Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated
to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants
being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses.
Archdukedom
(Arch`duke"dom) n. An archduchy.
Archebiosis
(||Ar`che*bi*o"sis) n. [Pref. arche- = archi- + Gr. bi`wsis, bi`os, life.] The origination of
living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. Bastian.
Arched
(Arched) a. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
Archegonial
(Ar`che*go"ni*al) a. Relating to the archegonium.
Archegonium
(||Ar`che*go"ni*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. the first of a race.] (Bot.) The pistillidium or female
organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
Archegony
(Ar*cheg"o*ny) n. [See Archegonium.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
Archelogy
(Ar*chel"o*gy) n. [Gr. an element or first principle + -logy.] The science of, or a treatise on,
first principles. Fleming.
Archencephala
(||Ar`chen*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. + the brain.] (Zoöl.) The division that
includes man alone. R. Owen.
Archenemy
(Arch`en"e*my) n. [Pref. arch- + enemy.] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the
grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
Archenteric
(Arch`en*ter"ic) a. (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
Archenteron
(||Arch`en"ter*on), n. [Pref. arch- + Gr. intestine.] (Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated
digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Archeology
(Ar`che*ol"o*gy) n., Archeological
(Ar`che*o*log`ic*al) a. Same as Archæology, etc.
Archer
(Arch"er) n. [archier, F. archer, LL. arcarius, fr. L. arcus bow. See Arc, Arch, n.] A bowman,
one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Archeress
(Arch"er*ess) n. A female archer. Markham.
Archer fish
(Arch"er fish`) (Zoöl.) A small fish of the East Indies; — so called from its ejecting drops of
water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.
Archership
(Arch"er*ship), n. The art or skill of an archer.
Archery
(Arch"er*y) n. [OE. archerie.]
1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow
and arrows.
2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
Let all our archery fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van.
Webster
Arches
(Arch"es) pl. of Arch, n.
Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he
