AROW
A*row", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + row.]
Defn: In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak.
And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden.
AROYNT
A*roynt", interj.
Defn: See Aroint.
ARPEGGIO Ar*peg"gio, n. Etym: [It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.] (Mus.)
Defn: The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
ARPENT; ARPEN
Ar"pent, Ar"pen, n. Etym: [F. arpent, fr. L. arepennis, arapennis.
According to Columella, a Gallic word for a measure equiv. to half a
Roman jugerum.]
Defn: Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
ARPENTATOR
Ar`pen*ta"tor, n. Etym: [See Arpent.]
Defn: The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.
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