v. t. [ L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh. ] To please; to gratify. [ Archaic ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arrière. See Arrear. ] “That which is behind”; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arriere fee,
Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. --
Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. OE. arban, heriban, fr. OHG. hariban, heriban, G. heerbann, the calling together of an army; OHG. heri an army + ban a public call or order. The French have misunderstood their old word, and have changed it into arrière-ban, though arrière has no connection with its proper meaning. See Ban, Abandon. ] A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. areste, F. arête, fr. L. arista the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish. ] (Arch.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. --
Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Eddish. ] The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [ Eng. ] [ Written also arish, ersh, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arrive. ] 1. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift arrival. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An approach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The house has a corner arrival. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arrival. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Arrived p. pr. & vb. n. Arriving. ] [ OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian. ] 1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. “Arrived in Padua.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Æneas ] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To arrive at, or attain to. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To happen or occur. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arrival. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]