- 2. Swift, darting, rushing, lithe, sinuous.
- 3. Piercing, stinging, sarcastic.
Arsenal, n. Armory, magazine of arms, repository of military stores
Arsenic, n. See arsenious oxide.
Arsenious oxide. Arsenic, rat’s bane, white arsenic, white oxide of arsenic, arsenious acid (a common but incorrect name).
Art, n.
- 1. Trade, craft, business, calling, employment, exercise of skill.
- 2. Practical knowledge, knowledge how to do, rules for doing.
- 3. Creation of beauty, embodied beauty.
- 4. Skill, address, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, tact, sagacity, aptitude, aptness, cleverness, ingenuity,
knack.
- 5. Cunning, astuteness, artfulness, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, subtlety, craftiness, craft, duplicity, wiliness,
guile.
Artful, a. Cunning, crafty, wily, subtle, insidious, designing, intriguing, politic, diplomatic, Machiavelian, deceitful, trickish, tricky, sly, foxy, snaky.
Article, n.
- 1. Part, portion, branch, division, member, clause, paragraph, head, heading, item, particular, count,
point.
- 2. Essay, piece, paper.
- 3. Thing, substance, commodity.
- 4. Instant, critical instant, moment, turning-point.
- 5. (Gram.) Particle of logical quantity, quantifying adjective, quantifying pronoun.
Article, v. a. Bind, indenture, apprentice.