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Arctic, adj. from apKTOS, arkt~s, a hear. Belonging to
the constellation calied the Bear, which is in the
northernhemisphere; hence the word A RCTIC is applied
to all that relates to the north pole, as, "The Arctic
Expedition." Sec f1.NTARCTIC.
Areo-pagus, apew7rctl'0s, a1'';hllpagos, compounded of
apews,arei'6s, and 7fa..yos, pagos, ", The hill of 1\la1's,"
where .was held the supreme conncil of Athens
[apeos, arl!'6s, genitive case of Ap7Js, Al"es, Mars, 7ta,,/os,
pag'6s, a hill or mound]. The court of Areopagns
was the most sacred and venerable. tribunal of all
Greece. See Acts, chap. xvii. v. 19. In this court
all causes were heard in the darl::, in order that the
senators might not he influenced by seeing either
plaintiff or defendant.
Aristo-cracy, s. Sec KRATEO, p. 13.
Arith-metic, s.. See 1\IETn>:o, p. 19.
Ar-thritic, s. See ANTARTHRITIC.
Aromatic, 8, from apw/U:t, a1'oma, an odour. A terlU
applied to snbstances which have an agreeable spicy
odour and pungent taste.
Ar-rhaphostic, from a, a, not, and pa!fJ?1, "!zal'MJ, a sciun.
" Patent arrhaphostic shoes" arc shoes n~ade ~rom a
single piece of leather without any sea"';
~-5bcstos, s. from a, a, not, and (1(JEVVl:1/-U, sb~nn1lmi,
I destroy by burning. A fossil so called, because it
is capable of resisting the power of fire. The ancients
formed it into cloth, and it is at present used in the
Eupyrion (see EUPVRION, p. 64), because it is able to
resist the power of the acid employed in that preparation.
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Ascetic, s. from aCTK7JT7JS, asketes, one whony emplo)'ed
in cxercises of elcvotion and mortification.
A-scii, s. Sec SKU., p. 26.
A~mato.graphr,s. See GItArUE, p. 10.
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