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   A89rocyst \A"[89]r*o*cyst\, n. [A[89]ro- + cyst.] (Bot.)
      One of the air cells of algals.

English Dictionary: (archaisierend) by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      14. (Paint.)
            (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
                  the atmospheric medium through which every object in
                  nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
            (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
                  that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
  
      15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  
      Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
               compound term. In most cases it might be written
               indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
               first element of the compound term, with or without the
               hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
               air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
  
      {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}.
  
      {Air bath}.
            (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
            (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
                  desired temperature.
  
      {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}.
  
      {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as
            a motive power.
  
      {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine.
  
      {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
            also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
            confined air.
  
      {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
            the force of compressed air.
  
      {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
            not on blast.
  
      {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
  
      {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road.
  
      {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
            the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
            pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
  
      {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
            air.
  
      {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
            utilized.
  
      {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the
            contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
            changes of temperature.
  
      {Air threads}, gossamer.
  
      {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
            from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
  
      {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
            air from a room.
  
      {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
            air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
            and allows air to enter.
  
      {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
            an air pump; an air way in a mine.
  
      {In the air}.
            (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
                  rumors.
            (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
            (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
                  in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
  
      {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public.
  
      {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air cock \Air" cock`\
      A faucet to allow escape of air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      14. (Paint.)
            (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
                  the atmospheric medium through which every object in
                  nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
            (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
                  that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
  
      15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  
      Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
               compound term. In most cases it might be written
               indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
               first element of the compound term, with or without the
               hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
               air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
  
      {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}.
  
      {Air bath}.
            (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
            (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
                  desired temperature.
  
      {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}.
  
      {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as
            a motive power.
  
      {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine.
  
      {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
            also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
            confined air.
  
      {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
            the force of compressed air.
  
      {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
            not on blast.
  
      {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
  
      {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road.
  
      {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
            the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
            pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
  
      {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
            air.
  
      {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
            utilized.
  
      {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the
            contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
            changes of temperature.
  
      {Air threads}, gossamer.
  
      {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
            from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
  
      {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
            air from a room.
  
      {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
            air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
            and allows air to enter.
  
      {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
            an air pump; an air way in a mine.
  
      {In the air}.
            (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
                  rumors.
            (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
            (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
                  in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
  
      {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public.
  
      {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air gas \Air" gas`\
      See under {Gas}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
               gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc.
  
      {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through
            some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The
            air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a
            convenient illuminating and heating agent.
  
      {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which
            gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active
            agents.
  
      {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke},
            etc.
  
      {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high
            percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available
            for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond.
  
      {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is
            produced by the combustion or sudden production or
            expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an
            explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the
            working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an
            electric spark.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air jacket \Air" jack`et\
      A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be
      filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air sac \Air" sac`\ (Anat.)
      One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds,
      which are filled with air and connected with the air passages
      of the lungs; an air cell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Airsick \Air`sick`\, a.
      Affected with a[89]rial sickness. -- {Air"sick`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Airsick \Air`sick`\, a.
      Affected with a[89]rial sickness. -- {Air"sick`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intercolumniation \In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)
      The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom
      of their shafts. --Gwilt.
  
      Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in
               terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the
               bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in
               use to denote certain common proportions. They are:
               {Pycnostyle}, when the intercolumniation is of one and
               a half diameters; {Systyle}, of two diameters;
               {Eustyle}, of two and a quarter diameters; {Diastyle},
               of three diameters; {Ar[91]ostyle}, of four or more,
               and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used
               instead of stone; {Ar[91]osystyle}, when the
               intercolumniations are alternately systyle and
               ar[91]ostyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ar91osystyle \A*r[91]`o*sys"tyle\, a. & n. [Gr. [?] as intervals
      + [?]. See {Systyle}.] (Arch.)
      See {Intercolumniation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Araceous \A*ra"ceous\, a. [L. arum a genus of plants, fr. Gr.
      [?].] (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus
      {Arum} is the type.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peanut \Pea"nut\, n. (Bot.)
      The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis
      hypog[91]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely
      cultivated for its fruit.
  
      Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or
               three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the
               soil. Called also {earthnut}, {groundnut}, and
               {goober}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pindal \Pin"dal\, Pindar \Pin"dar\, n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.)
      The peanut ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); -- so called in the West
      Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (-n[ucr]t`), n. (Bot.)
      (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[91]a} (native country
            uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
      (b) A leguminous, twining plant ({Apios tuberosa}), producing
            clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root
            tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
      (c) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia}). [U. S.] --Gray.
      (d) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}),
            having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet,
            aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth
            chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}. [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hypog91ic \Hyp`o*g[91]"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^,
      earth.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut
      ({Arachis hypog[91]a}).
  
      {Hypog[91]ic acid} (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the
            earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from
            which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arch stone \Arch" stone`\
      A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arch91ography \Ar`ch[91]*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] ancient +
      -graphy.]
      A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arch91ostomatous \Ar`ch[91]*o*stom"a*tous\, a. [Gr. 'archai^os
      ancient + sto`ma mouth.] (Biol.)
      Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely
      close up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arch91ozoic \Ar`ch[91]*o*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. 'archai^os ancient +
      zw^,on animal.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaic \Ar*cha"ic\, a. [Gr. 'archai:ko`s old-fashioned, fr.
      'archai^os ancient.]
      Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated;
      obsolescent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaical \Ar*cha"ic*al\, a.
      Archaic. [R.] -- {Ar*cha"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaical \Ar*cha"ic*al\, a.
      Archaic. [R.] -- {Ar*cha"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaism \Ar"cha*ism\, n. [Gr. 'archai:smo`s, fr. 'archai^os
      ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning: cf. F. archa[8b]sme. See
      {Arch}, a.]
      1. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word,
            expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer
            in common use.
  
      2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
  
                     A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of
                     archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our
                     Scriptural vocabulary.                        --De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaist \Ar"cha*ist\, n.
      1. Am antiquary.
  
      2. One who uses archaisms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaistic \Ar`cha*is"tic\, a.
      Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an
      archaism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.]
      To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.]
      To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.]
      To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archchamberlain \Arch`cham"ber*lain\, n. [Cf. G. erzk[84]mmerer.
      See {Arch-}, pref.]
      A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire,
      whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in
      England.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archchancellor \Arch`chan"cel*lor\, n. [Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See
      {Arch-}, pref.]
      A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire,
      who presided over the secretaries of the court.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archchemic \Arch`chem"ic\, a.
      Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] [bd]The archchemic sun.[b8]
      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archegonial \Ar`che*go"ni*al\, a.
      Relating to the archegonium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archegony \Ar*cheg"o*ny\, n. [See {Archegonium}.] (Biol.)
      Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arches \Arch"es\,
      pl. of {Arch}, n.
  
      {Court of arches}, or {Arches Court} (Eng. Law), the court of
            appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge,
            who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean
            of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the
            church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in
            Westminster. --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arches \Arch"es\,
      pl. of {Arch}, n.
  
      {Court of arches}, or {Arches Court} (Eng. Law), the court of
            appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge,
            who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean
            of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the
            church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in
            Westminster. --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archical \Ar"chi*cal\, a. [Gr. [?] able to govern, fr. [?]
      beginning, government. See {Arch-}, pref.]
      Chief; primary; primordial. [Obs.] --Cudworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sheepshead \Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied
      resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large and valuable sparoid food fish ({Archosargus, [or]
      Diplodus, probatocephalus}) found on the Atlantic coast of
      the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.
  
      Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to
               various other fishes, as the butterfish, the
               fresh-water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and
               the moonfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archwise \Arch"wise\, adv.
      Arch-shaped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arcograph \Arc"o*graph\, n. [L. arcus (E. arc) + -graph.]
      An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a
      central point; a cyclograph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Areosystyle \A*re`o*sys"tyle\, a. & n.
      See {Intercolumniation}, and {Ar[91]osystyle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
  
                     O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
                                                                              14.
  
      {Dove tick} (Zo[94]l.), a mite ({Argas reflexus}) which
            infests doves and other birds.
  
      {Soiled dove}, a prostitute. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
      ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
      A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
  
               Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer
               the petty traffickers.                           --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
      ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
      A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
  
               Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer
               the petty traffickers.                           --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argus shell \Ar"gus shell`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of shell ({Cypr[91]a argus}), beautifully
      variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argus-eyed \Ar"gus-eyed\, a.
      Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arhizal \A*rhi"zal\, Arhizous \A*rhi"zous\, Arhythmic
   \A*rhyth"mic\, Arhythmous \A*rhyth"mous\, a.
      See {Arrhizal}, {Arrhizous}, {Arrhythmic}, {Arrhythmous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arkose \Ar*kose"\, n. [F] (Petrog)
      A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or
      gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. --
      {Ar*kos"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arkose \Ar*kose"\, n. [F] (Petrog)
      A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or
      gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. --
      {Ar*kos"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arraswise \Ar"ras*wise`\, Arrasways \Ar"ras*ways`\, adv. [Prob.
      a corruption of arriswise. See {Arris}.]
      Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two
      sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular
      form. --Encyc. Brit. Cussans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arraswise \Ar"ras*wise`\, Arrasways \Ar"ras*ways`\, adv. [Prob.
      a corruption of arriswise. See {Arris}.]
      Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two
      sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular
      form. --Encyc. Brit. Cussans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arrhizal \Ar*rhi"zal\, Arrhizous \Ar*rhi"zous\, a. [Gr. [?] not
      rooted; 'a priv. + [?] a root.] (Bot.)
      Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arriswise \Ar"ris*wise`\, adv.
      Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arsesmart \Arse"smart\, n.
      Smartweed; water pepper. --Dr. Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[ocr]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG.
      [umac]rohso; [umac]r (cf. AS. [umac]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs.
      Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European bison ({Bison bonasus, [or] Europ[91]us}), once
      widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where
      protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the
      Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C[91]sar, with
      which it has often been confused.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Argos, IN (town, FIPS 2044)
      Location: 41.23773 N, 86.24767 W
      Population (1990): 1642 (614 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46501

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Argus, CA
      Zip code(s): 93562

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Argusville, ND (city, FIPS 3020)
      Location: 47.05060 N, 96.94098 W
      Population (1990): 161 (56 housing units)
      Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58005

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arroyo Seco, NM
      Zip code(s): 87514

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Argus
  
      A successor to {CLU}, from LCS at {MIT}.   Argus
      supports {distributed programming} through {guardians} (like
      {monitors}, but can be created dynamically) and {atomic
      actions} (indivisible activity).   It also has {cobegin} and
      coend.
  
      ["Argus Reference Manual", B. Liskov et al., TR-400, MIT/LCS,
      1987].
  
      ["Guardians and Actions: Linguistic Support for Robust,
      Distributed Programs", B. Liskov et al,
      TOPLAS 5(3):381-404 (1983)].
  
      (1995-12-28)
  
  
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