Brande & C.
Aquilated
(Aq"ui*la`ted) a. (Her.) Adorned with eagles' heads.
Aquiline
(Aq"ui*line) a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]
1. Belonging to or like an eagle.
2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; — applied particularly to the nose
Terribly arched and aquiline his nose.
Cowper.
Aquilon
(Aq"ui*lon) n. [L. aquilo, - lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] Shak.
Aquiparous
(A*quip"a*rous) a. [L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.] (Med.) Secreting water; —
applied to certain glands. Dunglison.
Aquitanian
(Aq`ui*ta"ni*an) a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
Aquose
(A*quose") a. [L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.] Watery; aqueous. [R.]
Bailey.
Aquosity
(A*quos"i*ty) n. [LL. aquositas.] The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.
Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly.
Holland.
Ar
(Ar) conj. Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ara
(||A"ra) n. [L.] (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
Ara
(||A"ra) n. [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna),
native of South America.
Arab
(Ar"ab) 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. .] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.
The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways.
Lond. Sat. Rev.
Arabesque
(Ar`a*besque") 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.
