Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are[…]. (Common gem materials not addressed in thisarticle include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all thesearticles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
(grammar) Apart of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a,an, orthe in English). In some languages thearticle may appear as an ending (e.g. definitearticle in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
‘A song called “Freak Like Me” by the Sugababes,’ said Jesse. ‘Just Sugababes, noarticle,’ the man said, enjoying the stunned reaction on Jesse’s face.
Asection of alegal document,bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
TheArticles of War are a set of regulations[…]to govern the conduct of[…]military[…]forces
2001 August 4, Lynne Walker, “Classical: Musical portrait of the artist as a young man”, inThe Independent[1]:
"You datelessarticle," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad.
This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon thearticle of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
[…] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in thearticle of death;[…]
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1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, “Chapter LIV”, inThe Vicar of Morwenstow:
When the boy left school at Liskeard, he wasarticled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months.
1948 May and June, “G. A. Sekon”, inRailway Magazine, page145:
After educational training at Hayes Grammar School and Hayes College, Mr. Nokes wasarticled to a Surveyor and Land Agent in 1885, and, at the expiration of his articles, became a partner in the firm.
(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he wasarticled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
1793, Manning of the Navy Act (Statutes of George III 33 c. 66) ¶VIII[2]:
[…]if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals[…]he shall be liable to bearticled against in the High Court of Admiralty[…]
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
1651,Jer[emy] Taylor,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living.[…], 2nd edition, London:[…] Francis Ashe[…],→OCLC:
If[…]all his errors and follies werearticled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
