aroideæ

pl. [Lat. arum (q.v.), and Gr. εἶδος ( eidos ) = appearance.] An order of endogenous plants, the same as ARACEE (Q.V.). a-roid-ě-ous, a. [Eng. aroid; -eous.] Bot. Allied to the genus Arum (q.v.). *a-roint, a-roy'nt, *a-ron'-ýt, interj or imper. of verb. [Provincial Eng. of Cheshire rynt, runt, applied, according to Ray, to IMG:content-0751.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0752.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0753.png:[graphic] 18 UILUS BIENSIONY witches, as in the proverb-"Rynt you, witch, quoth Be ie Locket to her mother;" but the expre ion is more commonly addre ed u a cow by a milkmaid, when she wishes the animal to move out of the place it occupies ( Boucher .) A word used apparently as a standard formula for exorcising witches. It seems to have meant, "Avaunt thee! be gone, be off!" In English literature it is hardly found elsewhere than in Shakespeare. "And aroint thee, witch! aroint thee." Shakesp. Lear , iii. 4. "" Aroint thee, witch!' the rump-fed ronyon cries." Ibid. Macbeth , i. 3.