*arra*

n. See Orach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. Rack arrack. ] A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Aragonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arraigned p. pr. & vb. n. Arraigning. ] [ OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See Reason. ] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See Accuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire. ] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who arraigns. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement. ] 1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging ] [ OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t. ] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

So [ they ] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mechanism previously arranged. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. the carefully arranged chessmen; haphazardly arranged interlobular septa; comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace disarranged
Syn. -- ordered [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a schedule and itinerary established prior to departure; -- of travel plans. an arranged tour of Madrid [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 deliberately arranged for effect. candid
Syn. -- staged [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. arrangement. ] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who arranges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
Syn. -- arrangement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See Errant. ] Notoriously or preëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward. [ 1913 Webster ]

I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An arrant honest woman. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands. ] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with an arras. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arras. ] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught. ] Obtained; seized. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reiði rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry. ] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imposing series of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. --
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying. ] [ OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See Array, n. ] 1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. [ 1913 Webster ]

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli.&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Array, v. t. ] Clothes; raiment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. baracan, bouracan (cf. Pr. barracan, It. baracane, Sp. barragan, Pg. barregana, LL. barracanus), fr. Ar. barrakān a kind of black gown, perh. fr. Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair. ] A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To live or lodge in barracks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. baar, OD. baer, naked, bare + kleed garment, i. e., cloth undressed or without nap. ] A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [ Local, New York ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. or Pg. barraca. See Barrack. ] A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyræna and family Sphyrænidæ. The great barracuda (Sphyræna barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyræna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyræna sphyræna of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or Sphyræna vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyræna picuda; the Californian is Sphyræna argentea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar. ] (Engin.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or watercourse to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also barramunda. ] [ Native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus. (b) An Australian river fish (Osteoglossum Leichhardtii). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [ Texas & N. Mex. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A resin, called also galipot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. baratour, OF. barateor deceiver, fr. OF. barater, bareter, to deceive, cheat, barter. See Barter, v. i. ] One guilty of barratry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. -- Bar"ra*trous*ly, adv. Kent. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. baraterie, LL. barataria. See Barrator, and cf. Bartery. ] 1. (Law) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [ Also spelt barretry. ] Coke. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mar. Law) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Park. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Carack. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [ Also written carragheen, carageen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak. ] 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaparral cock; fem.
Chaparral hen (Zool.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. It is the state bird of New Mexico. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Leggings. [ Mex. & Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]