n. [ Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. &unr_;. ] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Street Arab,
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The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab. ] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arabian bird,
n. A native of Arabia; an Arab. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia. ] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arabic numerals or
figures
Gum arabic.
n. The language of the Arabians. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Moslems must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to Arabia; Arabic. --