559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin;

disposition to any thing; quickness of appre- || ARCADE, år-kåde'. s. A continued arch. ARCANUM, år-kå'nům. s. 503. (Plural arcana.) A secret.

ARBITRÁBLE, år'bè-trå-bl. a. Arbitrary, de|ARCHPRELATE, årtsh-prêl'låte. s. 91. Chief pending upon the will.

ARBITRAMENT, àrbit trå-ment. s. Will; de- ARCHPRESBYTER, åartsh-près'bè-têr. s. Chief

ARBUSCLE, år bås-sl. s. 351, 405. Any little ARCHITECTIVE, år-ke-tek'tiv. a. That per

-no, move, nôr, nôt ;-tåbe, tåb, båll ;-¿îl ;-pound-thin, THIS ARCHITECTURE, årké-těk-tshire. s. 461. The || ARIES, à'ré-èz. s art or science of building; the effect or performance of the science of building. ARCHITECTURAL, år-ké-tek'tshu-rål. a. Belonging to architecture. Mason. ARCHITRAVE, år ke-trave. s. That part of a column which lies immediately upon the capital, and is the lowest member of the entabla

The ram; one of the twelve signs of the zodiack.

To ARIETATE, â-ri'è-tåte. v. n. 91. To butt like a ram.

tare.

ing any thing; incurvation; the state of being bent; carvity, or crookedness.

I have, in this word, followed Dr. Johnson, in placing the accent on the second syllable, and not on the first, according to Mr. Sheridan, and Dr. Ash; but I do not very well know for what reason, unless it be that words of this termination derived from the Latin generally preserve the accent of the original. See Principles, No. 503, b.

ARIETATION, å-ri-è-tà'shån. s. The act of butting like a ram; the act of battering with an engine called a ram.

ARIETTA, â-rè-êt'tâ. s. 534. A short air, song,

or tune.

ARIGHT, â-rite'. ad. 393. Rightly, without errour; rightly, without crime; rightly, without failing of the end designed.

ARCU BALISTER, år-kd-bâl ́Îs-tår. s. A cross-ARIOLATION, à-ré-ò-la'shun. s. 534. Sooth

bow man.

ARDENCY, år den-sè. s. Ardour, eagerness. ARDENT, ir dễnt. a. Hot, burning, fiery; fierce, whement; passionate, affectionate.

ARDENTLY, år dent-lè. ad. Eagerly, Affectionately.

ARDOUR, ār ́dår. s. 314. Heat; heat of affectim, as love, desire, courage.

ARDUITY, ar-du-te. s. Height, difficulty.
ARDUOUS, ar jó-ôs. a 293, 376. Lofty, hard
to climb; difficult.

ARDUOUSNESS, år'ju-ds-nês. s. 293, 376.
Height, difficulty.

saying.

To ARISE, â-rize'. v n. pret. arose, part. arisen.
To mount upward as the sun; to get up as
from sleep, or from rest; to revive from death;
to enter upon a new station; to commence hos-
tility.
ARISTOCRACY år-is-tôk'krâ-sè. s. That form
of government which places the supreme pow-
er in the nobles.

ARISTOCRAT. âr-is-to-krât'. s. A favourite of
Aristocracy. Mason.

ARISTOCRATICAL, år-ris-to-kråt'tè-kâl. a. 544
Relating to aristocracy.

ARE, ar. 75. The plural of the present tense of ARISTOCRATICALNESS, ár-ris-to-krât'tè-kâl

the verb To be.

AREA, à ́rè-4. s. 70, 545, 534. The surface contain-
ed between any lines or boundaries; any open
surface.

To AREAD, à-red' v. a. To advise; to direct.
Little used

AREFACTION, âr-rẻ-fák'shon. s. The state of
growing dry; the act of drying.
To AREFY, år re-fl. v. a. To dry.
ARENACEOUS, år-è-na'shus. a. 527. Sandy.
ARENOSE, ár-é-nose'. a. 527. Sandy.
ARENULOUS, à-rèn'd-lås. a. Full of small
gravelly.

nes. s. An aristocratical state. ARITHMANCY, â-rith'mân-se. s. A foretelling of future events by numbers.

ARITHMETICAL, år-ith-met'tè-kål. a. Accord ing to the rules or methods of arithmetick. 527., ARITHMETICALLY, ar-ith-mèt'té-kål-lè. ad.. In an arithmetical manner. ARITHMETICIAN, â-rith-mè-tîsh'ân. s. A ma ter of the art of numbers. ARITHMETICK, å-rith'mè-tik. s. The scien co of numbers; the art of computation. sand,There is a small, but a very general deviati on from accuracy in pronouncing this word, wh ich lies in giving the first i the sound of short e, as if written arethmetick. As this inaccuracy is but trifling, so it may be rectified without any gi eat singularity.

AREOPAGITE. à-ré-ôp'å-jite. s. 156. A judge
of the court of Areopagus. Mason.
AREOTICK, krēôtīk. a. 534. Such medicines
as open the pores.

ARGENT, år1⁄4nt. a. Having the white colour
used in the armorial coats of gentlemen, knights,
and harouets; silver, bright like silver.
ARGIL, ir. Potter's clay.
ARGILLACEOUS, ar-jil-là'shús. a. Clayey, con-
Fisting of argil or potter's clay.
ARGILLOUS, år-jus. a. 314. Consisting of
chy, clarish.

ARGOSY, ir gósé. s. 503. A large vessel for
merchandise; a carack.

To ARGUE, årgå. v. n. 335. To reason; to offer reasons; to persuade by argument; to dispute.

ARK, ark. s.-See Art. 77. A vessel to svvim
upon the water, usually applied to that in which
Noah was preserved from the universal delu ge;
the repository of the covenant of God with the
Jews.

ARM, arm. s.-See Art. The limb which reach-
es from the hand to the shoulder; the large
bough of a tree; an inlet of water from the
sea; power, might, as the secular arm.
To ARM, arm. v. a.-See Art. To furnish with
armour of defence, or weapons of offence; to
plate with any thing that may add strength; to
furnish; to fit up.

ARGUER, årgå-år. s. 98. A reasoner, a dis-To ARM, arm. v. n.-See Art. To take arms;

to provide against.

ARMADA, år-må då. s. See Lumbago. An ar

mament for sea.

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;—mẻ, mêt ;-pine, pin ;— ARMILLARY, år'mil-la-rẻ. a. Resembling a ly had the care of seeing the soldiers duly ap bracelet.-See MAXILLARY. pointed in their armour. ARMILLATED, är'mil-là-têd. a. Wearing bracelets.

ARREAR, år-rèèr'. s. That which remains behind unpaid, though due.

ARMINGS, årmingz. s. The same with waste-|| ARREARAGE, år-rèè'ràje. s. 90. The remainclothes. der of an account. ARMIPOTENCE, år-mip'ò-tense. s. Power in ARRENTATION, år-rên-tà'shån. s. The licenwar. 518. sing an owner of lands in the forest to enclose. ARMIPOTENT, år-mip'ò-tênt. a. Mighty in ARREPTITIOUS, ar-rep-tish'us. a. Snatched

ARMLET, årm'let. s. A little arm; a piece of armour for the arm; a bracelet for the arm. ARMONIACK, år-ino'nè-âk. s. 505. The name] of a salt.

ARMORER, år'mår-år. s. 557. He that makes armour, or weapons; he that dresses another in armour.

ARMORIAL, år-mo'rè-âl. a. Belonging to the| arms or escutcheon of a family.

ARMORY, àr'mur-è. s. 557. The place in which arms are deposited for use; armour; arms of defence; ensigns armorial.

ARMOUR, ar'mûr. 3. 314. Defensive arms. ARMOUR-BEARER, år'mår-båre år. s. He that carries the armour of another.

ARMPIT, arm pit. s. The hollow place under

the shoulder.

ARMS, armz. s. 77. Weapons of offence, or armour of defence; a state of hostility; war in general; action; the act of taking arms; the ensigns armorial of a family.

ARMY, armé. s. 492. A collection of armed
men, obliged to obey their generals; a great
number.

AROMATICAL, ár-d-mât'è-kâl.
AROMATICK, âr-d-måt ́îk. 527.

a.

Spicy, fragrant, strong scented. AROMÁTICKS, år-o-matiks. s. 527. Spices. AROMATIZATION, âr-o-mât-è-zà'shûn. s. The act of scenting with spices.

To AROMATIZE, ár ò-mâ-tize. v. a. To scent
with spices; to impregnate, with spices; to
scent, to perfume.

AROSE, á-roze'. 554. The preterit of the verb
Arise.

AROUND, â-round'. ad. In a circle, on every
side.

AROUND, â-rôånd'. prep. 545. About.

gance.

To ARROGATE, år'ro-gåte. v. a. 91. To claim
vainly; to exhibit unjust claims.
ARROGATION, ar-ro-gashun. s. A claiming
in a proud manner.

ARROSION, ar-ro'zhûn. s. 451. A gnawing.
ARROW, ar'rò. s. 327. The pointed weapon

which is shot from a bow.

ARROWHEAD, år'rò-hed. s. A water plant.
ARROWY, âr'rò̟-è. a. Consisting of arrows.
ARSE, årse. s. The buttocks.
ARSE-FOOT, års'fut. s. A kind of water fowl

To AROUSE, â-rôůže.`v. a. To wake from ARSE-SMART, ars'smårt. s. A plant.
sleep; to raise up; to excite.

AROW, a-ro'. ad. 515. In a row.
ARDYNT, â-rôint'. ad. Be gone, away.
ARQUEBUSE, år'kwè-bas. S. A hand gun.
ARQUEBUSIER, år-kwè-bås-èèr'. s. A soldier
armed with an arquebuse. 275.
ARRACK, år-rak'. s. A spiritous liquor.
To ARRAIGN, år-råne'. v. a. To set a thing in
order, in its place: a prisoner is said to be ar-
raigned, when he is brought forth to his trial:|
to accuse, to charge with faults in general, as
in controversy or in satire.
ARRAIGNMENT, ar-rane'ment. s. The act of
arraigning; a charge.

To ARRANGE, ar-ranje'. v. a. To put in the
proper order for any purpose.
ARRANGEMENT, ar-ranje'ment. s. The act
of putting in proper order; the state of being
put in order.

ARRANT, år'rânt. a. 81, 32. Bad in a high degree.

ARRANTLY, år'rânt-lè. ad. Corruptly, shame-
fully.

ARRAS, ârtás. s. 81, 82. Tapestry.
ARRAUGHT, âr-rawt'. ad. Seized by violence.
Out of use.

ARRAY, ár-ra'. . Dress; order of battle; in
law, the ranking or setting in order.

To ARRAY, ar-ra. v. a. To put in order; to

deck, to dress.

ARRAYERS, år-rd'arz. s. OMeers, who ancient

ARSENAL, âr'sè-nál. s. A repository of things requisite to war; a magazine.

ARSENICAL, ar-sèn'é-kal. a. Containing arsenick.

ARSENICK, årse'nik. s. A mineral substance; a violent corrosive poison.

ART, art. s. 77. The power of doing something not taught by nature and instinct; a science, as the liberal arts; a trade; artfulness, skill, dexterity, cunning.

As a before r, followed by a vowel, has the short or fourth sound, so when it is followed by a consonant it has the long or second sound. See ARABLE, 81, 168.

ARTERIAL, ar-te'rè-al. a. That which relates to the artery; that which is contained in the

artery.

ARTERIOTOMY, år-tè-rè-ôt'tò-mè. s. The ope-
ration of letting blood from the artery; the cut-
ting of an artery, 518.

ARTERY, år'tar-è. s. 555. An artery is a coni-
cal canal, conveying the blood from the heart
to all parts of the body.
ARTFUL, artful. a. 174. Performed with art;
artificial, not natural; cunning, skilful, dex-

terous.

ARTFULLY, art'föl-lè. ad. With art, skilfully.
ARTFULNESS, artful-nês. s. Skill, cunning
ARTHRITICK, år-thritik. 509.
ARTHRITICAL, år-thrit ́é-kâl.
a. Gouty,

relating to the gout; relating to joints.

-nò, môve, når, nôt;-tube, tåb, båll;—¿îl;-põûnd;—thin, THIS.
To ASCEND, ås-send'. v. n.
To mount up
wards; to proceed from one degree of know
ledge to another, to stand higher in genealo

ARTICHOKE, år'tè-tshoke. s. This plant is
very like the thistle, but hath large scaly heads
shaped like the cone of the pine-tree.
ARTICK, år'tik. a. properly ARCTICK.North-

ARTICULATE, år-tik'd-låte. a. 91. Distinct;
branched out into articles.

To ARTICULATE, ar-tik'd-låte, v. a. 91. To
form words; to speak as a man; to draw up
in articles: to make terms.
ARTICULATELY, år-tik'd-låte-lè. ad. In an
articulate voice.

ARTICULATENESS, år-tik'd-låte-nês. s. The
quality of being articulate.
ARTICULATION, ar-tik-a-lå'shan. s. The
juncture, or joint of bones; the act of forming
words: in botany, the joints in plants.
ARTIFICE, år'tè-fls. s. 142. Trick, fraud,
stratagen; art, trade.
ARTIFICER, ar-tif fè-sår. s. 98. An artist,
a manufacturer; a forger, a contriver; a dex-
terous or artful fellow,
ARTIFICIAL, år-te-fish'al.

a. Made by art, not natural; fictitious, not genuine; artful, contrived with skill.

ARTIFICIALLY, ar-te-fish'al-. ad. Artfully, with skill, with good contrivance; by art; not

Daturally.

ARTILLERY, år-til lår-rẻ. s. 555. Weapons
of war; cannon, great ordnance.

ARTISAN, år-te-zin'. s. 528. Artist; profes-
sor of an art; manufacturer; low tradesman.
ARTIST, artist. s. The professor of an art; a
skolful man, not a novice.
ARTLESSLY, art les-lè. ad. In an artless man-
her naturally sincerely.
ARTLESS, krts. a.

Unskilful; without frand, as an artless maid; contrived without skill, as an artless tale.

To ARTUATE, artsho-åte. v. a. 91. 461. To tear limb from limb.

Of

a. Abound

gy.

To ASCEND, ás-send'. v. a. To climb up any ching.

ASCENDANT, ås-sen'dant. s. The part of the
ecliptick, at any particular time above the hori
zon, which is supposed by astrologers to have
great influence; height, elevation; superiori-
ty; influence; one of the degrees of kindred
reckoned upwards.

ASCENDANT, as-sen'dânt. a. Superiour, pre-
dominant, overpowering; in an astrological
sense, above the horizon.
ASCENDENCY, âs-sen'dên-sè. S. Influence,
power.
ASCENSION, âs-sen'shån. S. 451. The act
of ascending or rising; the visible elevation of
our Saviour to Heaven; the thing rising o
mounting.

The

ASCENSION DAY, ås-sên'shûn-dá'. s.
day on which the ascension of our Saviour is
commemorated, commonly called Holy Thurs-
day; the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide.
ASCENSIVE, as-sen'siv. a. 158. In a state

of ascent.

ASCENT, âs-sent'. s. Rise, the act of rising
the way by which one ascends; an eminence
or high place.

To ASCERTAIN, âs-ser-tane'. v. a. To make
certain, to fix, to establish; to make confident.
ASCERTAINER, âs-sèr-tà'når. s. The person
that proves or establishes.
ASCERTAINMENT, âs-ser-tåne'ment.
settled rule; a standard.
ASCETICK, ås-set'ik. a. 509. Employed
wholly in exercises of devotion and mortifica-
tion.

S. A

To attribute to possessor. The act of as

ASCRIBABLE, âs-kri'bå-bl.
which may be ascribed.
To ASCRIBE, as-kribe'. v. a.
as a cause; to attribute to as a
ASCRIPTION, ås-krip'shån. s.
cribing.
ASCRIPTITIOUS, âs-krip-tish'às.
which is ascribed.
ASH, Ash. s. A tree.
ASH-COLOURED, åsh kůl-ård. a. Coloured
between brown and gray. 362.
ASHAMED, â-shà ́měd. a. 359, 362. Touch-

That

ARUNDINACEOUS, â-rîn-dè-nà ́shås. a. or like reeds. 292, ARUNDINEOUS, âr-an-din'è-ds. ng with reeds. AS Az. conjunct. 423. In the same manner with something else; like, of the same kind with; in the same degree with; as if, in the same manner; as it were, in some sort; while, at the same time that; equally; how, in what manner; with, answering to like or same: in a reciprocal sense, answering to As; answering to Such; having So to answer it, in the condi-ASHEN, &sh'shén. a. 103, 359. Made of ash tonal sense; answering to So conditionally; As for, with respect to; As to, with respect to; As well as, equally with; As though, as if. ASAFOETIDA, â-sa-fêt ́é-da. s. A gun or ream brought from the East-Indies, of a sharp taste, and a strong offensive smell. ASARARACCA, âs-sâ-râ-bâk kâ. s. of a plint

ASBESTINE, kz-bès'tin. a. 140.

The name

Something|| mcombustible. ASBESTOS, 4z-bèstùs. s. 166. A sort of native fossile stone, which may be split into threads and filaments, from one inch to ten inches in length, very fine, brittle, yet somehat tractable. It is endued with the wonderfai property of remaining unconsumed in the fire, which only whitens it. ASCARIDES, -kare-dez. s. Little worms in the rectoin

ed with shame.

wood.

ASHES, âshîz. s. 99. The remains of any
thing burnt; the remains of the body.
ASH-WEDNESDAY, åsh-wenz'dà. s. The first
day of Lent, so called from the ancient custom
of sprinkling ashes on the head.
ASHLAR, åshlar. s. Free stones as they come
out of the quarry.

ASHLERING, ash'lar-ing. s. 555. Quartering
in garrets. A term in building.
ASHORE, â-shore'. ad. On shore, on the land:
to the shore, to the land.
ASHWEED, âsh'weed. s. An herb.
ASHY, ash'è. a. Ash-coloured, pale, inciined
to a whitish gray.

ASIDE, â-side. ad. To one side; to another
part; from the company.
ASINARY, as sé-na-ré. a. Belonging to an ass
ASININE, as 'sè-nine. a. 149. Belonging to an ass.

559-Fate, får, fåll, fit ;-mè, met ;-pine, pin,-

ASP, or ASPICK, âsp, or âs'pik. s. A kind of
serpent, whose poison is 80 dangerous and
quick in its operation that it kills without a pos-
sibility of applying any remedy. Those that
are bitten by it, die by sleep and lethargy.
ASP, Asp. s. A tree.

ASPALATHUS, âs-pâlâ-thas. s. A plant call-
ed the wood of Jerusalem; the wood of a cer-
tain tree.

ASPARAGUS, ås-pârâ-gås. s. The name of a plant.

This word is vulgarly pronounced Sparrowgrass. It may be observed, that such words as the vulgar do not know how to spell, and which convey no definite idea of the thing, are frequently changed by them into such words as they do know how to spell, and which do convey some definite idea. The word in question is an instance of it: and the corruption of this word into Sparrow grass is so general, that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry. See LAN

TERN.

"Spenser, and Shakspeare, which the imitated "bard could not possibly have either read or "construed.

"This very accent hath troubled the annotators "on Milton. Dr. Bentley observes it to be a "tone different from the present use. Mr. Man

waring, in his Treatise of Harmony and Num"bers, very solemnly informs us, that this "verse is defective both in accent and quantity. "His words here ended; but his meek aspect. "Silent, yet spake."

"Here, says he, a syllable is acuted and long,
"whereas it should be short and graved!
"And a still more extraordinary gentleman, one
"Green, who published a specimen of a new
"version of the Paradise Lost, into blank verse,
"by which that amazing work is brought some-
"what nearer the summit of perfection,' begins
"with correcting a blunder in the fourth book,
The setting sun

"Slowly descended, and with right aspect-
"Level'd his evening rays."

Not so in the new version:

"Meanwhile the setting sun descending slow

"Levell'd with aspect right his ev'ning rays." "Enough of such commentators.-The celebrated "Dr. Dee had a spirit, who would sometimes "condescend to correct him, when peccant in "quantity: and it had been kind of him to have a little assisted the wights above mentioned."Milton affected the antique; but it may seem more extraordinary, that the old accent shoul "be adopted in Hudibras."

To ASPECT, ås-pekt'. v. a. 492. To behold.
ASPECTABLE, âs-pek'tâ-bl. a. 405. Visible.
ASPECTION, ás-pek shân. s. Beholding; view.
ASPEN, ås pen. s. 103. A tree, the leaves of which
always tremble.

ASPEN, ás pèn. a. Belonging to the asp-tree,
made of aspen wood.

ASPER, ås par. a. 98. Rough, rugged.
To ASPERATE, ås'pè-råte. v. a. 91. To make
rough.

ASPECT, âs pêkt. s. Look, air, appearance; countenance; glance, view; act of beholding; direction towards any point; position; disposi-This word, and those that succeed it of the tion of any thing to something else; relation; disposition of a planet to other planets.

same family, seem to follow the general rale in the sound of the e before r when after the accent; that is, to preserve it pure, and in a separate syllable.-See PRINCIPLES, No. 555. ASPERATION, ås-pè-rà'shûn. s. A making rough.

ASPERIFOLIOUS, âs-pèr-è-fò'lè-ås. a. Plants,
so called from the roughness of their leaves.
ASPERITY, ás-pêr'è-tè. s. Unevenness; rough-
ness of surface; roughness of sound; rough-
ness, or ruggedness of temper.
ASPERNATION, âs-per-na'shân. s. Neglect,
disregard.

This word, as a noun, was universally pronounced with the accent on the last syllable till about the middle of the seventeenth century. It grew antiquated in Milton's time, and is now entirely obsolete. Dr. Farmer's observations on this word, in his no less solid than ingenious Essay on The Learning of Shakspeare, are so curious, as well as just, that the reader will, I doubt not, be obliged to me for quoting them. "Sometimes a very little matter detects a for"gery. You may remember a play called the "Double Falsehood, which Mr. Theobald was "desirous of palming upon the world for a post-To "humous one of Shakspeare; and I see it is "classed as such in the last edition of the Bod"leian catalogue. Mr. Pope himself, after all "the strictures of Scriblerus, in a letter to "Aaron Hill, supposes it of that age; but a "mistaken accent determines it to have been "written since the middle of the last century: "This late example

"Of base Henriquez, bleediag in me now, "From each good aspect takes away my trust." And in another place,

"You have an aspect, Sir, of wondrous wisdom."

ASPEROUS, âs'pè-rus. a. Rough, uneven.

ASPERSE, ás-pérse'. v. a. To bespatter with censure of calumny. ASPERSION, as-per shůn. s. A sprinkling, cal

umny, censure.

ASPHALTICK, ás-fâl'tîk. a. 84. Gummy, bitumi

nous.

ASPHALTOS, ås-fâl'tås. s. A bituminous, inflam-
mable substance, resembling pitch, and chief-
ly found swimming on the surface of the Lacus
Asphaltites, or Dead Sea, where anciently stood
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrab.
ASPHALTUM, ås-fâl tâm. s. A bituminous stone
found near the ancient Babylon.
ASPHODEL, ås fo-del. s. Day-lily.
ASPICK. ås'pik. s. The name of a serpent.
To ASPIRATE, âs'pé-råte. v. a. To pronounce
with full breath, as hope, not op. 91.

"The word aspect, you perceive, is here accented "on the first syllable, which, I am confident, in any sense of it, was never the case in the time of "Shakspeare; though it may sometimes ap-ASPIRATE, às pé-råte. a. 91, 394. Pronounced

pear to be so, when we do not observe a preceding Elision. "Some of the professed imitators of our old poets "have not attended to this and many other “minutice: I could point out to you several per"formances in the respective styles of Chaucer,

with full breath.

ASPIRATION, aspè-rà'shin. s. A breathing after; an ardent wish; the act of aspiring, or desiring something high; the pronunciation of a vowel with full breath.

To ASPIRE, as-pire'. v. n. To desire with eager