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Arras - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Arras : (noun)
1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial
designs [syn: tapestry]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Arras : \Ar"ras\, n. [Based on 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Arras : \Ar"ras\, v. t.
To furnish with an arras. --Chapman.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ARRAS, Span. law. The property contributed by the husband, ad sustinenda
onera matrimonii, is called arras. The husband is under no obligation to
give arras, but it is a donation purely voluntary. He is not permitted to
give inArras : more than a tenth of his property. The arras is the exclusive
property of the wife, subject to the husband's usufruct during his life.
Burge on the Confl. of Laws, 417.
2. By arras is also understood the donation which the husband makes to
his wife, by reason or on account of marriage, and in consideration of the
dote, or portion, which be receives from her. Aso & Man. Inst. h.t. 7, c.
3.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Arras |
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max2loisirs: Vivastreet -places- € 8 - - "LES TRANSFORMISTES" AU CASINO D Arras: \" L.. http://bit.ly/7gcA9e
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meteoarras: La météo de jeudi => Pluie, max:11°C, min:6°C
vendredi => Couverture nuageuse partielle, max:9°C, min http://metweo.com/meteo-Arras.html |
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