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- English Word Ark Definition The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
- English Word Ark Definition The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
- English Word Ark Definition A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
- English Word Ark shell Definition A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
- English Word Arkite Definition Belonging to the ark.
- English Word Arles Definition An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
- English Word Arllated Definition Alt. of Ariled
- English Word Arm Definition The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
- English Word Arm Definition Anything resembling an arm
- English Word Arm Definition The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
- English Word Arm Definition A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- English Word Arm Definition A branch of a tree.
- English Word Arm Definition A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
- English Word Arm Definition The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
- English Word Arm Definition An inlet of water from the sea.
- English Word Arm Definition A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
- English Word Arm Definition Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
- English Word Arm Definition A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
- English Word Arm Definition A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
- English Word Arm Definition To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
- English Word Arm Definition To furnish with arms or limbs.
- English Word Arm Definition To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
- English Word Arm Definition To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
- English Word Arm Definition Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
- English Word Arm Definition To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
- English Word Arm-gret Definition Great as a man's arm.
- English Word Armada Definition A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
- English Word Armadillo Definition Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
- English Word Armadillo Definition A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
- English Word Armadillos Definition of Armadillo