Part 25 (2/2)

_Ross._

Belg. _aersel-en_, to go backwards; _aerseling_ receding; _aerselincks_, retro.

ARSOUN, _s._ b.u.t.tocks.

_Barbour._

ART, ARD.

This termination of many words, denoting a particular habit or affection, is a.n.a.logous to Isl. and Germ. _art_, Belg. _aart_, nature, disposition; as E. _drunkard_, _b.a.s.t.a.r.d_; Fr. _babillard_, a stutterer; S. _bombard_, _b.u.mbart_, a drone, _stunkart_, of a stubborn disposition; _hastard_, hasty, pa.s.sionate.

ART _and_ PART, Accessory to, or abetting, a forensic phrase, S. used in a bad sense. _Art_ denotes the instigation or advice, _Part_ the share that one has in the commission of a crime.

_Erskine._

The terms are frequently used in the way of discrimination, ”Art _or_ part.”

_Wyntown._

Borrowed from the Lat. phrase, _Artem_ et _partem_ habuit.

ARTAILYE, _s._ Artillery; applied to offensive weapons of what kind soever, before the introduction of fire arms.

V. ~Artillied~.

_Wallace._

ARTATION, _s._ Excitement, instigation.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

L. B. _artatio_, from _arto_ for _arcto_, _arc_, to constrain.

ARTILLIED, _part. pa._ Provided with artillery.

_Pitscottie._

Fr. _artill-er_, to furnish with ordinance.

ARTHURY'S HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.

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