'rt

A form of art — The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

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Meanings

verb'rt (clitic)
  1. archaiccliticcontractedContracted form of art; only used in thou'rt.

    Here at this cherry’s grassy base / Thou ’rt sure of no upbraiding; / Too small thy lantern to arouse / The thrush for midnight raiding.

    1893, Norman Gale, “To a Glow-Worm”, in Orchard Songs, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews & John Lane; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 100
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