Obs. [? corruption or phonetic change of OF. arrement:—L. ātrāment-um ink, f. ātr-um black.] Ink, or materials with which it is made.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 6418. Blak is heore visage … Eyghnen they haveth so arnement.
c. 1320. Seuyn Sages (W.), 2776. He let him make a garnement, Ase blak as ani arnement.
1496. Bk. St. Albans, C. vij. Fille the hooll with a powdre of arnement Ibrente.
1586. Lupton, Thous. Notable Things (1675), 197. Take Arnement, Hony, and the white of Eggs.
