Defn: The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.
Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.
AR
Ar, conj.
Defn: Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ARA
A"ra, n. Etym: [L.] (Astron.)
Defn: The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the
Scorpion.
ARA
A"ra, n. Etym: [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
ARAB Ar"ab, n. Etym: [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr.
Defn: One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.
ARABA
A*ra"ba, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf.
Russ. arba.]