the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by
such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
Arbitrator
(Ar"bi*tra`tor) n. [L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F. arbitrateur.]
1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine
their differences. See Arbitration.
2. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.
Though Heaven be shut,
And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure.
Milton.
Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace.
Addison.
Syn. — Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See Judge.
Arbitratrix
(Ar"bi*tra`trix) n. [L., fem. of arbitrator.] A female who arbitrates or judges.
Arbitress
(Ar"bi*tress) n. [From Arbiter.] A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton.
Arblast
(Ar"blast) n. A crossbow. See Arbalest.
Arbor
(Ar"bor) n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See
Herb, and cf. Herbarium.] A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees,
or other plants, for shade; a bower. Sir P. Sidney.
Arbor
(Ar"bor), n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.]
1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.) (a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion. (b) A mandrel in lathe turning.
Knight.
Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]
Arborary
(Ar"bo*ra*ry) a. [L. arborarius, fr. arbor tree.] Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.
Arborator
(Ar"bo*ra`tor) n. [L., fr. arbor tree.] One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Arbor Dianæ
(||Ar"bor Di*a"næ) [L., the tree of Diana, or silver.] (Chem.) A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful
arborescent form.
Arboreal
(Ar*bo"re*al) a.
1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley.
2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.
Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal.
Darwin.
Arbored
(Ar"bored) a. Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. "An arboreal walk." Pollok.
Arboreous
(Ar*bo"re*ous) a. [L. arboreous, fr. arbor tree.]
1. Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub. Loudon.
2. Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss. Quincy.
