Hypertext Webster Gateway: "figures"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
{Arabic numerals} or {figures}, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3,
etc., and the cipher 0.
{Gum arabic}. See under {Gum}.
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