Ariel

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ariel \A"ri*el\, n., or Ariel gazelle \A"ri*el ga*zelle"\ [Ar.
     aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zool.)
     (a) A variety of the gazelle ({Antilope dorcas}, 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}).
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Note: In Zoology, ariel is used adjectively of certain birds
           noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel toucan;
           the ariel petrel.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "Ariel":
     Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee,
     brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome,
     goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie,
     pooka, puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Ariel
       
           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].
       
          [Deuel or Devel?]
       
          (1995-12-29)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ariel
     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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ariel, altar; light or lion of God
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ariel, WA
    Zip code(s): 98603