Artotyrite (artotirit)

[ episcopate. artsman (ärts'man), n.; pl. artsmen (-men). [ The pith of all sciences which maketh the artsman differ from the inexpert is in the middle proposition. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. xiii. § 2. The triumphs of an artsman O'er all infirmities. Mas singer, Emperor of the East, iv. 4. No artsman is literally without conscious and systematized, selected knowledge, which is science; and no scientific man can remain absolutely inoperative. Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 195. 329 art-union (ärt'ū-nyon), n. An a ociation or society the object of which is to cultivate art, to aid in extending the knowledge of and love for the arts of design, or to give encouragement and aid to artists. The method employed by a ocia tions called art-unions has been usually the distribution of works of art by lot among subscribers to their funds, this distribution being the chief inducement for subscrip tion. Such art-unions were at one time numerous in the United States, but they were generally declared by the courts to be of the nature of lotteries, and therefore illegal. art us (är'tus), n.; pl. art us. [L., a joint, a limb: see article.] In an at., a limb; a member; an extremity. - Artus abdominal is, art us pelvic art us cus, art us antic us, posticus, art us the abdominal, pectoral is, pelvic, the fore or hind limb, limb. or IMG:content-1201.png:[blocks in formation] to the order Araceæ, but not to the genus Arum (although some of them were formerly so cla ed), as the arrow-arum ( Peltandra Virgin i ca), the dragon-arum ( Arisama Dracontium ), and the water-arum ( Calla palustris ). A run deli an (ar-un-dē'lyan), a. Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel, particularly to Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and of Norfolk (1592-1646). A run deli an or Arundel marbles. See marble. arundiferous (ar-un-dif'e-rus), a. [L. arun difer, harundifer, cane-bearing, canes. arundinaceous (a-run-di-nā'shius), a. [L. a rund in ace us, harundinaceus, like a reed, busaceous species that are found in North America north of Mexico. The cane ranges from Texas to Kentucky and Virginia, occupying rich river-bottoms and forming dense cane-brakes. It grows to a height of from 10 to 40 feet, rarely producing seed. It is used for fishing-rods and va purposes, and cattle and hogs are fond the young plants and the seeds. ary arvall, arvel (är'val, -vel), n. and a. [Now only dial., also arvil and averill, formerly arvall, arvell, II. a. Connected with or relating to funeral celebrations. The marriage and arval gatherings after the summer. Encyc. Brit., XII. 620. arval2 (är'val), a. [L. arval is, foster-brothers, sons of his nurse Acca Laurentia. One of their principal duties was the annual performance of the public am bar vali a on the borders of the country, at the same time with the private ones. See am bar vali a. The college existed till about A. D. 400. arvel, n. and a. See arvall. Arvicola (är-vik'ō-lä), n. [NL., IMG:content-1202.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1203.png:[graphic] Meadow-mouse ( Arvicola riparius). ungrooved incisors, and no special peculiarity of the tail or claws. The best-known species are the water-vole and field-vole of Europe, A. amphibius and A. agrestis, and several meadow-mice of North America, as A. riparius, A. austerus, and A. pine to rum. arvicolid (är-vik'ō-lid), n. Same as arvicoline. Arvicolidæ (är-vi-koli-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-1204.png:[blocks in formation] have the following characters: perennially growing, prismatic, rootle molars, with flat crowns and serrate periphery; incisors usually broader transversely than in the opposite direction; the root of the under incisor sometimes causing a protuberance on the inner side of the mandibular ramus between the condyloid proce and the strong hamulate angle of the mandible, which latter attains the level of the molar crowns; the zygomata high and the nasal bones not produced beyond the premaxillaries; and the dental formula of 16 teeth, there being 1 incisor and 3 molars on each side of each jaw, without any canines or premolars. The Arvicolinæ are specially characteristic of the northern hemisphere, and are very abundant in high latitudes. They include all kinds of with large, dense flowering panicles. There are 6 or 7 species, widely distributed over the globe, of which A. Donax is the most common, a native of the south of Europe, Egypt, and the East, and also found in the warmer parts of America. It is sometimes cultivated, and attains a height of 9 or 10 feet, or even more, with broad and long leaves. Its canes or stems are imported from Spain and Portugal for the use of weavers and for fishing-rods.