arrish, arish (arish)

[E. dial., = ersh, dial. form of eddish, q. v.] A corn or wheat-field which has been harvested; stubble; eddish. [Devons hire, Eng.] arrisiont (a-rizh'on), n. [L. arrisio ( n- ), broadest surface forms the base. arris wise (ar'is-wiz), adv. [ IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] which happens or befalls one; arrival (a-rival), n. [ field with their va als, equipment, and three months' provisions. Neglect to obey the summons brought fines or even lo of the fief. Hence-2. The military force thus liable to be called out. Formerly written arierban. [The misunderstanding of the first element (see etymology) led to the use of ban et arrière - ban, English ban (or van ) and arrier - ban (or - van ), with an artificial distinction, the ban being supposed to refer to the immediate feudatories of the sovereign, and the arrière - ban to the va als of the latter, or the holders of arrière - fiefs.] arrière-bras (ar-iar'brä'), n. Same as rerebrace. arrière-fee (a-rēr'fē), n. A fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. val: see arrive and- al.] 1. The act of arriving, as in coming to land or to the end of a journey; a reaching or coming to a destination, or some definite place. Fro thenne he goth toward Itaile By ship, and there his arrivaile Hath take, and shope him for to ride. Gower, Conf. Amant., ii. 4. 2. The person or thing which arrives: as, a long list of arrivals . To-day the Lady Psyche will harangue The fresh arrivals . Tennyson, Prince , ii. 3. The reaching or attainment of any object or state by effort, or in natural course: as, arrival at a just conclusion. For every minute is expectancy Of more arrivance [ arrivancie in early eds.]. Shak . (ed. Leopold), Othello, ii. 1. arriving. [ Some points of wind may as soon Overturn as Ar rive the ship. W. Brough , Sacr. Princ. (1659), p. 486. ( N. E. D.) When Fortune had arrived me in the most joyful port. IMG:content-1168.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1169.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To reach a point or stage by progre ive advance; attain to a certain result or state: with at, formerly sometimes with to: as, to ar rive at an unusual degree of excellence; to ar rive at a conclusion. The Greek language was arrived to its full perfection. Dryden, Pref. to Troilus and Cre ida. They arrive at a theory from looking at some of the phenomena; and the remaining phenomena they strain or curtail to suit the theory. Macaulay , On History. 3. To happen or occur: with to. Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. IMG:content-1170.png:[blocks in formation] There was also formerly in use in Valencia a small arroba of 10.687 kilograms. 2. A measure for wine, spirits, and oil in Spanish countries, arising from the Moorish practice of weighing those liquids; the cantar a. There are two measures of this name. The commoner, the arroba mayor, contains in liters: in Castile, Cadiz, 16.137; in Bolivia, 16.073; in Malaga, 15.85; in Havana, 15.44; in Alicante, 11.550; in Valencia, 11.482. The arroba men or, in Madrid, is equivalent to 27.25 pounds of water or 12.564 liters; it was divided into 25 libras. Wine was sold by a weight of 32 pounds to the arroba.