The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23° 28&prime from the north pole. This and
the antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and between these and the poles lie the frigid zones.
See Zone.
Arctic
(Arc"tic), n.
1. The arctic circle.
2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
Arctisca
(||Arc*tis"ca) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. bear.] (Zoöl.) A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
Arctogeal
(Arc`to*ge"al) a. [Gr. the north + country.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal
fauna.
Arctoidea
(||Arc*toid"e*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. bear + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A group of the Carnivora, that includes
the bears, weasels, etc.
Arcturus
(Arc*tu"rus) n. [L. Arcturus, Gr. bearward, equiv. to bear + ward, guard. See Arctic.] (Anat.)
A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes.
Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.
Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev. Ver.: "the Bear with her train"].
Job xxxviii. 32.
Arcual
(Arc"u*al) a. Of or pertaining to an arc.
Arcual measure of an angle (Math.), that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to the
radius of the circle.
Arcuate
(Arc"u*ate Arc"u*a`ted) a. [L. arcuatus, p. p. of arcuare to shape like a bow, fr. arcus. See
Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow. "Arcuate stalks." Gray.
Arcuately
(Arc"u*ate*ly) adv. In the form of a bow.
Arcuation
(Arc`u*a"tion) n. [L. arcuatio.]
1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness. Coxe.
2. (Hort.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small
shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.
Arcubalist
(Ar"cu*ba*list) n. [See Arbalist.] A crossbow. Fosbroke.
Arcubalister
(Ar`cu*bal"ist*er) n. [L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister.] A crossbowman; one who used
the arcubalist. Camden.
Arcubus
(Ar"cu*bus) n. See Arquebus. [Obs.]
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ard
(-ard, -art). The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from
the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English
hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by
the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
Ardassine
(||Ar*das"sine) n. [F. (cf. Sp. ardacina), fr. ardasse a kind of silk thread, fr. Ar. & Per.
ardan a kind of raw silk.] A very fine sort of Persian silk.
