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Ara   Listen
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Ara  n.  (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.






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"Ara" Quotes from Famous Books



... Like a broadened moon It passes in sheen Aso'pus green, And bursts in Cithae'ron gray. The warden wakes to the signal rays, And it swoops from the hills with a broader blaze: On—on the fiery glory rode— Thy lonely lake, Gorgo'pis, glowed— To Meg'ara's mount it came; They feed it again, And it streams amain— A giant beard of flame! The headland cliffs that darkly down O'er the Saron'ic waters frown, Are passed with the swift one's lurid stride, And the huge rock glares on the glaring tide. With mightier ...
— Mosaics of Grecian History • Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson

... [Greek: hos eipon, alochoio thilaes en chersin ethaeke paid eon hae d ara min chaeodei dexato cholpo, dachruoen gelasasa.]—Illiad. ...
— Specimens of the Table Talk of S.T.Coleridge • Coleridge

... Olave," he said steadily; "you ain't read my c'ara'ter true; not yet. You got a lot to learn 'fore you knows me proper. I ain't the low-down cur as you takes me for—not by a long chalk. I ain't beyond gettin' back on the right trail, if yer only gives me time. Your comin' back here to the wilds has made a kinder diff'rence ...
— Kiddie the Scout • Robert Leighton



Words linked to "Ara" :   macaw, family Psittacidae, Psittacidae, constellation, bird genus



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