Arrondissement
(||Ar`ron`disse`ment") n. [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.]
A subdivision of a department. [France]
The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements,
those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
Arrose
(Ar*rose") v. t. [F. arroser.] To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.]
The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you.
Two N. Kins.
Arrosion
(Ar*ro"sion) n. [L. arrodere, arrosum, to gnaw: cf. F. arrosion.] A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey.
Arrow
(Ar"row) n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh.
L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and
barbed, to be shot from a bow.
Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government
stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.
Arrow grass
(Ar"row grass`) n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other
species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
Arrowhead
(Ar"row*head`) n.
1. The head of an arrow.
2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, — named from the shape of
the leaves.
Arrowheaded
(Ar"row*head`ed), a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads,
nailheads, or wedges; — hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the
oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia,
and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.
Arrowroot
(Ar"row*root`) n.
1. (Bot.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot
countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned
arrows.
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for
children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and
Curcuma.
Arrowwood
(Ar"row*wood`) n. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; — so
called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
Arrowworm
(Ar"row*worm`), n. (Zoöl.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the
surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
Arrowy
(Ar"row*y) a.
1. Consisting of arrows.
How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers.
Milton.
