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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as arboreal.

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  • A lie in the teeth, a blow in the face, a love - thrust of jealousy to the heart, in a fraction of an instant can turn a twentieth-century philosopher into an ape-like arborean pounding his chest, gnashing his teeth, and seeing red.

    Chapter 9 1917

  • And, endly, mark our tailed arborean ancestors, trained to the wearing of garments and a single eye-glass.

    The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • A lie in the teeth, a blow in the face, a love - thrust of jealousy to the heart, in a fraction of an instant can turn a twentieth-century philosopher into an ape-like arborean pounding his chest, gnashing his teeth, and seeing red.

    Jerry of the Islands Jack London 1896

  • a blow in the face, a love-thrust of jealousy to the heart, in a fraction of an instant can turn a twentieth-century philosopher into an ape-like arborean pounding his chest, gnashing his teeth, and seeing red.

    CHAPTER IX 2010

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