Ø AlÏcayde¶ (?), n. Same as Alcaid.Ø AlÏca¶zar (?), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle.] A fortress; also, a royal palace.Prescott.Ø AlÏce¶do (?), n. [L., equiv. to Gr. ?. See Halcyon.] (Zo”l.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.AlÏchem¶ic (?), AlÏchem¶icÏal (?), } a. [Cf. F. alchimique.] Of or relating to alchemy.AlÏchem¶icÏalÏly, adv. In the manner of alchemy.Al¶cheÏmist (?), n. [Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste.] One who practices alchemy.You are alchemist; make gold.Shak.Al·cheÏmis¶tic (?), Al·cheÏmis¶ticÏal (?), } a. Relating to or practicing alchemy.Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators.Burke.Al¶cheÏmisÏtry (?), n. Alchemy. [Obs.]Al¶cheÏmize (?), v. t. To change by alchemy; to transmute.Lovelace.Al¶cheÏmy (?), n. [OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar. alÏkÆmÆa, fr. late Gr. ?, for ?, a mingling, infusion, ? juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants, fr. ? to pour; for chemistry was originally the art of extracting the juices from plants for medicinal purposes. Cf. Sp. alquimia, It. alchimia. Gr. ? is prob. akin to L. fundere to pour, Goth. guitan, AS. ge¢tan, to pour, and so to E. fuse. See Fuse, and cf. Chemistry.] 1. An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.2. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.]Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy.Milton.3. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.Kissing with golden face the meadows green,Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy.Shak.AlÏchym¶ic (?), a., Al¶chyÏmist (?), n., Al·chyÏmis¶tic (?), a., Al¶chyÏmy (?), n. See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.Ø Al¶co (?), n. A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.Al¶coÏate (?), Al¶coÏhate (?), } n. Shortened forms of Alcoholate.Al¶coÏhol (?), n. [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. alÐkohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. The Sp. word has bot meanings. Cf. Alquifou.] 1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.]2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.]Boyle.3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it is considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.µ As used in the U. S. ½Pharmacop?ia, alcohol contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl ~ and 9 per cent of water; and d???ted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl ~ and 54.5 per cent of water.4. ( Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic ~ in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.Al¶coÏholÏate (?), n. [Cf. F. alcolaie.] (Chem.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.Graham.Al·coÏhol¶aÏture (?), n. [Cf. F. alcoolature.] (Med.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.New Eng. Dict.Al·coÏhol¶ic (?), a. [Cf. F. alcolique.] Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.Al·coÏhol¶ic, n. 1. A person given to the use of ~ liquors.2. pl. ÷ liquors.Al¶coÏholÏism (?), n. [Cf. F. alcoolisme.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.Al·coÏhol·iÏza¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. alcoolisation.] 1. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.]Johnson.2. The act rectifying spirit.3. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.Al¶coÏholÏize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [Cf. F. alcooliser.] 1. To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.]Johnson.2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.Al·coÏholÏom¶eÏter (?), Al·coÏhol¶meÏter (?), } n. [Alcohol + Ïmeter.] (Chem.) An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.Al·coÏhol·oÏmet¶ric (?), Al·coÏhol·oÏmet¶ricÏal (?), Al·coÏholÏmet¶ricÏal (?), } a. Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors.Ure.Al·coÏhol¶om¶eÏtry (?), n. The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.Al·coÏhom¶eÏter (?), n., Al·coÏhoÏmet¶ric, a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.Al·coÏ”m¶eÏtry (?), n. See Alcoholometry.µ The chemists say alcomŠtre, alcoomŠtrie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.)Littr‚.Al¶coÏran (?; 277), n. [F. alcoran, fr. Ar. alÐqor¾n, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran.] The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]Al·coÏran¶ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Koran.Al·coÏran¶ist, n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.Al¶cove (?; 277), n. [F. alc“ve, Sp. or Pg. alcoba, from Ar. alÐquobbah arch, vault, tent.] 1. (Arch.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.2. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.Cowper.3. Any natural recess analogous to an ~ or recess in an apartment.The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove.Falconer.Al¶cyÏon (?), n. See Halcyon.Ø Al·cyÏoÏna¶ceÏa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) A group of softÐbodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.Ø Al·cyÏoÏna¶riÏa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.Ø AlÏcy¶oÏnes (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of Alcyon.] (Zo”l.) The kingfishers.Al·cyÏon¶ic (?), a. (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.Ø Al·cyÏo¶niÏum (?), n. [Gr. ? a zo”phyte, so called from being like the halcyon's nest.] (Zo”l.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.Al¶cyÏoÏnoid (?), a. [Gr. ? + Ïoid.] (Zo”l.) Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. Ð n. A zo”phyte of the order Alcyonaria.Al¶day (?), adv. Continually. [Obs.]Chaucer.
AlÏdeb¶aÏran (?), n. [Ar. alÏdebar¾n, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades.] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.Now when Aldebaran was mounted highAbove the shiny Cassiopeia's chair.Spenser.Ai¶deÏhyde (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. alcohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.µ The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common aldehyde (called also acetic aldehyde or ethyl aldehyde), C2H4O; methyl aldehyde, CH2O.÷ ammonia (Chem.), a compound formed by the union of ~ with ammonia.Al·deÏhy¶dic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.Miller.Al¶der (?), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS. alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli, Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.Black ~. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); ~ buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.Al¶der (?), Al¶ler (?), } a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; Ð used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.]Chaucer.Al·derÐlief¶est (?), a. [For allerliefest dearest of all. See Lief.] Most beloved. [Obs.]Shak.Al¶derÏman (?), n.; pl. Aldermen (?). [AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See Elder, n.] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.]µ The title was applied, among the AngloÐSaxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the EastÐAnglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts.3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.Al¶derÏmanÏcy (?), n. The office of an alderman.Al¶derÏman¶ic (?), a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.Al·derÏman¶iÏty (?), n. 1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.2. The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]Al·derÏmanÏlike· (?), a. Like or suited to an alderman.Al¶derÏmanÏly, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.Al¶derÏmanÏly, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. ½An aldermanly discretion.¸Swift.Al¶derÏmanÏry (?), n. 1. The district or ward of an alderman.2. The office or rank of an alderman. [R.]B. Jonson.Al¶derÏmanÏship, n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman.Fabyan.Al¶dern (?), a. Made of alder.Al¶derÏney (?), n. One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.Al¶dine (?; 277), a. (Bibliog.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.Ale (?), n. [AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. ”l, Lith. alus a kind of beer, OSlav. ol? beer. Cf. Ir. ol drink, drinking.] 1. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.µ The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors.2. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. ½At wakes and ales.¸ B. Jonson.½On ember eves and holy ales.¸ Shak.AÏleak¶ (?), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + leak.] In a leaking condition.A¶leÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die.] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.Bouvier.Ale¶bench· (?), n. A bench in or before an alehouse.Bunyan.Ale¶ber·ry (?), n. [OE. alebery, alebrey; ale + bre broth, fr. AS. brÆw pottage.] A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.Their aleberries, caudles, possets.Beau. & Fl.AÏlect¶iÏthal (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? yelk.] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.Balfour.Ale¶con¶ner (?), n. [Ale + con, OE. cunnen to test, AS. cunnian to test. See Con.] Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to insect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]Ale¶cost· (?), n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. Costmary.] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.Ø Al·ecÏtor¶iÏdes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cock.] (Zo”l.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.AÏlec·toÏrom¶aÏchy (?), n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.] Cockfighting.AÏlec¶toÏroÏman·cy (?), n. See Alectryomancy.AÏlec·tryÏom'aÏchy (?), n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.] Cockfighting.AÏlec¶tryÏoÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ? cock + Ïmancy.] Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.Amer. Cyc.AÏlee¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + lee.] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.Hard ~, or Luff ~, an order to put the helm to the lee side.Al¶eÏgar (?), n. [Ale + eager sour, F. aigre. Cf. Vinegar.] Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.Cecil.Al¶eÏger (?), a. [F. allŠgre, earlier alŠgre, fr. L. alacer.] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.]Bacon.AÏlegge¶ (?), v. t. [OE. aleggen, alegen, OF. alegier, F. all‚ger, fr. LL. alleviare, for L. allevare to lighten; ad + levis light. Cf. Alleviate, Allay, Allege.] To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.]That shall alegge this bitter blast.Spenser.Ale¶hoof· (?), n. [AS. h?fe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove,
ground ivy, ½in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.¸ Prior.] Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). Ale¶house· (?), n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.
Ale¶Ðknight· (?), n. A pot companion. [Obs.]Al·eÏman¶nic (?), a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.Al·eÏman¶nic, n. The language of the Alemanni.The Swabian dialect… is known as the Alemannic.Amer. Cyc.AÏlem¶bic (?), n. [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. alÐanbÆq, fr. Gr. ? cup, cap of a still. The cap or head was the alembic proper. Cf. Limbec.] An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.Used also metaphorically.The alembic of a great poet's imagination.Brimley.AÏlem¶broth (?), n. [Origin uncertain.] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant.Brande & C.A·len·con¶ lace¶ (?). See under Lace.AÏlength¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + length.] At full length; lenghtwise.Chaucer.
AÏlep¶iÏdote , a. [Gr. ? priv. + ?, ?, a scale.] (Zo”l.) Not having scales. Ð n. A fish without scales.Ale¶pole· (?), n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]AÏlert¶ (?), a. [F. alerte, earlier … l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See Erect.] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.An alert young fellow.Addison.
Syn. - Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.AÏlert¶, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. ½We have had an alert.¸Farrow.On the ~, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.AÏlert¶ly, adv. In an alert manner; nimbly.AÏlert¶ness, n. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.Ale¶ sil·ver (?). A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.Ale¶stake (?), n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a ½bush.¸ [Obs.]Chaucer.Ale¶tast·er (?), n. See Aleconner. [Eng.]AÏle·thiÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? truth + Ïlogy.] The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.Sir W. Hamilton.AÏleth¶oÏscope (?), n. [Gr. ? true + ? to view.] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.AÏleu¶roÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ? wheaten flour + Ïmancy: cf. F. aleuromancie.] Divination by means of flour.Encyc. Brit.Al·euÏrom¶eÏter (?), n. [Gr. ? flour + Ïmeter.] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.Knight.AÏleu¶rone (?), n. [Gr. ? flour.] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (½protein granules¸) in maturing seeds and tubers; Ð supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.Al·euÏron¶ic (?), a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone.D. C. Eaton.AÏleu¶tian (?), AÏleu¶tic (?), } a. [Said to be from the Russ. aleut a bold rock.] Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.Al¶eÏvin (?), n. [F. alevin, OF. alever to rear, fr. L. ad + levare to raise.] Young fish; fry.AÏlew¶ (?), n. Halloo. [Obs.]Spenser.Ale¶wife· (?), n.; pl. Alewives (?). A woman who keeps an alehouse.Gay.Ale¶wife·, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, ½Phil Trans.¸ No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's ½Memoirs,¸ vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo”l.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.Al·exÏan¶ders (?), Al·iÏsan¶ders (?), n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; Ð called also horse parsely.Al·exÏan¶driÏan (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.Al·exÏan¶drine (?; 277), a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.Bancroft.Al·exÏan¶drine (?)(?), n. [F. alexandrin.] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.The needless Alexandrine ends the song,That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.Pope.AÏlex·iÏphar¶mac (?), AÏlex·iÏphar¶maÏcal (?), } a. & n. [See Alexipharmic.] Alexipharmic. [Obs.]AÏlex·iÏphar¶mic (?), AÏlex·iÏphar¶micÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ? keeping off poison; ? to keep off + ? drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque.] (Med.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.AÏlex·iÏphar¶mic (?), n. (Med.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.AÏlex·iÏpyÏret¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? + ? burning heat, fever, ? fire.] (Med.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. Ð n. A febrifuge.AÏlex·iÏter¶ic (?), AÏlex·iÏter¶icÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ? fit to keep off or help, fr. ? one who keeps off, helper; ? to keep off: cf. F. alexitŠre.] (med.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.AÏlex·iÏter¶ic, n. [Gr. ? a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. alexitŠre, LL. alexiterium.] (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.Brande & C.Ø Al¶fa (?) or Al¶fa grass¶ (?), n. A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.AlÏfal¶fa (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); Ð so called in California, Texas, etc.Al¶feÏnide (?), n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.Ø AlÏfe¶res (?), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. alÏf¾rs knight.] An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.]J. Fletcher.Al¶fet , n. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ¾lf‘t a pot to boil in; ¾l burning + f‘t vat.] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.Ø AlÏfil·aÏri¶a (?), n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.Ø Al·fiÏo¶ne (?), n. (Zo”l.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).Ø AlÏfres¶co (?), adv. & a. [It. al fresco in or on the fresh.] In the openÐair.Smollett.Ø Al¶ga (?), n.; pl. Alg‘ (?). [L., seaweed.] (Bot.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water conferv‘, etc.Al¶gal (?), a,. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or like, alg‘.Ø Al·gaÏro¶ba (?), n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. alÏkharr?bah. Cf. Carob.] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. (b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.Al¶gaÏrot (?), Al¶gaÏroth (?), } n. [F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti.] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.Ø Al·gaÏroÏvil¶la (?), n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marth‘). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.Al¶gate (?), Al¶gates (?), } adv. [All + gate way. The s is and adverbial ending. See Gate.] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs. or Dial.]Ulna now he algates must forego.Spenser.µ Still used in the north of England in the sense of ½everywhere.¸2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.]Fairfax.3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.]Chaucer.
Al¶gaÏzel· (?), n. [Ar. al the + ghaz¾l.] (Zo”l.) The true gazelle.Al¶geÏbra (?), n. [LL. algebra, fr. Ar. alÐjebr reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers, fr. jabara to bind together, consolidate; alÐjebr w'almuq¾balah reduction and comparison (by equations): cf. F. algŠbre, It. & Sp. algebra.] 1. (Math.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.2. A treatise on this science.Al·geÏbra¶ic (?), Al·geÏbra¶icÏal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.Algebraic curve, a curve such that the equation which expresses the relation between the co”rdinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; Ð opposed to a transcendental curve.Al·geÏbra¶icÏalÏly, adv. By algebraic process.Al¶geÏbra·ist (?), n. One versed in algebra.Al¶geÏbraÏize (?)(?), v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.AlÏge¶riÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. Ð n. A native of Algeria.Al·geÏrine¶ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.Al·geÏrine¶, n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.Al¶gid (?), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly.Bailey.÷ cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.AlÏgid¶iÏty (?), n. Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and collapse.Al¶gidÏness (?), n. Algidity. [Obs.]AlÏgif¶ic (?), a. [L. algificus, fr. algus cold + facere to make.] Producing cold.Al¶goid (?), a. [L. alga + Ïoid.] Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.Al¶gol (?), n. [Ar. alÐgh?l destruction, calamity, fr. gh¾la to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.Al·goÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.AlÏgol¶oÏgist (?), n. One learned about alg‘; a student of algology.AlÏgol¶oÏgy (?), n. [L. alga seaweed + Ïlogy.] (Bot.) The study or science of alg‘ or seaweeds.AlÏgon¶quin (?), AlÏgon¶kin (?), } n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.Ø Al¶gor (?), n. [L.] (Med.) Cold; chilliness.Al¶goÏrism (?), Al¶goÏrithm (?), } n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. alÐKhow¾rezmÆ of Khow¾rezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Mus¾, author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. ? number.] 1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.2. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.Al¶gous (?), a. [L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed.] Of or pertaining to the alg‘, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.Ø Al·guaÏzil¶ (?)(?), n. [Sp. alguacil, fr. Ar. alwazÆr the vizier. Cf. Vizier.] An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.Prescott.Al¶gum (?), n. Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable).2 Chron. ii. 8.AlÏham¶bra (?), n. [Ultimately fr. Ar. al the + hamr¾ red; i. e., the red (sc. house).] The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.Al·hamÏbra¶ic (?), Al·hamÏbresque¶ (?; 277), } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.Ø AlÏhen¶na (?), n. See Henna.A¶liÏas (?), adv. [L., fr. alius. See Else.] (Law) (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; Ð a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. (b) At another time.A¶liÏas, n.; pl. Aliases (?). [L., otherwise, at another time.] (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name.Al¶iÏbi (?), n. [L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias.] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.Al·iÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. Quality of being alible.Al¶iÏble (?), a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.] Nutritive; nourishing.Al¶iÏcant (?), n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; Ð said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.J. Fletcher.Al¶iÏdade (?), n. [LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. alÏ'id¾da a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade.] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrumentWhewell.Al¶ien (?), a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; Ð followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.An alien sound of melancholy.Wordsworth.÷ enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours.Abbott.Al¶ien, n. 1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreignÐborn resident of a country in which he does not posses the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.Ephes. ii. 12.Al¶ien, v. t. [F. ali‚ner, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] ½It the son alien lands.¸Sir M. Hale.The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of… the marriage.Clarendon.Al·ienÏaÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. Capability of being alienated. ½The alienability of the domain.¸Burke.Al¶ienÏaÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. ali‚nable.] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.Al¶ienÏage (?), n. [Cf. OF. ali‚nage.] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.µ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization.Kent. Wharton.Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.Story.2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another.Brougham.
Al¶ienÏate (?), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; Ð with from.O alienate from God.Milton.
Al¶ienÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alienated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; Ð with from.The errors which… alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.Macaulay.The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.I. Taylor.Al¶ienÏate (?), n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]Al·ienÏa¶tion (?), n. [F. ali‚nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.The alienation of his heart from the king.Bacon.4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.Syn. - Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.Al¶ienÏa¶tor (?), n. One who alienates.AlÏiene (?), v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.Al¶ienÏee¶ (?), n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; Ð opposed to alienor.It the alienee enters and keeps possession.Blackstone.Al¶ienÏism (?), n. 1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.Kent.2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.Al¶ienÏist (?), n. [F. ali‚niste.] One who treats diseases of the mind.Ed. Rev.Al·ienÏor¶ (?), n. [OF. ali‚neur.] One who alienates or transfers property to another.Blackstone.Al·iÏeth¶moid (?), Al·iÏethÏmoid¶al (?), } a. [L. ala wing + E. ethomoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or ?artilage.AÏlife¶ (?), adv. [Cf. lief dear.] On my life; dearly. [Obs.] ½I love that sport alife.¸Beau. & Fl.AÏlif¶erÏous (?), a. [L. ala wing + Ïferous.] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]Al¶iÏform (?), a. [L. ala wing + Ïform.] WingÏshaped; winglike.AÏlig¶erÏous (?), a. [L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry.] Having wings; winged. [R.]AÏlight¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alighted (?) sometimes Alit (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. ¾lÆhtan; pref. ¾Ï (cf. Goth. usÏ, G. erÏ, orig. meaning out) + lÆhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. lÆht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.] 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]AÏlight¶, a. [Pref. aÏ + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. ½The lamps were alight.¸Dickens.AÏlign¶ (?), v. t. [F. aligner; … (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See Line, and cf. Allineate.] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.AÏlign¶, v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.AÏlign¶ment (?), n. [F. alignement.] 1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.2. (Engin.) The groundÏplan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.AÏlike¶ (?), a. [AS. onlÆc, gelÆc; pref. ¾ + like.] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.Ps. cxxxix. 12.AÏlike¶, adv. [AS. gelÆce, onlÆce.] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerne? in religion.AÏlike¶Ðmind·ed (?), a. LikeÐminded. [Obs.]Al¶iÏment (?), n. [L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See Old.] 1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.Aliments of thei? sloth and weakness.Bacon.2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]Al¶iÏment, v. t. 1. To nourish; to support.2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]Al·iÏmen¶tal (?), a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.A·liÏmen¶talÏly, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.Sir T. Browne.
Al·iÏmen¶taÏriÏness (?), n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]Al·iÏmen¶taÏry (?), a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.÷ canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the ?nus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.Al·iÏmenÏta¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. alimentation, LL. alimentatio.] 1. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.2. State or mode of being nourished.Bacon.Al·iÏmen¶tiveÏness (?), n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]Al·iÏmo¶niÏous (?), a. Affording food; nourishing. [R.] ½Alimonious humors.¸Harvey.Al¶iÏmoÏny (?), n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.] 1. Maintenance; means of living.2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.Wharton. Burrill.Al·iÏna¶sal (?), a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.AÏline¶ (?), v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.Evelyn.AÏlin·eÏa¶tion (?), n. See Allineation.AÏline¶ment (?), n. Same as Alignment.The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the Fr[ench].New Eng. Dict. (Murray).AÏlin¶er (?), n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.Evelyn.Al¶iÏoth (?), n. [Ar. aly¾t the tail of a fat sheep.] (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.Al¶iÏped (?), a. [L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. alipŠde.] (Zo”l.) WingÏfooted, as the bat. Ð n. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.Al¶iÏquant (?), a. [L. aliquantus some, moderate; alius other + quantus how great: cf. F. aliquante.] (Math.) An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.Al¶iÏquot (?), a. [L. aliquot some, several; alius other + quot how many: cf. F. aliquote.] (Math.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.Al·iÏsep¶tal (?), a. [L. ala wing + E. septal.] (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.Al¶ish (?), a. Like ale; as, an alish taste.Al·iÏsphe¶noid (?), Al·iÏspheÏnoid¶al (?), } a. [L. ala wing + E. sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.Al·iÏsphe¶noid, n. (Anat.) The ~ bone.Al¶iÏtrunk (?), n. [L. ala wing + truncus trunk.] (Zo”l.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.Kirby.Al·iÏtur¶gicÏal (?), a. [Pref. aÏ + liturgical.] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.Shipley.Ø A·liÏun¶de (?), adv. & a. [L.] (Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.AÏlive¶ (?), a. [OE. on live, AS. on lÆfe in life; lÆfe being dat. of lÆf life. See Life, and cf. Live, a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.3. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs.Macaulay.
4. Sprightly; lively; brisk.Richardson.5. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.Tremblingly alive to nature's laws.Falconer.6. Of all living (by way of emphasis).Northumberland was the proudest man alive.Clarendon.Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive!µ Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.Ø A·liÏza¶ri (?), n. [Perh. fr. Ar. 'a?¾rah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'a?ara to press.] (Com.) The madder of the Levant.Brande & C.AÏliz¶aÏrin (?), n. [F. alizarine, fr. alizari.] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2 (OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.Al¶kaÏhest (?), n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled ½universal solvent¸ of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. Ð Al·kaÏhes¶tic (?), a.Al·kalÏam¶ide (?), n. [Alkali + amide.] (Chem.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.Al·kaÏles·cence (?), Al·kaÏles¶cenÏcy (?), } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.Ure.Al·kaÏles¶cent (?), a. [Cf. F. alcalescent.] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.Al¶kaÏli (?; 277), n. pl. Alkalis or Alkalies (?). [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqalÆ ashes of the plant saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.2. (Chem.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammoma, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. Ð Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. Ð Volatile ~, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.Al¶kaÏliÏfi·aÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. alcalifiable.] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.Al¶kaÏliÏfy (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] [Alkali + Ïfly: cf. F. alcalifier.] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.Al¶kaÏliÏfy, v. i. To become changed into an alkali.Al·kaÏlim¶eÏter (?), n. [Alkali + Ïmeter. cf. F. alcalimŠtre.] An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.Al·kaÏliÏmet¶ric (?), Al·kaÏliÏmet¶ricÏal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.Al·kaÏlim¶eÏtry (?), n. [Cf. F. alcalimŠtrie.] (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.Al¶kaÏline (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. alcalin.] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.÷ earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. Ð ÷ metals, potassium, sodium, c‘sium, lithium, rubidium. Ð ÷ reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.Al·kaÏlin¶iÏty (?), n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.Thomson.AlÏka¶liÏous (?), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]Al¶kaÏliÏzate (?), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]Boyle.Al¶kaÏliÏÏzate (?), v. t. To alkalizate. [R.]Johnson.Al·kaÏliÏza¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. alcalisation.] The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.Al¶kaÏlize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalizing (?).] [Cf. F. alcaliser.] To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.Al¶kaÏloid (?), Al·kaÏloid¶al (?), } a. [Alkali + Ïoid: cf. F. alcalo‹de.] Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.Al¶kaÏloid (?), n. (Chem.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.µ Alcaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.Al¶kaÏnet (?), n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alhe?a, in which al is the Ar. article. See Henna, and cf. Orchanet.] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.AlÏkar¶gen (?), n. [Alkarsin + oxygen.] (Chem.) Same as Cacodylic acid.AlÏkar¶sin (?), n. [Alkali + arsenic + Ïin.] (Chem.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; Ð called also Cadel's fuming liquid.AlÏka¶zar (?)(?). See Alcazar.Al·keÏken¶gi (?), n. [Cf. F. alk‚kenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. alÐk¾kanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; Ð also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.D. C. Eaton.AlÏker¶mes (?), n. [Ar. alÐqirmiz kermes. See Kermes.] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.Al¶koÏran (?; 277), n. The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.Al·koÏran¶ic (?), a. Same as Alcoranic.Al·koÏran¶ist, n. Same as Alcoranist.All (?), a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, W. oll.] 1. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.1 Thess. v. 21.2. Any. [Obs.] ½Without all remedy.¸Shak.µ When the definite article ½the,¸ or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys.This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers.3. Only; alone; nothing but.I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.Shak.All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] ½All the whole army.¸Shak.All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. ½And cheeks all pale.¸Byron.
µ In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.]All as his straying flock he fed.Spenser.A damsel lay deploringAll on a rock reclined.Gay.All to, or AllÐto. In such phrases as ½all to rent,¸ all to break,¸ ½allÐto frozen,¸ etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in ½all forlorn,¸ and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. terÏ, HG. zerÏ). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, ½The vail of the temple was to rent:¸ and of Judas, ½He was hanged and toÐburst the middle:¸ i. e., burst in two, or asunder. Ð All along. See under Along. Ð All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] ½Displeased all and some.¸ Fairfax. Ð All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly.½The fine arts were all but proscribed.¸ Macaulay. Ð All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] Ð All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. Ð All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [Colloq.] Ð All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference. Ð All the same, nevertheless. ½There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not.¸ J. C. Shairp. ½But Rugby is a very nice place all the same.¸ T. Arnold. Ð See also under All, n.All (?), n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.Shak.All that thou seest is mine.Gen. xxxi. 43.All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us.After all, after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless. Ð All in all, a phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether.Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee,Forever.Milton.
Trust me not at all, or all in all.Tennyson.
All in the wind (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake. Ð All told, all counted; in all. Ð And all, and the rest; and everything connected. ½Bring our crown and all.¸ Shak. Ð At all. (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] ½She is a shrew at al(l).¸ Chaucer. (b) A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? ½Nothing at all.¸ Shak. ½It thy father at all miss me.¸ 1 Sam. xx. 6. Ð Over ~, everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer.µ All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, allÐbountiful, allÐglorious, allimportant, allÐsurrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, allÐgiver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately.All, conj. [Orig. all, adv., wholly: used with though or if, which being dropped before the subjunctive left all as if in the sense although.] Although; albeit. [Obs.]All they were wondrous loth.Spenser.Ø Al·la bre¶ve (?). [It., according to the breve.] (Old Church Music) With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; Ð indicated in the time signature by ?.Ø Al¶lah (?), n. [Ar., contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God.] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.All·ÐaÐmort¶ (?), a. See Alamort.Al¶lanÏite (?), n. [From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species.] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.Al·lanÏto¶ic (?)(?), a. [Cf. F. allanto‹que.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin.AlÏlan¶toid (?), Al·lanÏtoid¶al (?), } a. [Gr. ? shaped like a sausage; ? sausage + ? form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.Ø Al·lanÏtoid¶eÏa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.AlÏlan¶toÏin (?), n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; Ð formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.{ Ø AlÏlan¶toÏis (?)(?), AlÏlan¶toid (?), } n. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, Ð in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.Al¶laÏtrate (?), v. i. [L. allatrare. See Latrate.] To bark as a dog. [Obs.]Stubbes.AlÏlay¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying.] [OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. ¾lecgan; ¾Ï (cf. Goth. usÏ, G. erÏ, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See Lay.] 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison.Shak.Syn. - To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate.AlÏlay¶ (?), v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. ½When the rage allays.¸Shak.AlÏlay¶, n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]AlÏlay¶, n. Alloy. [Obs.]Chaucer.AlÏlay¶, v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic]Fuller.AlÏlay¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, allays.AlÏlay¶ment (?), n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]The like allayment could I give my grief.Shak.Al¶leÏcret (?), n. [OF. alecret, halecret, hallecret.] A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.Fairholt.AlÏlect¶ (?), v. t. [L. allectare, freq. of allicere, allectum.] To allure; to entice. [Obs.]Al·lecÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. allectatio.] Enticement; allurement. [Obs.]Bailey.AlÏlec¶tive (?), a. [LL. allectivus.] Alluring. [Obs.]AlÏlec¶tive, n. Allurement. [Obs.]Jer. Taylor.AlÏledge¶ (?)(?), v. t. See Allege. [Obs.]µ This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the prevailing one.Al·leÏga¶tion (?), n. [L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation.] 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal avermentI thought their allegation but reasonable.Steele.3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, Ð usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.AlÏlege¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alleged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Alleging.] [OE. aleggen to bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare; L. ex + litigare to quarrel, sue (see Litigate). The word was confused with L. allegare (see Allegation), and lex law. Cf. Allay.] 1. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.Syn. - To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce; declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.AlÏlege¶, v. t. [See Allay.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.]Wyclif.AlÏlege¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being alleged or affirmed.The most authentic examples allegeable in the case.South.AlÏlege¶ance (?), n. Allegation. [Obs.]AlÏlege¶ment (?), n. Allegation. [Obs.]With many complaints and allegements.Bp. Sanderson.AlÏleg¶er (?), n. One who affirms or declares.AlÏlegge¶ (?), v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]AlÏle¶giance (?), n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. aÏ + OF. lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind, and even by lex, legis, law. See Liege, Ligeance.] 1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.Syn. - Loyalty; fealty. Ð Allegiance, Loyalty. These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the ½powers that be.¸ Allegiance is an obligation to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any form of government, and, in a republic, we generally speak of allegiance to the government, to the state, etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warmÐhearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty to truth and religion, etc.Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me!Shak.So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found,…Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified,His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal.Milton.
AlÏle¶giant (?), a. Loyal.Shak.Al·leÏgor¶ic (?), Al·leÏgor¶icÏal (?), } a. [F. all‚gorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. ?. See Allegory.] Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. ½An allegoric tale.¸ Falconer. ½An allegorical application.¸ Pope.Allegorical being… that kind of language which says one thing, but means another.Max Miller.Ð Al·leÏgor¶icÏalÏly, adv. Ð Al·leÏgor¶icÏalÏness, n.Al¶leÏgoÏrist (?), n. [Cf. F. allegoriste.] One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.Hume.Al·leÏgor¶iÏza¶tion (?), n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.Al¶leÏgoÏrize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. all‚goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.Al¶leÏgoÏrize, v. t. To use allegory.Holland.Al¶leÏgoÏri·zer (?), n. One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.Al¶leÏgoÏry (?), n.; pl. Allegories (?). [L. allegoria, Gr. ?, description of one thing under the image of another; ? other + ? to speak in the assembly, harangue, ? place of assembly, fr. ? to assemble: cf. F. all‚gorie.] 1. A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.2. Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.3. (Paint. & Sculpt.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.Syn. - Metaphor; fable. Ð Allegory, Parable. ½An allegory differs both from fable and parable, in that the properties of persons are fictitiously represented as attached to things, to which they are as it were transferred. …A figure of Peace and Victory crowning some historical personage is an allegory. ½I am the Vine, ye are the branches¸ [John xv. 1Ð6] is a spoken allegory. In the parable there is no transference of properties. The parable of the sower [Matt. xiii. 3Ð23] represents all things as according to their proper nature. In the allegory quoted above the properties of the vine and the relation of the branches are transferred to the person of Christ and Hi? apostles and disciples.¸C. J. Smith.An allegory is a prolonged metaphor. Bunyan's ½Pilgrim's Progress¸ and Spenser's ½Fa‰rie Queene¸ are celebrated examples of the allegory.Ø Al·le·gresse¶ (?), n. [F. all‚gresse, fr. L. alacer sprightly.] Joy; gladsomeness.Ø Al·leÏgret¶to (?), a. [It., dim. of allegro.] (Mus.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. Ð n. A movement in this time.Ø AlÏle¶gro (?), a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively. Cf. Aleger.] (Mus.) Brisk, lively. Ð n. An ~ movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.Al·leÏlu¶is, Al·leÏlu¶iah } (?), n. [L. alleluia, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. hall?l?Ðy¾h. See Hallelujah.] An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia.Rev. xix. 1.Ø Al¶leÏmande¶ (?), n. [F., fr. allemand German.] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; Ð now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.2. A figure in dancing.Al·leÏman¶nic (?), a. See Alemannic.AlÏlen¶arÏly (?), adv. [All + anerly singly, fr. ane one.] Solely; only. [Scot.]Sir W. Scott.Al¶ler (?), a. [For ealra, the AS. gen. pl. of eal all.] Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.]Chaucer.
Ø AlÏle¶riÏon (?), n. [F. al‚rion, LL. alario a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin.] (Her.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.Burke.AlÏle¶viÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alleviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleviating.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See Alegge, Levity.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs. in a literal or general sense.]Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense.Evelyn.Those large bladders… conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds].Ray.2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc.; Ð opposed to aggravate.The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters.Bp. Horsley.3. To extenuate; to palliate. [R.]He alleviates his fault by an excuse.Johnson.Syn. - To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. Ð To Alleviate, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as,, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility.AlÏle·viÏa¶tion (?), n. [LL. alleviatio.] 1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
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<— p. 41 —>2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply.Johnson.AlÏle¶viÏaÏtive (?), a. Tending to alleviate. Ð n. That which alleviates.AlÏle¶viÏa·tor (?), n. One who, or that which, alleviaties.AlÏle¶viÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. Alleviative.Carlyle.Al¶ley (?), n.; pl. Alleys (?). [OE. aley, alley, OF. al‚e, F. all‚e, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar.] 1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.I know each lane and every alley green.Milton.
2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay. 3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church. 4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. 5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. Al¶ley, n.; pl. Alleys (?). [A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made.] A choice taw or marble. Dickens. Al¶leyed (?), a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. ½An alleyed walk.¸ Sir W. Scott. Al¶leyÏway· (?), n. An alley. All¶ Fools' Day· (?). The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760). All·fours¶ (?). [All + four (cards).] A game at cards, called ½High, Low, Jack, and the Game.¸ All· fours¶ [formerly, All· four¶.] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. ½This example is on all fours with the other.¸ No simile can go on all fours.¸ Macaulay. All· hail¶ (?)(?). [All + hail, interj.] All health; Ð a phrase of salutation or welcome. All·Ðhail¶, v. t. To salute; to greet. [Poet.] Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who allÐhailed me ½Thane of Cawdor.¸ Shak. All·hal¶lond (?), n. Allhallows. [Obs.] Shak. { All·hal¶low (?), All·hal¶lows (?), } n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [Obs.] 2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic] <— All Hallows Eve = Halloween, Dec. 31 st. —> All·hal¶low (?). The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. All·hal¶lowÏmas (?), n. The feast of All Saints. All·hal¶lown (?), a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] ½Allhallown summer.¸ Shak. (i. e., late summer; ½Indian Summer¸). All·hal¶lowÏtide· (?), n. [AS. tÆd time.] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. All¶heal (?), n. A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants. AlÏli¶aÏble (?), a. Able to enter into alliance. Al·liÏa¶ceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions. AlÏli¶ance (?), n. [OE. aliaunce, OF. aliance, F. alliance, fr. OF. alier, F. allier. See Ally, and cf. LL. alligantia.] 1. The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England. 2. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. C. J. Smith. The alliance… between logic and metaphysics. Mansel. 3. The persons or parties allied. Udall. Syn. - Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation; league; coalition. AlÏli¶ance, v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.] AlÏli¶ant (?), n. [Cf. F. alliant, p. pr.] An ally; a confederate. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton. { Al¶lice, Al¶lis } (?), n. (Zo”l.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose. AlÏli¶cienÏcy (?), n. Attractive power; attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. AlÏli¶cient (?), a. [L. alliciens, p. pr. of allicere to allure; ad + lacere to entice.] That attracts; attracting. Ð n. That attracts. [Rare or Obs.] AlÏlied¶ (?), a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally. AlÏliÏgate (?), v. t. [L. alligatus, p. p. of alligare. See Ally.] To tie; to unite by some tie. Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale. Al·liÏga¶tion (?), n. [L. alligatio.] 1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.] 2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values. µ The rule is named from the method of connecting together the terms by certain ligatureÐlike signs. Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate; medial teaching the method of finding the price or quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients whose prices and qualities are known; alternate, teaching the amount of each of several simple ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which will be required to make a mixture of given price or quality. Al¶liÏga·tor (?), n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.] 1. (Zo”l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America. 2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball; (b) (Mining) a rock breaker; (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator press. Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris, a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. Loudon. Ð Alligator fish (Zo”l.), a marine fish of northwestern America (Podothecus acipenserinus). Ð Alligator gar (Zo”l.), one of the gar pikes (Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes. Ð Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See Avocado. Ð Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle (Zo”l.), a very large and voracious turtle (Macrochelys lacertina) in habiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of Trionyx. Ð Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies (Guarea Swartzii). AlÏlign¶ment (?), n. See Alignment. AlÏlin¶eÏate (?), v. t. [L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line.] To align. [R.] Herschel. { AlÏlin·eÏa¶tion (?), AÏline·eÏa¶tion (?), } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. AlÏli¶sion (?), n. [L. allisio, fr. allidere, to strike or dash against; ad + laedere to dash against.] The act of dashing against, or striking upon. The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward. AlÏlit¶erÏal (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration. AlÏlit¶erÏate (?), v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat. AlÏlit¶erÏate, v. i. To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. AlÏlit·erÏa¶tion (?), n. [L. ad + litera letter. See Letter.] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: Ð Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson. µ The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. AngloÐSaxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it. In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were. P. Plowman. AlÏlit¶erÏaÏtive (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. Ð AlÏlit¶erÏaÏtiveÏly, adv. Ð AlÏlit¶er ÏaÏtiveÏness, n. AlÏlit¶erÏa·tor (?), n. One who alliterates. Ø Al¶liÏum (?), n. [L., garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc. All¶mouth· (?), n. (Zo”l.) The angler. All¶ness (?), n. Totality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull. All¶night· (?), n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon. Al¶loÏcate (?), v. t. [LL. allocatus, p. p. of allocare, fr. L. ad + locare to place. See Allow.] 1. To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke. 2. To localize. [R.] Al·loÏca¶tion (?), n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation.] 1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam. 2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley. 3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; Ð a term used in the English exchequer. Ø Al·loÏca¶tur (?), n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to allow.] (Law) ½Allowed.¸ The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer. Al·loÏchro¶ic (?), a. Changeable in color. AlÏloch¶roÏite (?), n. (Min.) See Garnet. AlÏloch¶roÏous (?), a. [Gr. ? changed in color, fr. ? other + ? color.] Changing color. Al·loÏcu¶tion (?), n. [L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution.] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. 2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison. Al¶lod (?), n. See Allodium. AlÏlo¶diÏal (?), a. [LL. allodialis, fr. allodium: cf. F. allodial. See Allodium.] (Law) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; Ð opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone. AlÏlo¶diÏal, a. Anything held allodially. W. Coxe. AlÏlo¶diÏalÏism (?), n. The allodial system. AlÏlo¶iÏalÏist, n. One who holds allodial land. AlÏlo¶diÏalÏly, adv. By allodial tenure. AlÏlo¶diÏaÏry (?), n. One who holds an allodium. AlÏlo¶diÏum (?), n. [LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis, of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and ?t (AS. e¾d) possession, property. It means, therefore, entirely one's property.] (Law) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier. AlÏlog¶aÏmous (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy. AlÏlog¶aÏmy (?)(?) n. [Gr. ? other + ? marriage.] (Bot.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; crossÐfertilization. Al·loÏge¶neÏous (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Different in nature or kind. [R.] Al¶loÏgraph (?), n. [Gr. ? another + Ïgraph.] A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; Ð opposed to autograph. <— Allomer; Allomeric —> AlÏlom¶erÏism (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? part.] (Chem.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form. AlÏlom¶erÏous (?), a. (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism. Al¶loÏmorph (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? form.] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; Ð as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; Ð thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams. Al·loÏmor¶phic (?), a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. Al·loÏmor¶phism (?), n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. AlÏlonge¶ (?), n. [F. allonge, earlier alonge, a lengthening. See Allonge, v., and cf. Lunge.] 1. (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge. 2. A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] Abbott. AlÏlomge¶, v. i. [F. allonger; … (L. ad) + long (L. longus) long.] To thrust with a sword; to lunge. Al¶loÏnym (?), n. [F. allonyme, fr. Gr. ? other + ? name.] 1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work. 2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author. AlÏlon¶yÏmous (?), a. Published under the name of some one other than the author. AlÏloo¶ (?), v. t. or i. [See Halloo.] To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.] Al¶loÏpath (?), n. [Cf. F. allopathe.] An allopathist. Ed. Rev. Al·loÏpath¶ic (?), a. [Cf. F. allopathique.] Of or pertaining to allopathy. Al·loÏpath¶icÏalÏly (?), adv. In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods. AlÏlop¶aÏthist (?), n. One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy. AlÏlop¶aÏthy (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? suffering, ?, ?, to suffer: cf. G. allopathie, F. allopathie. See Pathos.] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; Ð a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy. { Al·loÏphyl¶ic (?), Al·loÏphyl¶iÏan (?), } a. [Gr. ? of another tribe; ? other + ? class or tribe.] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. J. Prichard. Al¶loÏquy (?), n. [L. alloquim, fr. alloqui.] A speaking to another; an address. [Obs.] AlÏlot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot. See Lot.] 1. To distribute by lot. 2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson. Al¶loÏtheÏism (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? god.] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. AlÏlot¶ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.] 1. The act of allotting; assignment. 2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome. 3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]