| ara | (n) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma | | ara | (n) macaws, Syn. genus Ara | | arab | (n) a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa, Syn. Arabian | | arabesque | (n) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | | arabesque | (n) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | | arabian | (n) a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia, Syn. Arab | | arabian | (adj) relating to or associated with Arabia or its people, Example: Arabian Nights; Arabian Sea | | arabian | (adj) of or relating to Arabian horses | | arabian camel | (n) one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia, Syn. dromedary, Camelus dromedarius | | arabian coffee | (n) shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee, Syn. Coffea arabica |
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| Ara | ‖n. [ Native Indian name. ] (Zool.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ara | ‖n. [ L. ] (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Arab | n. [ Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. &unr_;. ] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ] The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Araba | ‖n. [ Written also aroba and arba. ] [ Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba. ] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [ Oriental ] [ 1913 Webster ] The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Arabesque | a. 1. Arabian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Arabesque | n. [ F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab. ] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Arabesqued | a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Arabian | n. A native of Arabia; an Arab. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Arabian | a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Arabic | a. [ L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia. ] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arabic numerals or
figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. --
Gum arabic. See under Gum. [ 1913 Webster ]
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