Arras

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:54:17

Ar"ras (#), n. [From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands.]

Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper.

Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.

Ar"ras, v. t.

To furnish with an arras.

Chapman.

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A Fate turned sharply, Key in Lock	{ the bridges } ( footprints of a raindrop )	Matilda	The General
Arrasene	1640	field mouse	Pontic
Hamlet	plot hole	Cyrano de Bergerac	William of Orange
every tragedy is a beauty that has passed	Ballade De Marguerite (Normande)	Amused to Death	Lord, have mercy

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