The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ariel \A"ri*el\, n., or Ariel gazelle \A"ri*el ga*zelle"\ [Ar.
aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zool.)
(a) A variety of the gazelle (Antilope dorcas, or Gazella,
dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
(b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of
Petaurus.
(c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ariel \A"ri*el\, n. [Heb. ari["e]l, perh. confused with E.
a["e]rial.]
In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and
graceful spirit of the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: In Zoology, ariel is used adjectively of certain birds
noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel toucan;
the ariel petrel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "Ariel":
Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee,
brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome,
goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie,
pooka, puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Ariel
An array-oriented language for the CDC 6400.
["Ariel Reference Manual", P. Devel, TR 22, CC UC Berkeley,
Apr 1968].
["A New Survey of the Ariel Programming Language", P. Deuel,
TR 4, Ariel Consortium, UC Berkeley, June 1972].
[Deuel or Devel?]
(1995-12-29)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Ariel
the lion of God. (1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to
procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16).
(2.) A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa. 29:1, 2, 7) as
"victorious under God," and in Ezek. 43:15, 16, for the altar
(marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's
lion-like strength.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Ariel, altar; light or lion of God