aroma, taromat

[In Fr. arome, aromate; Ger., Sp., Port., & Lat. aroma; Gr. ἄρωμα ( aroma ) = a spice. This, according to Pott, is from Sanse, ghra = to smell; but according to Max Müller, is from the Aryan root ar to plough, and r=to go.] The quality of fragrance in a plant, in a spice, or in anything else. "Suffered no waste nor lo , though filling the air with aroma."-Long fellow: Evangeline, pt. ii., 5. "Cristea body noble hope of liue to byde. In oynt he was wyt aromat holi writ to fulle." Hors de Cruce (ed. Morris), 31, 32. IMG:content-0754.png:[blocks in formation] a-roû'm, adv. room; as adj. [A.S. geroum: as subst. = roomy.] [ROOM.] Far apart. "He saih him-self that harde stour, Whon godes Armus weore rent aroum . " Dispute between Mary and the Cros (ed. Morris). a-round, *a-row'nd, prep . & adv . [Eng. a = on, and round (q.v.).] A. As preposition : 1. Surrounding, encompa ing; everywhere about, on all sides of. "Or rather, as we stand on holy earth, And have the dead around us, Words worth: Excursion, bk. v. 2. More vaguely : From place to place. B. As adverb All round; in a circle, in a manner to surround. "Tho, wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd, Lept fierce upon his shield,. Spenser: F. Q., L. 1. 18. "For all around , without, and all within, Nothing save what delightful was and kind." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii. 1. Fr. a rom at i que; Sp., Port., & Ital. aromatico; Lat. aromatic us; Gr. ἀρωματικός ( arōmatikos ).] [AROMA.] A. As adjective: IMG:content-0755.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Chem. Aromatic acids: Acids whose radical has the form CnH2n-809, as the benzoic, the toluic, and the cummic or cumic. There are also Aromatic alcohols, aldehydes, hydrocarbons, and ketones. 2. Pharm. Aromatic Mixture of Iron, and Aromatic Powder of Chalk , with and without opium, are described in Garrod's Materia Medica . B. As substantive : A plant or a substance which exhales a fragrant odour, conjoined in general with a warm pungent taste. (Plur.): Aromatics , spices. "They were furnished for exchange of their aroma ticks and other proper commodities. "-Raleigh.