Arras
[ærәs]
Definition
(n.) Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
(v. t.) To furnish with an arras.
Editor: Patrick
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tapestry, hangings.
Checked by Gerald
Definition
n. tapestry: a hanging screen of such hung round the walls of rooms.—p.adj. Ar′rased covered with arras.—n. Ar′rasene an embroidery material of wool and silk stitched in like crewels.
Typist: Suzy
Examples
- Zat Arras will permit you in due time to reflect further upon the magnanimous offer he has made you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They are not prisoners, Zat Arras, replied the officer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Zat Arras waved his hand in my direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Zat Arras' flagship was close to my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I wonder much that word of it has not before reached Zat Arras. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And thus came Zat Arras, Jed of Zodanga, to his end. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Presently my colours broke from one of Zat Arras' ships. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Why, if Zat Arras even dreamed that I contemplated such a thing he would have my heart cut out of me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was intensely loyal to Zat Arras. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You are my prisoner, Zat Arras, I cried. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- One does not call John Carter coward and liar thus lightly, and Zat Arras should have known it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Carthoris, Kantos Kan, Tars Tarkas, Hor Vastus, and Xodar might even now be the victims of Zat Arras' assassins, or else his prisoners. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I felt that Carthoris would not let the matter drop, were he free to act, but in so far as I knew, he also might be a prisoner in Zat Arras' pits. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Seven days ago, after her audience with Zat Arras, Dejah Thoris attempted to slip from the palace in the dead of night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I have just come from the Valley Dor and the Land of the First Born, Zat Arras, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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