Arab

& a. [In Ger. Araber (s.), Arabisch (adj.); Fr. & Port. Arabe (s. & adj.); Ital. Arabo (adj.); Lat. Arabs (s.); Gr. ́ Αραψ ( Araps ) (s.), gen it. ̓Αραβος (Arabos).] GROUP OF ARABS. A. As substantive : A native of Arabia. "In his march over the sandy desert between Emesa and Palmyra, Aurelian was perpetually hara ed by the Arabs."-Gibbon: Decline and Fall , ch. xi. B. As adjective: Pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. "Our Arad tents are rude for thee." Moore: L. R.; Light of the Haram. Arab-like, a. Like an Arab, in roaming tendency or some other particular, "Here, Arab- like , is pitched my tent, And straight again is furled." Long fellow: The Two Locks of Hair. ar-a-ba, s. [Hindu stan i, .] A wheeled carriage, a gun-carriage, a kind of cart used in Eastern journeys or campaigns.