Arkite


Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.

Arkite

(är`kīt), in the Bible, the Canaanite tribe centered around Arka or Arca, a town near the E Mediterranean Sea NE of Tripoli. Arka, called Arca Caesarea and Caesarea Libani by the Romans, was the birthplace of Alexander Severus; it was vainly besieged by the Crusaders in 1099.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™ Copyright © 2013, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/

arkite

[′är‚kīt]
(petrology)
A feldspathoid-rich rock consisting largely of pseudoleucite and nepheline, subordinate melanite and pyroxene, and accessory orthoclase, apatite, and sphene.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
These receptacles feature a re-engineered, direct-drive cam mechanism to insure reliable, constant, positive locking action and a redesigned front housing that is compatible with Crouse-Hinds Arkite APJ and NPJ plugs.
New Products
At Genesis 15:19, the Bible says Canaan, who was cursed by his grandfather Noah, "was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hathites.
Tracing the deeper roots of the Rwandan genocide ... how the Hamite Hypothesis played a role
She said: "I got two or three youth groups together - the Lepton Pilots, The Ark and the Arkites.
Car wash session raises pounds 500
Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?