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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arson \Ar"son\ ([aum]r"s'n; 277), noun [OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn.] (Law) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. --Wharton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arson
noun: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: {incendiarism}, {fire-raising}]
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