>lFhtan; pref. >O (cf. Goth. usO, G. erO, orig. meaning out)

+ lFhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a

burden from, fr. lFht, 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.]

AOlight6, a. [Pref. aO + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a

flame. =The lamps were alight.8

Dickens.

AOlign6 (?), 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.

AOlign6, v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.

AOlign6ment (?), 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 groundOplan of a railway or other road, in

distinction from the grades or profile.

AOlike6 (?), a. [AS. onlFc, gelFc; pref. > + 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.

AOlike6, adv. [AS. gelFce, onlFce.] In the same manner,

form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike

concerne? in religion.

AOlike6Pmind7ed (?), a. LikePminded. [Obs.]

Al6iOment (?), 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.]

Al6iOment, v. t. 1. To nourish; to support.

2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]

Al7iOmen6tal (?), a. Supplying food; having the quality of

nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as,

alimental sap.

A7liOmen6talOly, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or

food; nourishing quality.

Sir T. Browne.

Al7iOmen6taOriOness (?), n. The quality of being alimentary;

nourishing quality. [R.]

Al7iOmen6taOry (?), a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf.

F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the

function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary

substances.

w canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the

?nus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and

the useless parts ejected.

Al7iOmenOta6tion (?), 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.

Al7iOmen6tiveOness (?), n. The instinct or faculty of

appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

Al7iOmo6niOous (?), a. Affording food; nourishing. [R.]

=Alimonious humors.8

Harvey.

Al6iOmoOny (?), 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.

Al7iOna6sal (?), a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.)

Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

AOline6 (?), v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring

into line; to align.

Evelyn.

AOlin7eOa6tion (?), n. See Allineation.

AOline6ment (?), n. Same as Alignment.

The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad

spelling of the Fr[ench].

New Eng. Dict. (Murray).

AOlin6er (?), n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines

or brings them into line.

Evelyn.

Al6iOoth (?), n. [Ar. aly>t the tail of a fat sheep.]

(Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next

the bowl in the Dipper.

Al6iOped (?), a. [L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot:

cf. F. alip

de.] (Zo.l.) WingOfooted, as the bat. P n. An

animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a

wing, as the bat. 

Al6iOquant (?), 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.

Al6iOquot (?), 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.

Al7iOsep6tal (?), a. [L. ala wing + E. septal.] (Anat.)

Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Al6ish (?), a. Like ale; as, an alish taste.

Al7iOsphe6noid (?), Al7iOspheOnoid6al (?), } 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.

Al7iOsphe6noid, n. (Anat.) The ~ bone.

Al6iOtrunk (?), 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.

Al7iOtur6gicOal (?), a. [Pref. aO + liturgical.] (Eccl.)

Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not

offered.

Shipley.

X A7liOun6de (?), adv. & a. [L.] (Law) From another source;

from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

AOlive6 (?), a. [OE. on live, AS. on lFfe in life; lFfe

being dat. of lFf 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!

5 Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.

X A7liOza6ri (?), n. [Perh. fr. Ar. 'a?>rah juice extracted

from a plant, fr. 'a?ara to press.] (Com.) The madder of the

Levant.

Brande & C.

AOliz6aOrin (?), 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.

Al6kaOhest (?), n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that

has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily

formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled =universal solvent8 of the

alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. P

Al7kaOhes6tic (?), a.

Al7kalOam6ide (?), 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.

Al7kaOles7cence (?), Al7kaOles6cenOcy (?), } n. A tendency

to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which

alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to

predominant.

Ure.

Al7kaOles6cent (?), a. [Cf. F. alcalescent.] Tending to the

properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Al6kaOli (?; 277), n. pl. Alkalis or Alkalies (?). [F.

alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqalF 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. P Vegetable alkalies. Same

as Alkaloids. P Volatile ~, ammonia, so called in

distinction from the fixed alkalies.

Al6kaOliOfi7aOble (?), a. [Cf. F. alcalifiable.] Capable of

being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

Al6kaOliOfy (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalified (?); p.

pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] [Alkali + Ofly: cf. F.

alcalifier.] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline

properties to.

Al6kaOliOfy, v. i. To become changed into an alkali.

Al7kaOlim6eOter (?), n. [Alkali + Ometer. cf. F.

alcalim

tre.] An instrument to ascertain the strength of

alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

Al7kaOliOmet6ric (?), Al7kaOliOmet6ricOal (?), } a. Of or

pertaining to alkalimetry.

Al7kaOlim6eOtry (?), n. [Cf. F. alcalim

trie.] (Chem.) The

art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or

the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

Al6kaOline (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. alcalin.] Of or pertaining

to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an

alkali.

w earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and

magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. P w

metals, potassium, sodium, c.sium, lithium, rubidium. P w

reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action

on limits, turmeric, etc.

Al7kaOlin6iOty (?), n. The quality which constitutes an

alkali; alkaline property.

Thomson.

AlOka6liOous (?), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]

Al6kaOliOzate (?), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Al6kaOliOOzate (?), v. t. To alkalizate. [R.]

Johnson.

Al7kaOliOza6tion (?), n. [Cf. F. alcalisation.] The act

rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a

conferring of alkaline qualities.

Al6kaOlize (?), 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.

Al6kaOloid (?), Al7kaOloid6al (?), } a. [Alkali + Ooid: cf.

F. alcalo.de.] Pertaining to, resembling, or containing,

alkali.

Al6kaOloid (?), 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.

5 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.

Al6kaOnet (?), 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.

AlOkar6gen (?), n. [Alkarsin + oxygen.] (Chem.) Same as

Cacodylic acid.

AlOkar6sin (?), n. [Alkali + arsenic + Oin.] (Chem.) A

spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor,

and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; P

called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

AlOka6zar (?)(?). See Alcazar.

Al7keOken6gi (?), n. [Cf. F. alk.kenge, Sp. alquequenje,

ultimately fr. Ar. alPk>kanj 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; P also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and

strawberry tomato.

D. C. Eaton.

AlOker6mes (?), n. [Ar. alPqirmiz kermes. See Kermes.] (Old

Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection,

deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal

ingredient. 

Al6koOran (?; 277), n. The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as

Alcoran and Koran.

Al7koOran6ic (?), a. Same as Alcoranic.

Al7koOran6ist, 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.] =Without all remedy.8

Shak.

5 When the definite article =the,8 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.] =All the

whole army.8

Shak.

All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely;

quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for

amusement. =And cheeks all pale.8

Byron.

5 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 deploring

All on a rock reclined.

Gay.

All to, or AllPto. In such phrases as =all to rent,8 all to

break,8 =allPto frozen,8 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 =all forlorn,8 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. terO, HG. zerO). It is frequently to be met with in old

books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, =The vail of

the temple was to rent:8 and of Judas, =He was hanged and

toPburst the middle:8 i. e., burst in two, or asunder. P All

along. See under Along. P All and some, individually and

collectively, one and all. [Obs.] =Displeased all and some.8

Fairfax. P All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b)

Almost; nearly.=The fine arts were all but proscribed.8

Macaulay. P All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat

any one all hollow. [Low] P All one, the same thing in

effect; that is, wholly the same thing. P All over, over the

whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all

over. [Colloq.] P All the better, wholly the better; that

is, better by the whole difference. P All the same,

nevertheless. =There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted

all the same, whether we recognize them or not.8 J. C.

Shairp. =But Rugby is a very nice place all the same.8 T.

Arnold. P 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. P 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. P

All told, all counted; in all. P And all, and the rest; and

everything connected. =Bring our crown and all.8 Shak. P At

all. (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] =She

is a shrew at al(l).8 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? =Nothing at all.8 Shak. =It

thy father at all miss me.8 1 Sam. xx. 6. P Over ~,

everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5 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, allPbountiful, allPglorious,

allimportant, allPsurrounding, etc. In others it is an

adjective; as, allpower, allPgiver. 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.

X Al7la bre6ve (?). [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; P

indicated in the time signature by ?. 

X Al6lah (?), 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.

All7PaPmort6 (?), a. See Alamort.

Al6lanOite (?), 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.

Al7lanOto6ic (?)(?), a. [Cf. F. allanto.que.] Pertaining to,

or contained in, the allantois.

Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin.

AlOlan6toid (?), Al7lanOtoid6al (?), } a. [Gr. ? shaped like

a sausage; ? sausage + ? form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to

the allantois.

X Al7lanOtoid6eOa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo.l.) The division of

Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It

includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

AlOlan6toOin (?), n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent,

colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the

fetal calf; P formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic

acid.

{ X AlOlan6toOis (?)(?), AlOlan6toid (?), } n. (Anat.) A

membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and

reptiles, P in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the

parent; the urinary vesicle.

Al6laOtrate (?), v. i. [L. allatrare. See Latrate.] To bark

as a dog. [Obs.]

Stubbes.

AlOlay6 (?), 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. >lecgan; >O (cf. Goth. usO, G.

erO, 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.

AlOlay6 (?), v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to

subside. =When the rage allays.8

Shak.

AlOlay6, n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]

AlOlay6, n. Alloy. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

AlOlay6, v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal;

to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic]

Fuller.

AlOlay6er (?), n. One who, or that which, allays.

AlOlay6ment (?), n. An allaying; that which allays;

mitigation. [Obs.]

The like allayment could I give my grief.

Shak.

Al6leOcret (?), n. [OF. alecret, halecret, hallecret.] A

kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by

the Swiss.

Fairholt.

AlOlect6 (?), v. t. [L. allectare, freq. of allicere,

allectum.] To allure; to entice. [Obs.]

Al7lecOta6tion (?), n. [L. allectatio.] Enticement;

allurement. [Obs.]

Bailey.

AlOlec6tive (?), a. [LL. allectivus.] Alluring. [Obs.]

AlOlec6tive, n. Allurement. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

AlOledge6 (?)(?), v. t. See Allege. [Obs.]

5 This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the

prevailing one.

Al7leOga6tion (?), 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 averment

I thought their allegation but reasonable.

Steele.

3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to

prove, P usually applied to each separate averment; the

charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

AlOlege6 (?), 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.

AlOlege6, v. t. [See Allay.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a

burden or a trouble. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

AlOlege6aOble (?), a. Capable of being alleged or affirmed.

The most authentic examples allegeable in the case.

South.

AlOlege6ance (?), n. Allegation. [Obs.]

AlOlege6ment (?), n. Allegation. [Obs.]

With many complaints and allegements.

Bp. Sanderson.

AlOleg6er (?), n. One who affirms or declares.

AlOlegge6 (?), v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]

AlOle6giance (?), n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. aO + 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. P Allegiance, Loyalty. These words

agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and

attachment to the =powers that be.8 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 warmPhearted 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.

AlOle6giant (?), a. Loyal.

Shak.

Al7leOgor6ic (?), Al7leOgor6icOal (?), } 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. =An allegoric tale.8

Falconer. =An allegorical application.8 Pope.

Allegorical being... that kind of language which says one

thing, but means another.

Max Miller.

P Al7leOgor6icOalOly, adv. P Al7leOgor6icOalOness, n.

Al6leOgoOrist (?), n. [Cf. F. allegoriste.] One who

allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

Hume.

Al7leOgor6iOza6tion (?), n. The act of turning into

allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

Al6leOgoOrize (?), 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.

Al6leOgoOrize, v. t. To use allegory.

Holland.

Al6leOgoOri7zer (?), n. One who allegorizes, or turns things

into allegory; an allegorist.

Al6leOgoOry (?), 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. P Allegory, Parable. =An 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. =I am the Vine, ye are the

branches8 [John xv. 1P6] is a spoken allegory. In the

parable there is no transference of properties. The parable

of the sower [Matt. xiii. 3P23] 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.8

C. J. Smith. 

An allegory is a prolonged metaphor. Bunyan's =Pilgrim's

Progress8 and Spenser's =Fa rie Queene8 are celebrated

examples of the allegory. 

X Al7le7gresse6 (?), n. [F. all.gresse, fr. L. alacer

sprightly.] Joy; gladsomeness.

X Al7leOgret6to (?), a. [It., dim. of allegro.] (Mus.)

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. P n. A

movement in this time.

X AlOle6gro (?), a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively.

Cf. Aleger.] (Mus.) Brisk, lively. P n. An ~ movement; a

quick, sprightly strain or piece.

Al7leOlu6is, Al7leOlu6iah } (?), n. [L. alleluia, Gr. ?, fr.

Heb. hall?l?Py>h. 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.

X Al6leOmande6 (?), n. [F., fr. allemand German.] 1. (Mus.)

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in

the reign of Louis XIV.; P now mostly found in suites of

pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

2. A figure in dancing.

Al7leOman6nic (?), a. See Alemannic.

AlOlen6arOly (?), adv. [All + anerly singly, fr. ane one.]

Solely; only. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Al6ler (?), a. [For ealra, the AS. gen. pl. of eal all.]

Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

X AlOle6riOon (?), n. [F. al.rion, LL. alario a sort of

eagle; of uncertain origin.] (Her.) Am eagle without beak or

feet, with expanded wings.

Burke.

AlOle6viOate (?), 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.; P 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. P 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.

AlOle7viOa6tion (?), n. [LL. alleviatio.] 1. The act of

alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation;

relief.

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2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship

could supply.

Johnson.

AlOle6viOaOtive (?), a. Tending to alleviate. P n. That

which alleviates.

AlOle6viOa7tor (?), n. One who, or that which, alleviaties.

AlOle6viOaOtoOry (?), a. Alleviative.

Carlyle.

Al6ley (?), 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.

Al6ley, n.; pl. Alleys (?). [A contraction of alabaster, of

which it was originally made.] A choice taw or marble.

Dickens.

Al6leyed (?), a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.

=An alleyed walk.8

Sir W. Scott.

Al6leyOway7 (?), n. An alley.

All6 Fools' Day7 (?). 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).

All7fours6 (?). [All + four (cards).] A game at cards,

called =High, Low, Jack, and the Game.8

All7 fours6 [formerly, All7 four6.] 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. =This example is on all

fours with the other.8 No simile can go on all fours.8

Macaulay.

All7 hail6 (?)(?). [All + hail, interj.] All health; P a

phrase of salutation or welcome. 

All7Phail6, v. t. To salute; to greet. [Poet.]

Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from

the king, who allPhailed me =Thane of Cawdor.8

Shak.

All7hal6lond (?), n. Allhallows. [Obs.]

Shak.

{ All7hal6low (?), All7hal6lows (?), } n. 1. All the saints

(in heaven). [Obs.]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic]

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All7hal6low (?). The evening before Allhallows. See

Halloween.

All7hal6lowOmas (?), n. The feast of All Saints.

All7hal6lown (?), a. Of or pertaining to the time of

Allhallows. [Obs.] =Allhallown summer.8 Shak. (i. e., late

summer; =Indian Summer8).

All7hal6lowOtide7 (?), n. [AS. tFd time.] The time at or

near All Saints, or November 1st.

All6heal (?), n. A name popularly given to the officinal

valerian, and to some other plants.

AlOli6aOble (?), a. Able to enter into alliance.

Al7liOa6ceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to the genus Allium,

or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of

garlic or onions.

AlOli6ance (?), 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.

AlOli6ance, v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]

AlOli6ant (?), n. [Cf. F. alliant, p. pr.] An ally; a

confederate. [Obs. & R.]

Sir H. Wotton.

{ Al6lice, Al6lis } (?), n. (Zo.l.) The European shad

(Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose. 

AlOli6cienOcy (?), n. Attractive power; attractiveness.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

AlOli6cient (?), a. [L. alliciens, p. pr. of allicere to

allure; ad + lacere to entice.] That attracts; attracting. P

n. That attracts. [Rare or Obs.]

AlOlied6 (?), a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See

Ally.

AlOliOgate (?), 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.

Al7liOga6tion (?), 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.

5 The rule is named from the method of connecting together

the terms by certain ligaturePlike 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.

Al6liOga7tor (?), 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. P Alligator fish (Zo.l.), a marine fish

of northwestern America (Podothecus acipenserinus). P

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. P

Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See

Avocado. P 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. P Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West

Indies (Guarea Swartzii).

AlOlign6ment (?), n. See Alignment.

AlOlin6eOate (?), v. t. [L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare

to draw a line.] To align. [R.]

Herschel.

{ AlOlin7eOa6tion (?), AOline7eOa6tion (?), } n. Alignment;

position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.

Whewell.

The allineation of the two planets.

C. A. Young.

AlOli6sion (?), 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.

AlOlit6erOal (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by

alliteration.

AlOlit6erOate (?), v. t. To employ or place so as to make

alliteration.

Skeat.

AlOlit6erOate, v. i. To compose alliteratively; also, to

constitute alliteration.

AlOlit7erOa6tion (?), 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: P

Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved

His vastness.

Milton.

Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields.

Tennyson.

5 The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of

words is also called alliteration. AngloPSaxon 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.

AlOlit6erOaOtive (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or

characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. P

AlOlit6erOaOtiveOly, adv. P AlOlit6er OaOtiveOness, n.

AlOlit6erOa7tor (?), n. One who alliterates.

X Al6liOum (?), n. [L., garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants,

including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

All6mouth7 (?), n. (Zo.l.) The angler.

All6ness (?), n. Totality; completeness. [R.]

The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality,

supremacy, and eternity.

R. Turnbull.

All6night7 (?), n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Al6loOcate (?), 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.]

Al7loOca6tion (?), 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; P a term used in the English

exchequer.

X Al7loOca6tur (?), n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to

allow.] (Law) =Allowed.8 The word allocatur expresses the

allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court,

judge, or judicial officer.

Al7loOchro6ic (?), a. Changeable in color.

AlOloch6roOite (?), n. (Min.) See Garnet.

AlOloch6roOous (?), a. [Gr. ? changed in color, fr. ? other

+ ? color.] Changing color.

Al7loOcu6tion (?), 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.

Al6lod (?), n. See Allodium.

AlOlo6diOal (?), 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; P opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands;

allodial system.

Blackstone.

AlOlo6diOal, a. Anything held allodially.

W. Coxe.

AlOlo6diOalOism (?), n. The allodial system.

AlOlo6iOalOist, n. One who holds allodial land.

AlOlo6diOalOly, adv. By allodial tenure.

AlOlo6diOaOry (?), n. One who holds an allodium.

AlOlo6diOum (?), n. [LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis,

of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and ?t (AS. e>d)

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. 

AlOlog6aOmous (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy.

AlOlog6aOmy (?)(?) n. [Gr. ? other + ? marriage.] (Bot.)

Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from

another of the same species; crossPfertilization.

Al7loOge6neOous (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Different in nature or

kind. [R.]

Al6loOgraph (?), n. [Gr. ? another + Ograph.] A writing or

signature made by some person other than any of the parties

thereto; P opposed to autograph.

<-- Allomer; Allomeric -->

AlOlom6erOism (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? part.] (Chem.)

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in

crystalline form.

AlOlom6erOous (?), a. (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism.

Al6loOmorph (?), 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; P 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; P

thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.

G. H. Williams.

Al7loOmor6phic (?), a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to

allomorphism.

Al7loOmor6phism (?), n. (Min.) The property which

constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an

allomorph. 

AlOlonge6 (?), 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.

AlOlomge6, v. i. [F. allonger; . (L. ad) + long (L. longus)

long.] To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

Al6loOnym (?), 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.

AlOlon6yOmous (?), a. Published under the name of some one

other than the author.

AlOloo6 (?), v. t. or i. [See Halloo.] To incite dogs by a

call; to halloo. [Obs.]

Al6loOpath (?), n. [Cf. F. allopathe.] An allopathist.

Ed. Rev.

Al7loOpath6ic (?), a. [Cf. F. allopathique.] Of or

pertaining to allopathy.

Al7loOpath6icOalOly (?), adv. In a manner conformable to

allopathy; by allopathic methods.

AlOlop6aOthist (?), n. One who practices allopathy; one who

professes allopathy.

AlOlop6aOthy (?), 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; P a term

invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as

opposed to homeopathy.

{ Al7loOphyl6ic (?), Al7loOphyl6iOan (?), } a. [Gr. ? of

another tribe; ? other + ? class or tribe.] Pertaining to a

race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.

J. Prichard.

Al6loOquy (?), n. [L. alloquim, fr. alloqui.] A speaking to

another; an address. [Obs.]

AlOlot6 (?), 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.

Al6loOtheOism (?), n. [Gr. ? other + ? god.] The worship of

strange gods. 

Jer. Taylor.

AlOlot6ment (?), 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.]

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Al7loOtriOoph6aOgy (?), n. [Gr. ? strange + ? to eat: cf. F.

allotriophagie.] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for

improper food.

{ Al7loOtrop6ic (?), Al7loOtrop6icOal (?), } a. [Cf. F.

allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. P

Al7loOtrop6icOalOly, adv.

Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a

case of allotropism.

AlOlot7roOpic6iOty (?), n. Allotropic property or nature.

{ AlOlot6roOpism (?), AlOlot6roOpy (?), } n. [Gr. ? other +

direction, way, ? to turn: cf. F. allotropie.] (Chem.) The

property of existing in two or more conditions which are

distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

5 Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other

related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the

diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little

hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form,

with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some

cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the

other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of

oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the

element in its passive state. 

AlOlot6roOpize (?), v. t. To change in physical properties

but not in substance. [R.]

AlOlot6taOble (?), a. Capable of being allotted.

AlOlot7tee6 (?), n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to

whom an allotment is made.

AlOlot6ter (?), n. One who allots.

AlOlot6terOy (?), n. Allotment. [Obs.]

Shak.

AlOlow6 (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allowed (?); p. pr. & vb.

n. Allowing.] [OE. alouen, OF. alouer, aloer, aluer, F.

allouer, fr. LL. allocare to admit as proved, to place, use;

confused with OF. aloer, fr. L. allaudare to extol; ad +

laudare to praise. See Local, and cf. Allocate, Laud.] 1. To

praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [Obs. or Archaic]

Ye allow the deeds of your fathers.

Luke xi. 48.

We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life,

approve his learning.

Fuller.

2. To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.]

How allow you the model of these clothes?

Massinger.

3. To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.]

Thou shalt be... allowed with absolute power.

Shak.

4. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let

one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a

free passage; to allow one day for rest.

He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year.

Macaulay.

5. To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to

accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a

claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.

I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss

Newcome's conduct... was highly reprehensible.

Thackeray.

6. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp.

to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

7. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to

allow a son to be absent.

Syn. - To allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit;

suffer; tolerate. See Permit.

AlOlow6, v. i. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or

abatement.

Allowing still for the different ways of making it.

Addison.

To allow of, to permit; to admit.

Shak.

AlOlow6aOble (?), a. [F. allouable.] 1. Praiseworthy;

laudable. [Obs.]

Hacket.

2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible;

admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a

certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

AlOlow6aObleOness, n. The quality of being allowable;

permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or

impropriety.

South.

AlOlow6aObly, adv. In an allowable manner.

AlOlow6ance (?), n. [OF. alouance.] 1. Approval;

approbation. [Obs.]

Crabbe.

2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;

authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Without the king's will or the state's allowance.

Shak.

3. Acknowledgment.

The censure of the which one must in your allowance

o'erweigh a whole theater of others.

Shak.

4. License; indulgence. [Obs.]

Locke.

5. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or

granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as

appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food

or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when

provisions fall short. 

I can give the boy a handsome allowance.

Thackeray.

6. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of

mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the

inexperience of youth.

After making the largest allowance for fraud.

Macaulay.

7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of

goods, different in different countries, such as tare and

tret.

AlOlow6ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allowancing (?).] [See

Allowance, n.] To put upon a fixed ~ (esp. of provisions and

drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the

captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions

were allowanced. 

AlOlow6edOly (?)(?) adv. By allowance; admittedly.

Shenstone.

AlOlow6er (?), n. 1. An approver or abettor. [Obs.]

2. One who allows or permits.

AlOlox6an (?), n. [Allantoin + oxalic, as containing the

elements of allantion and oxalic acid.] (Chem.) An oxidation

product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily

soluble in water or alcohol.

AlOlox6aOnate (?), n. (Chem.) A combination of alloxanic

acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Al7loxOan6ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; P

applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble

alkalies on alloxan.

Al7loxOan6tin (?), n. (Chem.) A substance produced by acting

upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

AlOloy6 , n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier

to ally. See Alloy, v. t.] 1. Any combination or compound of

metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example,

brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when

mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an

amalgam. 

2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver;

fineness.

3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser

metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it.

Locke.

4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts

from; as, no happiness is without alloy. =Pure English

without Latin alloy.8

F. Harrison.

AlOloy6, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alloyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Alloying.] [ F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer,

fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., and cf. Allay.]

1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable

substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or

silver with copper.

2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to

alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

AlOloy6, v. t. To form a metallic compound.

Gold and iron alloy with ease.

Ure.

AlOloy6age (?), n. [F. aloyage.] The act or art of alloying

metals; also, the combination or alloy.

All7PposOsessed6 (?), a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by

evil passions; wild. [Colloq.]

{ All6 Saints7 (?), All6 Saints' (?), } The first day of

November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day

kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this

festival.

All6 Souls' Day7 (?). The second day of November; a feast

day of the Roman Catholic church., on which supplications

are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

All6spice7 (?), n. The berry of the pimento (Eugenia

pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly

pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper;

pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of

cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name

is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina

allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera

benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

All7thing7 (?), adv. [For in all (= every) thing.]

Altogether. [Obs.]

Shak.

AlOlude6 (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n.

Alluding.] [L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere

to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion;

to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly

mentioned; P followed by to; as, the story alludes to a

recent transaction.

These speeches... do seem to allude unto such ministerial

garments as were then in use.

Hooker.

Syn. - To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate;

signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer.

AlOlude6, v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something)

as applicable. [Obs.]

Wither.

X Al7lu7mette (?), n. [F., from allumer to light.] A match

for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

AlOlu6miOnor (?), n. [OF. alumineor, fr. L. ad + liminare.

See Luminate.] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a

limner. [Obs.]

Cowell.

AlOlur6ance (?), n. Allurement. [R.]

AlOlure6 (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alluded (?); p. pr. & vb.

n. Alluring.] [OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre

lure. See Lure.] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or

bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent;

to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice;

to attract.

With promised joys allured them on.

Falconer.

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven

Allured his eye.

Milton.

Syn. - To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. P To

Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea

of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling

influence, and differ according to the image under which is

presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure,

which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are

allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some

future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to

our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false

appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn

aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by

gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and

persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a

snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to

the passions. 

AlOlure6, n. Allurement. [R.]

Hayward.

X Al7lure6 (?), n. [F.; aller to go.] Gait; bearing.

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

Harper's Mag.

AlOlure6ment (?), n. 1. The act alluring; temptation;

enticement.

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell.

Milton.

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth,

or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of

pleasure, or of honor.

AlOlur6er (?), n. One who, or that which, allures. 

AlOlur6ing, a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

P AlOlur6ingOly, adv. P AlOlur6ingOness, n. 

AlOlu6sion (?), n. [L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf.

F. allusion.] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference.

[Obs.]

2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not

explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect

reference; a hint.

AlOlu6sive (?), a. 1. Figurative; symbolical.

2. Having reference to something not fully expressed;

containing an allusion.

AlOlu6siveOly, adv. Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion;

by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

AlOlu6siveOness, n. The quality of being allusive.

AlOlu6soOry (?), a. Allusive. [R.]

Warburton.

AlOlu6viOal (?), a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion.]

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;

relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away

from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil,

mud, accumulations, deposits.

AlOlu6viOon (?), n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to

wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See

Lave.] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Lyell.

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of

flowing water; alluvium.

The golden alluvions are there [in California and

Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not

only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are

scattered over the surface of vast plains.

R. Cobden.

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore

or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.]

AlOlu6viOous (?), n. [L. alluvius. See Alluvion.] Alluvial.

[R.]

Johnson.

AlOlu6viOum (?), n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia (?). [L.,

neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.) Deposits of

earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by

rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently

submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

Lyell.

All6where7 (?), adv. Everywhere. [Archaic]

All6work7 (?), n. Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a

maid of allwork, that is, a general servant. 

AlOly6 (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Allying.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare

to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. Alligate, Alloy, Allay,

Ligament.] 1. To unite, or form a connection between, as

between families by marriage, or between princes and states

by treaty, league, or confederacy; P often followed by to or

with.

O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied.

Pope.

2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude,

resemblance, friendship, or love.

These three did love each other dearly well,

And with so firm affection were allied.

Spenser.

The virtue nearest to our vice allied.

Pope.

5 Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

AlOly6 (?), n.; pl. Allies (?). [See Ally, v.] 1. A

relative; a kinsman. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. One united to another by treaty or league; P usually

applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

The English soldiers and their French allies.

Macaulay.

3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an

auxiliary.

Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its

ally.

Buckle.

4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc. 

Al6ly (?), n. See Alley, a marble or taw.

Al6lyl (?), n. [L. allium garlic + Oyl.] (Chem.) An organic

radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and

mustard.

Al6lyOlene (?), n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4,

homologous with acetylene; propine<--; propyne -->.

Al6ma, Al6mah (?), n. Same as Alme.

Al7maOcan6tar (?), n. (Astron.) (a) Same as Almucantar. (b)

A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly

bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See

Almucantar.

{ X Al7maOdi6a (?), X Al6maOdie (?), } n. [F. almadie (cf.

Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'dFyah a raft, float.]

(Naut.) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat

used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six

or seven broad.

Al6maOgest (?), n. [F. almageste, LL. almageste, Ar.

alPmajistF, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), the greatest composition.]

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains

nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations

and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other

similar works.

X AlOma6gra (?), n. [Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar.

alPmaghrah red clay or earth.] A fine, deep red ocher,

somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of

the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for

polishing glass and silver.

{ Al6main (?), Al6mayne (?), Al6man (?), } n. [OF. Aleman,

F. Allemand, fr. L. Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]

1. A German. Also adj., German.

Shak.

2. The German language.

J. Foxe.

3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.

Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of

light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping

plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great

flexibility.

X Al6ma Ma6ter (?). [L., fostering mother.] A college or

seminary where one is educated.

Al6maOnac (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.

almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain

origin.] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and

months, to which astronomical data and various statistics

are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting

of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated

festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.

Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing

astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other

information useful to mariners.

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Al6manOdine (?), n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.

alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in

Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.

almandine.] (Min.) The common red variety of garnet.

{ X Al6me, X Al6meh } (?), n. [Ar. 'almah (fem.) learned,

fr. 'alama to know: cf. F. alm.e.] An Egyptian dancing girl;

an Alma.

The Almehs lift their arms in dance.

Bayard Taylor.

X Al7menOdron6 (?), n. [Sp., fr. almendra almond.] The lofty

BrazilPnut tree.

Al6merOy (?), n. See Ambry. [Obs.]

Alm6esse (?), n. See Alms. [Obs.]

{ AlOmight6ful (?), AlOmight6iOful (?), } a. AllPpowerful;

almighty. [Obs.]

Udall.

AlOmight6iOly, adv. With almighty power.

AlOmight6iOness, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless

power; unlimited might.

Jer. Taylor.

AlOmight6y (?), a. [AS. ealmihtig, .lmihtig; eal (OE. al)

ail + mihtig mighty.] 1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent;

allPpowerful; irresistible.

I am the Almighty God.

Gen. xvii. 1.

2. Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]

Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, P so that he is in

an almighty fix.

De Quincey.

The Almighty, the omnipotent God.

Rev. i. 8. 

Alm6ner (?), n. An almoner. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Alm6ond (?), n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F.

amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. ?: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf.

Amygdalate.] 1. The fruit of the almond tree.

5 The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thinPshelled,

thickPshelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products

of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus

communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western

Asia.

2. The tree bears the fruit; almond tree.

3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One

of the tonsils.

Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter

almonds. P Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil

obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;

benzoic aldehyde. P Imitation oil of bitter almonds,

nitrobenzene. P Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the

almond. P Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves

that are of a light green on both sides; almondPleaved

willow (Salix amygdalina).

Shenstone.

Al6mond fur7nace (?). [Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace,

i. e., German furnace. See Almain.] A kind of furnace used

in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other

foreign matter.

Chambers.

Al6monOdine (?), n. See Almandine

Al6monOer (?), n. [OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier,

aumosnier, F. aum.nier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L.

eleemosyna. See Alms.] One who distributes alms, esp. the

doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also,

one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a

prince, bishop, etc.

Al6monOerOship, n. The office of an almoner.

Al6monOry (?), n.; pl. Almonries (?). [OF. aumosnerie, F.

aum.nerie, fr. OF. aumosnier. See Almoner.] The place where

an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

Al6mose (?), n. Alms. [Obs.]

Cheke.

Al6most (?), adv. [AS. ealm.st, .lm.st, quite the most,

almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m?st most.] Nearly; well

nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Acts xxvi. 28.

Almost never, scarcely ever. P Almost nothing, scarcely

anything.

Alm6ry (?), n. See Almonry. [Obs.]

Alms (?), n. sing. & pl. [OE. almes, almesse, AS. .lmysse,

fr. L. eleemosyna, Gr. ? mercy, charity, alms, fr. ? to

pity. Cf. Almonry, Eleemosynary.] Anything given

gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or

clothing; a gift of charity.

A devout man... which gave much alms to the people.

Acts x. 2.

Alms are but the vehicles of prayer.

Dryden.

Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign.

Blackstone.

5 This word alms is singular in its form (almesse), and is

sometimes so used; as, =asked am alms.8 Acts iii.

3.=Received an alms.8 Shak. It is now, however, commonly a

collective or plural noun. It is much used in composition,

as almsgiver, almsgiving, alms bag, alms chest, etc.

Alms6deed7 (?), n. An act of charity.

Acts ix. 36.

Alms6folk7 (?), n. Persons supported by alms; almsmen.

[Archaic]

Holinshed.

Alms6giv7er (?), n. A giver of alms.

Alms6giv7ing (?), n. The giving of alms.

Alms6house7 (?), n. A house appropriated for the use of the

poor; a poorhouse.

Alms6man (?), n.; fem. Almswoman. 1. A recipient of alms.

Shak.

2. A giver of alms. [R.]

Halliwell.

Al7muOcan6tar (?), n. [F. almucantarat, almicantarat,

ultimately fr. Ar. alPmuqantar>t, pl., fr. qantara to bend,

arch.] (Astron.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to

the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars

which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See

Almacantar. [Archaic]

Almucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of

fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations

of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting,

to find the variation of the compass.

Al6muce (?), n. Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

X AlOmude6 (?), n. [Pg. almude, or Sp. almud, a measure of

grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. alPmudd a dry measure.] A

measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the

Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6,

gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the =almud8 is about 1.4

gallons.

{ Al6mug (?), Al6gum (?), } n. [Heb., perh. borrowed fr.

Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.) A tree or wood of the

Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. ??).

5 Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes

it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian

Archipelago.

W. Smith.

Al6nage (?), n., [OF. alnage, aulnage, F. aunage, fr. OF.

alne ell, of Ger. origin: cf. OHG. elina, Goth. aleina,

cubit. See Ell.] (O. Eng. Law) Measurement (of cloth) by the

ell; also, a duty for such measurement. 

Al6naOger (?), n. [See Alnage.] A measure by the ell;

formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to

inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

Al6oe (?), n.; pl. Aloes (?). [L. alo , Gr. ?, aloe: cf. OF.

aloe, F. alo

s.] 1. pl. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

2. (Bot.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as

trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the

habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from

some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the

arts. They are natives of warm countries.

3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of

aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but syntactically

singular.]

American aloe, Century aloe, the agave. See Agave.

Al6oes wood7 (?). See Agalloch.

Al7oOet6ic (?), a. [Cf. F. alo.tique.] Consisting chiefly of

aloes; of the nature of aloes.

Al7oOet6ic, n. A medicine containing chiefly aloes.

AOloft6 (?; 115), adv. [Pref. aO + loft, which properly

meant air. See Loft.] 1. On high; in the air; high above the

ground. =He steers his flight aloft.8

Milton.

2. (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher

yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or

to heaven.

AOloft6, prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.] 

Fresh waters run aloft the sea.

Holland.

AOlo6giOan (?), n. [LL. Alogiani, Alogii, fr. Gr. ?; ? priv.

+ ? word.] (Eccl.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St.

John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as

the Logos.

Shipley.

Al6oOgy (?), n. [L. alogia, Gr. ?, fr. ? priv. + ? reason.]

Unreasonableness; absurdity. [Obs.]

Al6oOin (?), n. (Chem.) A bitter purgative principle in

aloes.

Al6oOman7cy (?), n. [Gr. ?, salt + Omancy: cf. F. alomancie,

halomancie.] Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also

halomancy.]

Morin.

AOlone6 (?), a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. >n

one, alone. See All, One, Lone.] 1. Quite by one's self;

apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; O

applied to a person or thing.

Alone on a wide, wide sea.

Coleridge.

It is not good that the man should be alone.

Gen. ii. 18.

2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or

any one else; without a sharer; only.

Man shall not live by bread alone.

Luke iv. 4.

The citizens alone should be at the expense.

Franklin.

3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]

God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and

move, and have our being.

Bentley.

4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.

Shak.

5 The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

To let or leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or

molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.

AOlone6, adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.

AOlone6ly, adv. Only; merely; singly. [Obs.]

This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto

all his heirs and posterity.

Latimer.

AOlone6ly, a. Exclusive. [Obs.]

Fabyan.

AOlone6ness, n. A state of being alone, or without company;

solitariness. [R.]

Bp. Montagu.

AOlong6 (?; 115), adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang,

along; pref. andO (akin to OFris. ondO, OHG. antO, Ger.

entO, Goth. andO, andaO, L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over

against) + lang long. See Long.] 1. By the length; in a line

with the length; lengthwise.

Some laid along... on spokes of wheels are hung.

Dryden.

2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.

We will go along by the king's highway.

Numb. xxi. 22.

He struck with his o'ertaking wings,

And chased us south along.

Coleridge.

3. In company; together.

He to England shall along with you.

Shak.

All along, all trough the course of; during the whole time;

throughout. =I have all along declared this to be a neutral

paper.8 Addison. P To get along, to get on; to make

progress, as in business. =She 'll get along in heaven

better than you or I.8

Mrs. Stowe.

AOlong6, prep. By the length of, as distinguished from

across. =Along the lowly lands.8

Dryden.

The kine... went along the highway.

1 Sam. vi. 12.

AOlong6. [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep.

phrase along of.)

Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep. phr.,

owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] =On me is not

along thin evil fare.8 Chaucer. =And all this is long of

you.8 Shak. =This increase of price is all along of the

foreigners.8 London Punch.

AOlong6shore7 (?), adv. Along the shore or coast.

AOlong6shore7man (?), n. See Longshoreman.

AOlong6side7 (?), adv. Along or by the side; side by side

with; P often with of; as, bring the boat alongside;

alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

AOlongst6 (?; 115), prep. & adv. [Formed fr. along, like

amongst fr. among.] Along. [Obs.]

AOloof6 (?), n. (Zo.l.) Same as Alewife.

AOloof6, adv. [Pref. aO + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so

meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof,

Luff.] 1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a

small distance; apart; away.

Our palace stood aloof from streets.

Dryden.

2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.

To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look

at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties.

I. Taylor.

AOloof6 (?), prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.]

Rivetus... would fain work himself aloof these rocks and

quicksands.

Milton.

AOloof6ness, n. State of being aloof.

Rogers (1642). 

The... aloofness of his dim forest life.

Thoreau.

{ X Al7oOpe6ciOa (?), AOlop6eOcy (?), } n. [L. alopecia, Gr.

?, fr. ? fox, because loss of the hair is common among

foxes.] (med.) Loss of the hair; baldness.

AOlop6eOcist (?), n. A practitioner who tries to prevent or

cure baldness.

AOlose6 (?), v. t. [OE. aloser.] To praise. [Obs.]

A6lose (?), n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo.l.) The

European shad (Clupea alosa); P called also allice shad or

allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American

shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

X Al7ouOatte6 (?), n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zo.l.) One of

the several species of howling monkeys of South America.

See Howler, 2.

AOloud6 (?), adv. [Pref. aO + loud.] With a loud voice, or

great noise; loudly; audibly.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice.

Isa. lviii. 1.

AOlow6 (?), adv. [Pref. aO + low.] Below; in a lower part.

=Aloft, and then alow.8

Dryden.

Alp (?), n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin;

cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or

lump: cf. F. Alpes.] 1. A very high mountain. Specifically,

in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe,

containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. 

Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.

Milton.

Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.

Pope.

2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be

surmounted.

5 The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. =The

Alps doth spit.8

Shak.

Alp, n. A bullfinch.

Rom. of R.

AlOpac6a (?), n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian name

of the animal. Cf. Paco.] 1. (Zo.l.) An animal of Peru (Lama

paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be

a domesticated variety of the llama.

2. Wool of the alpaca.

3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the

alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

Al6pen (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Alps. [R.] =The Alpen

snow.8

J. Fletcher.

X Al6penOstock7 (?), n. [G.; Alp, gen. pl. Alpen + stock

stick.] A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing

the Alps.

Cheever.

AlOpes6trine (?), a. [L. Alpestris.] Pertaining to the Alps,

or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

Al6pha (?), n. [L. alpha, Gr. ?, from Heb. >leph, name of

the first letter in the alphabet, also meaning ox.] The

first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and

hence used to denote the beginning.

In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first 

and the last.

Rev. xxii. 13.

Formerly used also denote the chief; as, Plato was the alpha

of the wits.

5 In cataloguing stars, the brightest star of a

constellation in designated by Alpha (?); as, ? Lyr..

Al6phaObet (?), n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? + ?, the first

two Greek letters; Heb. >leph and beth: cf. F. alphabet.] 1.

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order;

the series of letters or signs which form the elements of

written language.

2. The simplest rudiments; elements.

The very alphabet of our law.

Macaulay.

Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.

Al6phaObet, v. t. To designate by the letters of the

alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [R.]

Al7phaObetOa6riOan (?), n. A learner of the alphabet; an

abecedarian.

Abp. Sancroft.

{ Al7phaObet6ic (?), Al7phaObet6icOal (?), } a. [Cf. F.

alphab.tique.] 1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed

by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as,

alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

2. Literal. [Obs.] =Alphabetical servility.8

Milton.

Al7phaObet6icOalOly, adv. In an alphabetic manner; in the

customary order of the letters.

Al7phaObet6ics (?), n. The science of representing spoken

sounds by letters.

Al6phaObetOism (?), n. The expression of spoken sounds by an

alphabet.

Encyc. Brit.

Al6phaObetOize (?), v. t. 1. To arrange alphabetically; as,

to alphabetize a list of words.

2. To furnish with an alphabet.

AlOphen6ic (?), n. [F. alf.nic, alph.nic, Sp. alfe?ique, Ar.

alPf>nFd sweetness, sugar, fr. Per. f>nFd, p>nFd, sugar,

cheese preserved in sugar.] (Med.) The crystallized juice of

the sugarcane; sugar candy.

AlPphit6oOman7cy (?), n. [Gr. ? barley meal + Omancy: cf. F.

alphitomancie.] Divination by means of barley meal.

Knowles.

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AlOphon6sine (?), a. Of or relating to Alphonso X., the

Wise, King of Castile (1252P1284).

Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the

patronage of Alphonso the Wise.

Whewell.

Al6piOgene (?), a. [L. Alpes Alps + Ogen.] Growing in Alpine

regions.

Al6pine (?), a. [L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F.

Alpin.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty

mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

2. Like the Alps; lofty. =Gazing up an Alpine height.8

Tennyson.

Al6pinOist (?), n. A climber of the Alps.

{ Al6pist (?), Al6piOa (?), } n. [F.: cf. Sp. & Pg.

alpiste.] The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis),

used for feeding cage birds.

X Al6quiOfou (?), n. [Equiv. to arquifoux, F. alquifoux, Sp.

alquif"l, fr. the same Arabic word as alcohol. See Alcohol.]

A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters

to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore. 

AlOread6y (?), adv. [All (OE. al) + ready.] Prior to some

specified time, either past, present, or future; by this

time; previously. =Joseph was in Egypt already.8

Exod. i. 5.

I say unto you, that Elias is come already.

Matt. xvii. 12.

5 It has reference to past time, but may be used for a

future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be

already completed, or will have been already completed.

Als (?), adv. 1. Also. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. As. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

AlOsa6tian (?), a. Pertaining to Alsatia.

AlOsa6tian, n. An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in

Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors

and criminals) in London.

X Al7 se6gno (?). [It., to the mark or sign.] (Mus.) A

direction for the performer to return and recommence from

the sign ?.

Al6sike (?), n. [From Alsike, in Sweden.] A species of

clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

Al6so (?), adv. & conj. [All + so. OE. al so, AS. ealsw>,

alsw?, .lsw.; eal, al, .l, all + sw> so. See All, So, As.]

1. In like manner; likewise. [Obs.]

2. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven... for where your

treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matt. vi. 20.

3. Even as; as; so. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Syn. - Also, Likewise, Too. These words are used by way of

transition, in leaving one thought and passing to another.

Also is the widest term. It denotes that what follows is all

so, or entirely like that which preceded, or may be affirmed

with the same truth; as, =If you were there, I was there

also;8 8If our situation has some discomforts, it has also

many sources of enjoyment.8 Too is simply less formal and

pointed than also; it marks the transition with a lighter

touch; as, =I was there too;8 8a courtier yet a patriot

too.8 Pope. Likewise denotes literally =in like manner,8 and

hence has been thought by some to be more specific than

also. =It implies,8 says Whately, =some connection or

agreement between the words it unites. We may say, ? He is a

poet, and likewise a musician; 'but we should not say, ? He

is a prince, and likewise a musician, because there is no

natural connection between these qualities.8 This

distinction, however, is often disregarded.

Alt (?), a. & n. [See Alto.] (Mus.) The higher part of the

scale. See Alto.

To be in ~, to be in an exalted state of mind.

AlOta6ian (?), AlOta6ic (?), a. [Cf. F. alta.que.] Of or

pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

Al6tar (?), n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.

altaria, ~, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F.

autel. Cf. Altitude.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or

oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are

offered or incense burned to a deity.

Noah builded an altar unto the Lord.

Gen. viii. 20.

2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood,

or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;

the communion table.

5 Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a

compound; as, altar bread or altarPbread.

w cloth or wPcloth, the cover for an ~ in a Christian

church, usually richly embroidered. P w cushion, a cushion

laid upon the ~ in a Christian church to support the service

book. P w frontal. See Frontal. P w rail, the railing in

front of the ~ or communion table. P w screen, a wall or

partition built behind an ~ to protect it from approach in

the rear. P w tomb, a tomb resembling an ~ in shape, etc. P

Family ~, place of family devotions. P To ?ead (as a bride)

to the ~, to marry; P said of a woman.

Al6tarOage (?), n. [Cf. OF. auterage, autelage.] 1. The

offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.

2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the

altar, from the small tithes.

Shipley.

Al6tarOist (?), n. [Cf. LL. altarista, F. altariste.] (Old

Law) (a) A chaplain. (b) A vicar of a church.

Al6tarOpiece7 (?), n. The painting or piece of sculpture

above and behind the altar; reredos.

Al6tarOwise7 (?), adv. In the proper position of an altar,

that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the

north and south.

Shipley.

AltOaz6iOmuth (?), n. [Alltude + azimuth.] (Astron.) An

instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

Al6ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Altering.] [F. alt.rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other,

alius other. Cf. Else, Other.] 1. To make otherwise; to

change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary;

to modify. =To alter the king's course.8 =To alter the

condition of a man.8 =No power in Venice can alter a

decree.8

Shak. 

It gilds all objects, but it alters none.

Pope.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is

gone out of my lips.

Ps. lxxxix. 34.

2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.]

Milton.

3. To geld. [Colloq.]

Syn. - Change, Alter. Change is generic and the stronger

term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution

of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a

partial change, or a change in form or details without

destroying identity.

Al6ter, v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to

vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks

or minerals alter by exposure. =The law of the Medes and

Persians, which altereth not.8

Dan. vi. 8.

Al7terOaObil6iOty (?), n. [Cf. F. alt.rabilit..] The quality

of being alterable; alterableness.

Al6terOaOble (?), a. [Cf. F. alt.rable.] Capable of being

altered.

Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain,

alterable by a thousand accidents.

Rogers.

Al6terOaObleOness, n. The quality of being alterable;

variableness; alterability.

Al6terOaObly, adv. In an alterable manner.

Al6terOant (?), a. [LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. alt.rant.]

Altering; gradually changing.

Bacon.

Al6terOant, n. An alterative. [R.]

Chambers.

Al7terOa6tion (?), n. [Cf. F. alt.ration.] 1. The act of

altering or making different.

Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it

incoveniences.

Hooker.

2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or

nature of a thing; changed condition.

Ere long might perceive

Strange alteration in me.

Milton.

Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who

had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that

council degenerated into a most corrupt.

Swift.

Al6terOaOtive (?), a. [L. alterativus: cf. F. alt.ratif.]

Causing alteration. Specifically: (Med.) Gradually changing,

or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into

one of health.

Burton.

Al6terOaOtive, n. A medicine or treatment which gradually

induces a change, and restores healthy functions without

sensible evacuations.

Al6terOcate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Altercated; p. pr. &

vb. n. Altercating.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare,

altercari, fr. alter another. See Alter.] The contend in

words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

Al7terOca6tion (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr. L.

altercatio.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on

with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

=Stormy altercations.8 

Macaulay.

Syn. - Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle. The term dispute is in

most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal

contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An

altercation is an angry dispute between two parties,

involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a

confused and noisy altercation.

Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling

and altercation.

Hakewill.

Al6terOcaOtive (?), a. Characterized by wrangling; scolding.

[R.]

Fielding.

AlOter6iOty (?), n. [F. alt.rit..] The state or quality of

being other; a being otherwise. [R.]

For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity)

rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented.

Coleridge.

Al6tern (?), a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F.

alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate.

Milton.

w base (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction a

side previously regarded as base.

AlOter6naOcy (?), n. Alternateness; alternation. [R.]

Mitford.

AlOter6nant (?), a. [L. alternans, p. pr.: cf. F. alternant.

See Alternate, v. t.] (Geol.) Composed of alternate layers,

as some rocks.

AlOter6nate (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate,

fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter.] 1. Being or succeeding by

turns; one following the other in succession of time or

place; by turns first one and then the other; hence,

reciprocal. 

And bid alternate passions fall and rise.

Pope.

2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly

intervene between the members of another series, as the odd

or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second;

as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read every

alternate line.

3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different

heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects

angular divergence.

Gray.

w alligation. See Alligation. P w angles (Geom.), the

internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on

opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by

the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and

GHC, are called alternate angles. P w generation. (Biol.)

See under Generation.

AlOter6nate (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with

something else; vicissitude. [R.]