ARSES

Noun

arses

plural of arse

plural of arsis

Verb

arses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arse

Anagrams

• SASER, Sears, rases, rasse, sarse, sears

Source: Wiktionary

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ARSE

Arse, n. Etym: [AS. ears; ærs; akin to OHG. ars. G. arsch, D. aars, Sw. ars, Dan. arts, Gr.

Definition: The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

ARSIS

Ar"sis, n. Etym: [L. arsis, Gr. lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.]

1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

Note: It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; - - opposed to thesis. Moore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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