Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

Ar`a·besque", a.

1. Arabian. [Obs.]

2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

Ar`a·besqued" (?), a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

A·ra"bi·an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

-- Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.

A·ra"bi·an, n. A native of Arabia; an Arab.

Ar"a·bic (?), a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

-- Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.

-- Gum arabic. See under Gum.

Ar"a·bic, n. The language of the Arabians.

The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Mohammedans must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa.

A·rab"ic·al (?), a. Relating to Arabia; Arabic.

-- A·rab"ic·al·ly, adv.

Ar"a·bin (?), n.

1. (Chem.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.