tarsheen, tarshine

[Ru . arschin; from Turkish or Tartar arshin, arshim = an ell, a yard.] A Ru ian measure of length, 2 feet and 4-242 inches; but the English foot of 12 inches has since 1831 been the common measure of length in Ru ia. (Statesman's Year - Book, 1875.) ar'-sine. In compos., as a prefix or a suffix. Chem.: A name given to AsH3, arsenious hydride. A name also given to the organic arsenic bases, as Triethyl arsine, As""(C2H5)3, obtained by distilling an alloy of arsenic and sodium with ethyl iodide. It is a colourle , stinking liquid, boiling at 140°. It unites with ethyl iodide, forming a crystalline substance, As(C2H5)41, from which freshly precipitated silver oxide separates the hydrate AS(C2H5)(OH), a powerfully alkaline compound. [See alsó CACODYL.] ar-sis, s. [In Ital. & Lat. arsis; Gr. ἄρσις (arsis), from αἴρω (airo) = to raise.] IMG:content-0769.png:[blocks in formation] ǎrs'-röpe, s. [Eng. arse, and rope.] A gut, an entrail. ( Wycliffe: 1 Kings v. 9.) ar-son (1), s . [O. Fr. arson , arsion , arsun ; Prov. arsum , arcio , from Lat, arsum , sup. of ardeo = to burn.] The malicious and wilful burning of a dwelling-house or out-house belonging to another person by directly setting fire to it, or even by igniting some edifice of one's own in its immediate vicinity. If a person, by maliciously setting fire to an inhabited house, cause the death of one or more of the inmates, the deed is murder, and capital punishment may be inflicted. When no one is fatally injured, the crime is not capital, but is still heavily punishable; it is a penal offence also to attempt to set a house on fire, even if the endeavour do not succeed. ar-son (2), *ar'-soûn, s. [In Fr. arçon; Ital. arcione; Lat. arcum = a bow.] A saddlebow. "Between the saddle and the arsoun."-Guy of Warwick, vol. ii. *arst, adv. [A.S. ærst, ærost, erest, superl. of ær before, early, first.] First. "A sonne thou schalt arst habbe." A lisa under, 312. (S., in Boucher.)