
And there the fallen chief is laid, 
In tasselled garbs of skins arrayed, 
And girded with his wampum-braid. 
Whittier, Funeral Tree of Sokokis. 
3. In law, to set (a jury) in order for the trial of 
a cause; to call (the jury) man by man. 4. 
To envelop ; wrap. [Bare.] 
In gelid caves with horrid glooms arrayed. 
Judge Truinlntll. 
= Syn. 1. To arrange, range, marshal, draw up. 2. Adorn, 
Ornament, Decorate, etc. (see adorn) ; clothe, invest. 
array (a-ra'), w. [Early mod. E. also aray, 
arraie, < ME. aray, arai, araie, < AF. arai, arrai, 
OF. arm, later aroi, F. arroi = Pr. arrei = Sp. 
arrep = Pg. arreio = It. arredo; cf . ML. arredium, 
equipment, furniture; from the verb: see ar- 
ray, v."] 1. Regular order or arrangement; 
disposition in regular lines ; specifically, dispo- 
sition of a body of men for attack or defense : 
as, troops in battle array. 2. An orderly col- 
lection or assemblage ; especially, a body of 
men in order of battle or prepared for battle ; 
hence, military force ; soldiery; troops. 
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott. 
What was that mighty array which Elizabeth reviewed 
at Tilbury 'I Macaulay, Hist. Eng. 
3. A display ; an imposing series of things ex- 
hibited. 
Nothing could well be lovelier than this array of Doric 
temples and ruins of temples. 
C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 95. 
4. Dress ; garments disposed in order upon the 
person ; raiment or apparel. 
Emily ere day 
Arose and dress'd herself in rich array. Dryden. 
5f. Preparation; special arrangement of things. 
He had maad al this array. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 444. 
6f. Situation; circumstances; position; plight. 
Thou stondest yet (quod sche) in swiche array, 
That of thy lyf hastow no sewerte. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 46. 
7. In tow: (a) The body of persons summoned to 
serve upon a jury. (6) The act of impaneling 
a jury ; that is, the act of the proper officer set- 
arrect 
ting a jury in order for the trial of a cause, or 
calling it man by man. (c) The jury impaneled. 
Challenges are of two kinds ; first, to the array, when 
exception is taken to the whole number impaneled ; and 
secondly, to the polls, when individual jurymen are ob- 
jected to. A. Fonblanque, Jr., How we are Governed, xvii. 
8. Formerly, in England, the muster of a coun- 
ty for military purposes ; the men so mustered : 
as, a commission of array. See commission. 
Y* Parliament had extreamely worried him for attempt- 
ing to put in execution y commission of arai/, and for 
which the rest of his collegues were hanged by y* rebells. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 23, 1646. 
Previous to the reign of Henry VIII., in order to protect 
the kingdom from domestic insurrections or the prospects 
of foreign invasions, it was usual from time to time for 
our princes to issue commissions of array. Wharton. 
9. In math., a collection of quantities arranged 
in a rectangular block; a matrix Challenge to 
the array, see rlinllfni/e. 
arrayal (a-ra'al), n. [< array + -al.~} The 
process of arraying ; muster of a force ; array. 
N. E. D. 
arrayer (a-ra'er), n. [< ME. araier, arraiour, < 
OF. araieor, areeor, < areer, araier, array: see 
array, r.] 1. One who arrays. 2. In Eng. 
hist., an officer who had a commission of array 
to put the soldiers of a county in a condition 
for military service. 
arrayment (a-ra'ment), . [Early mod. E. also 
arraimcnt, arayment, < ME. araiment, < AF. 
araiement, OF. areement, < araier, etc., array: 
see array and -ment, and the abbr. form rai- 
ment.'] 1. The act of arraying. 2f. That in 
which one is arrayed ; raiment. 
Sheep clothed in soft arrayment. Quarles. 
arre 1 , . See ar 1 . 
arre 2 t, v. i. See an- 3 . 
arreacht, '. See areach. 
arrearH, r. See arear 1 . 
arrear 2 t (a-rer'), adv. [Early mod. E. also arear, 
arrere, < ME. arere, a rere, < OF. arere, ariere, 
mod. F. arriere = Pr. areire, arreire, < ML. ad 
retro : L. ad, to ; retro (> OF. riere), backward : 
see retro- and rear 3 .] Backward; into or to- 
ward the rear ; back ; behind. 
Forst him back recoyle and reele areare. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. iv. 6. 
arrear 2 (a-rer'), [ME. only in phr. in ariere, 
in time past; < arrear 2 , adv. The older noun 
is arrearage, q. v.] 1. The state of being be- 
hind or behindhand : as, his work is in arrear. 
Spain, though at least a generation in arrear of England, 
was after our own the first modern European country to 
attain to ... a national dramatic literature. 
A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., Int., xxvii. 
2f. The rear. 
The arrear consisting of between three and four thou- 
sand foot. Heylin, Hist. Reformation, p. 92. 
3. That which is behind in payment; a debt 
which remains unpaid, though due : generally 
used in the plural and implying that a part of 
the money is already paid : as, arrears of rent, 
wages, or taxes. 
For much I dread due payment by the Greeks 
Of yesterday's arrear. Camper, Iliad, iii. 
My approval is given in order that every possible facility 
may be afforded for the prompt discharge of all arrears of 
pay due to our soldiers and sailors. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 332. 
arrearage (a-rer'aj), w. [< ME. arerage, arre- 
rage, < OF. arerage, arrerage, arrierage, mod. F. 
arrerages, pi., < OF. arere, ariere, back: see 
arrear*, adv., and -age, and cf. advantage."} 1. 
The state or condition of being behindhand or 
in arrears. 
I have employment for thee, such a one 
As shall not only pay my services, 
But leave me in arrearage. 
Shirley, Grateful Servant, i. 2. 
2. Arrears ; amount or amounts outstanding or 
overdue ; any sum of money remaining unpaid 
after previous payment of a part. 
The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. 
Howell, Vocal Forest. 
Our pleasure is, that all arrearages 
Be paid unto the captains. 
Massinger, The Picture, U. 2. 
arrearancet (a-rer'ans), n. [< arrear 2 + -ance."] 
Same as arrearage" 
arrectt (a-rekf ), v. t. [< L. arrectus, pp. of arri- 
gere, set up, raise, erect, < ad, to, + regere, keep 
straight, direct.] 1. To raise or lift up ; make 
erect. 
Having large ears perpetually exposed and arrected. 
Swtft, Tale of a Tub, xi. 
2. To direct. 
Arrecting my sight towards the zodiake. 
Skelton, Poems, p. 9. 
3. To impute. 
Therefore he arrecteth no blame ... to them. 
Sir T. More, Works, fol. 271. 
