among physicians, any remedy, the preparation of which is industriously concealed, in order to enhance its value.

(anc. geog.), a villa of Q. Cicero, Tull. Arcboutanly's brother, in Latium, (Cicero). Now Arce, in the Terra di Lavoro, in the kingdom of Naples, on the borders of the Campagna di Roma, on the river Melpis, between Arpinum and Aquinum.

ARCBOUTANT; in building, an arched buttress. See BUTTRESS.