ardeliot, ardeliont

[ Striving to get that which we had better be without, ar delios , busybodies as we are. Burton, Anat. of Mel., i. 2. ( N. E. D. ) area bailiff or steward under the ardrigh or chief king of ancient Scotland. ardor, ardour (är'dor), n. [Second form prev a- lent in England; early mod. E. ardor , ardour , ardure , ardeur , ardour , ardor , ardur , mod. F. ardeur = Pr. Sp. Pg. ardor = It. ardore , L. ardor , a burning, fire, heat, eagerne , ardere , be on fire, burn, be eager. Cf. ardent .] 1. Intense heat: as, the ardor of the sun's rays. -2. In pathol . , a feeling of heat or burning.- 3t. A bright or effulgent spirit. [Poetical.] The winged saint. from among You sand celestial ardours , where he stood Veil'd with his gorgeous wings, up springing light, Flew through the midst of heaven. Milton , P. L., v. 249. ardency (är'den-si), n . [ ardent : see-cy.] 1. Intense heat: "as, "the ardency of the sun," Sir T. Herbert , Travels, p. 27. Hence-2. Warmth of pa ion or feeling; ardor; eagerne : as, the ardency of love or zeal.-3. Naut . , a tendency of some ships to come quickly to the wind. [Rare.] ardennite (är-den'it), n. [ Ardennes , a high wooded region of France and Belgium, + -ite2 .] A silicate of manganese and aluminium with 9 per cent. of vanadium pentoxid, found in or with ardour till she has suffered for his sake. tho rhombic crystals of a yellow-brown color near Ottrez, in the Ardennes.