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 ]

‖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. ]

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 ]

a. 1. Arabian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native of Arabia; an Arab. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. The language of the Arabians. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Moslems must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Arabia; Arabic. -- A*rab"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. (Chem.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. Arabisme. ] An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. Arabiste. ] One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. arable, L. arabilis, fr. arare to plow, akin to Gr. &unr_;, E. ear, to plow. See Earable. ] Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Arable land; plow land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The country of Arabia. [ Archaic & Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone. ] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The water buffalo of the Philippines. [ Phil. Islands ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidae. -- n. One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of nocturnal, terrestrial insects consisting of the ground beetles, which feed chiefly on other insects.
Syn. -- family Carabidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mil.) A carbine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carbineer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Carabus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ka`rabos a horned beetle. ] (Zool.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.
Syn. -- comparison, compare, equivalence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable. ] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison.

-- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Arable; tillable. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. aequiparabilis. ] Comparable. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. perceptible by the ear. Opposite of inaudible. Also See: loud, perceptible.
Syn. -- audible. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Not arable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In- not, and Comparable. ] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton.

-- In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inseparabilitas: cf. F. inséparabilité. ] The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-, and Separable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined. [ 1913 Webster ]

The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken. Mure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And cleaves through life inseparably close. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irréparabilité. ] The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irreparabilis: cf. F. irréparable. See In- not, and Reparable. ] Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being irreparable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an irreparable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [ Written also marabu. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [ Louisiana ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. Maravedi. ] 1. A Muslim saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The marabou{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

{ . Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [ Written also Mozarab, Mostarab. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [ Written also Mozarabic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to pass over. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; to grow beside. See Para-, and -blast. ] (Biol.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels. C. S. Minot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells. [ 1913 Webster ]