Meaning of ARIEL
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A"ri*el\, n., or Ariel gazelle \A"ri*el ga*zelle"\ [Ar.
aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A variety of the gazelle ({Antilope, or Gazella,
dorcas}), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
(b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of
{Petaurus}.
(c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan {Ramphastos ariel}).
\A"ri*el\, n. [Heb. ari["e]l, perh. confused with E.
a["e]rial.]
In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and
graceful spirit of the air.
Note: In zo["o]logy, ariel is used adjectively of certain
birds noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel
toucan; the ariel petrel.
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Computing Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | An array-oriented language for the cdc 6400. ["Ariel Reference Manual", P. Devel, TR 22, CC UC Berkeley, Apr 1968]. ["A New Survey of the Ariel Programming Language", P. Deuel, TR 4, Ariel Consortium, UC Berkeley, June 1972]. |
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Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | the lion of God. (1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16). (2.) A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa. 29:1, 2, 7) as "victorious under God," and in Ezek. 43:15, 16, for the altar (marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's lion-like strength. |
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Glossary |
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| Definition: | | altar; light or lion of God |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | banshee, Befind, brownie, cluricaune, Corrigan, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, Finnbeara, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, Mab, Oberon, ouphe, peri, pixie, pooka, puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid, Titania |
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