Ala
A´la, n. ; pl. Alae . [L., a wing.] (Biol.) A winglike organ, or part.

Alabama period
Al•a•ba"ma pe"ri•od . (Geol.) A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

Alabaster
Al´a•bas´ter, n. [L. alabaster, Gr., said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. albâtre.]
1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. (b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; — so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke.

Alabastrian
Al•a•bas´tri•an, a. Alabastrine.

Alabastrine
Al•a•bas´trine, a. Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Alabastrum
Al•a•bas´trum, n. ; pl. Alabastra . [NL.] (Bot.) A flower bud. Gray.

Alack
A•lack´, interj. [Prob. from ah! lack! OE. lak loss, failure, misfortune. See Lack.] An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet.] Shak.

Alacrify
A•lac´ri•fy, v. t. [L. alacer, alacris, lively + -fly.] To rouse to action; to inspirit.

Alacrious
A•lac´ri•ous, a. [L. alacer, alacris.] Brisk; joyously active; lively.
"’T were well if we were a little more alacrious." - Hammond.

Alacriously
A•lac´ri•ous•ly, adv. With alacrity; briskly.

Alacriousness
A•lac´ri•ous•ness, n. Alacrity. [Obs.] Hammond.

Alacrity
A•lac´ri•ty, n. [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.] A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
"I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have." - Shak.

Aladinist
A•lad´in•ist, n. [From Aladin, for Ala Eddin, i. e., height of religion, a learned divine under Mohammed II. and Bajazet II.] One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

Alalia
A•la´li•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. priv. + a talking; cf. speechless.] (Med.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

Alalonga
Al•a•lon´ga, or Al•i•lon´ghi, n. (Zoöl.) The tunny. See Albicore.

Alamodality
Al•a•mo•dal´i•ty, n. The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey.

Alamode
Al´a•mode, adv. & a. [F. à la mode after the fashion.] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beef shops." Macaulay.

Alamode
Al´a•mode, n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; — often called simply mode. Buchanan.

Alamort
Al•a•mort´, a. [F. à la mort to the death. Cf. Amort.] To the death; mortally.

Aland
A•land´, adv. [Pref. a. + land.] On land; to the land; ashore. "Cast aland." Sir P. Sidney.

Alanine
Al´a•nine, n. [ Aldehyde + the ending -ine. The -n- is a euphonic insertion.] (Chem.) A white crystalline base, C₃H₇NO₂, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

Alantin
A•lan´tin, n. [G. alant elecampane, the Inula helenium of Linnaeus.] (Chem.) See Inulin.

Alarm
A•larm´ (a•lärm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all’ arme to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf. Alarum.]
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
"Arming to answer in a night alarm." - Shak.
2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
"Sound an alarm in my holy mountain." - Joel ii. 1.
3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak.
"Thy palace fill with insults and alarms." - Pope.
4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
"Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp." - Macaulay.
5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. — Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. — Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. — Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm.
Syn. — Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension; consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude. — Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These words express different degrees of fear at the approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited, producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive fear, which usually benumbs the faculties. Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.

Alarm
A•larm´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alarmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alarming.] [ Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
"Alarmed by rumors of military preparation." - Macaulay.

Alarmed
A•larmed´, a. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
"The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air." - Longfellow.

Alarmedly
A•larm´ed•ly, adv. In an alarmed manner.

Alarming
A•larm´ing, a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as an alarming crisis or report. — A•larm"ing•ly, adv.

Alarmist
A•larm´ist, n. [Cf. F. alarmiste.] One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay.

Alarum
A•lar´um ( 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n.] See Alarm. [Now Poetic] The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)

Alas
A•las´, interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. helas; a interj. (L. a. .) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus weary, akin to E. late. See Late.] An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; — in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

Alation
A•la´tion, n. [F., fr. L. alatus winged.] The state of being winged.

Alaunt
A•launt´, n. See Alan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Albacore
Al´ba•core, n. (Zoöl.) See Albicore.

Albanian
Al•ba´ni•an, a. Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. — n. A native of Albania.

Albata
Al•ba´ta, n. [L. albatus, p. p. of albare to make white, fr. albus white.] A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

Albeit
Al•be´it, conj. [OE. al be although it be, where a. is our all. Cf. Although.] Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer.
"Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth." - Tennyson.

Albertite
Al´bert•ite, n. (Min.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. bert, New Brunswick.

Albertype
Al´ber•type, n. [From the name of the inventor, Albert, of Munich.] A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

Albescence
Al•bes´cence, n. The act of becoming white; whitishness.

Albescent
Al•bes´cent, a. [L. albescens, p. pr. of albescere to grow white, fr. albus white.] Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.

Albicant
Al´bi•cant, a. [L. albicans, p. pr. of albicare, albicatum, to be white, fr. albus white.] Growing or becoming white.

Albication
Al•bi•ca´tion, n. The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.

Albicore
Al´bi•core, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article a. : cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zoöl.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species ( Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

Albification
Al•bi•fi•ca´tion, n. [Cf. F. albification: L. albus white + ficare (only in comp.), facere, to make.] The act or process of making white. [Obs.] { Al•bi•gen´ses, Al•bi•geois´ } n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.

Albigensian
Al•bi•gen´sian, a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

Albiness
Al•bi´ness, n. A female albino. Holmes.

Albinism
Al´bi•nism, n. The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

Albinistic
Al•bi•nis´tic, a. Affected with albinism.

Albino
Al•bi´no ( 277), n. ; pl. Albinos . [Sp. or Pg. albino, orig. whitish, fr. albo white, L. albus.] A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc. The term was originally applied by the Portuguese to negroes met with on the coast of Africa, who were mottled with white spots.

Albinoism
Al•bi´no•ism, n. The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

Albinotic
Al•bi•not´ic, a. Affected with albinism.

Albion
Al´bi•on, n. [Prob. from the same root as Gael. alp a height or hill. "It may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul. Albany, the old name of Scotland, means probably the "hilly land." I. Taylor.] An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
"In that nook-shotten isle of Albion." - Shak.

Albite
Al´bite, n. [L. albus white.] (Min.) A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

Alborak
Al´bo•rak ( 277), n. [Ar. al- buraq, fr. baraqa to flash, shine.] The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

Albugineous
Al•bu•gin´e•ous, a. [See Albugo.] Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; — a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

Albumen
Al•bu´men, n. [L., fr. albus white.]
1. The white of an egg.
2. (Bot.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
3. (Chem.) Same as Albumin.

Albuminate
Al•bu´mi•nate, n. (Chem.) A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Albuminiferous
Al•bu•mi•nif´er•ous, a. [L. albumen + -ferous.] Supplying albumen.

Albuminimeter
Al•bu•mi•nim´e•ter, n. [L. albumen, albuminis + -meter: cf. F. albuminimètre.] An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.

Albuminin
Al•bu´mi•nin, n. (Chem.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds’ eggs.

Albuminiparous
Al•bu•mi•nip´a•rous, a. [L. albumen + parere to bear, bring forth.] Producing albumin.

Albuminoid
Al•bu´mi•noid, a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.) Resembling albumin. — n. One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. Brunton.

Albuminoidal
Al•bu•mi•noid´al, a. (Chem.) Of the nature of an albuminoid.

Albuminose
Al•bu´mi•nose, n. (Chem.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone. { Al•bu´mi•nous, Al•bu´mi•nose• } a. [Cf. F. albumineux.] Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. — Al•bu´mi•nous•ness, n.

Albuminuria
Al•bu•mi•nu´ri•a, n. [NL., fr. L. albumen + Gr. urine.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

Albumose
Al´bu•mose, n. [From albumin.] (Chem.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as anti albumose, hemi albumose.

Alburn
Al´burn, n. [L. alburnus, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Auburn.] (Zoöl.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

Alburnous
Al•bur´nous, a. Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as alburnous substances.

Alburnum
Al•bur´num, n. [L., fr. albus white.] (Bot.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

Albyn
Al´byn, n. [See Albion.] Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.

Alcalde
Al•cal´de, n. [Sp. alcalde, fr. Ar. al-qadi judge, fr. qada to decide, judge. Hence, the cadi of the Turks. Cf. Cadi.] A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott. Sometimes confounded with Alcaid.

Alcalimeter
Al•ca•lim´e•ter, n. See Alkalimeter.

Alcayde
Al•cayde´ (al•kad"), n. Same as Alcaid.

Alcedo
Al•ce´do, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. . See Halcyon.] (Zoöl.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher ( Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon. { Al•chem´ic, Al•chem´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. alchimique.] Of or relating to alchemy.

Alchemist
Al´che•mist, n. [Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste.] One who practices alchemy.
"You are alchemist; make gold." - Shak.
{ Al•che•mis´tic, Al•che•mis´tic•al } a. Relating to or practicing alchemy.
"Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators." - Burke.

Alchemistry
Al´che•mis•try, n. Alchemy. [Obs.]

Alchemize
Al´che•mize, v. t. To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace.

Alchemy
Al´che•my, n. [OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar. al-kimia, 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. geótan, 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.

Alcoholature
Al•co•hol´a•ture, n. [Cf. F. alcoolature.] (Med.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng. Dict.

Alcoholic
Al•co•hol´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.

Alcoholic
Al•co•hol´ic, n.
1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.

Alcoholism
Al´co•hol•ism, n. [Cf. F. alcoolisme.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

Alcoholization
Al•co•hol•i•za´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.

Alcoholize
Al´co•hol•ize, 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•co•hol•om´e•ter, Al•co•hol´me•ter } n. [ Alcohol + -meter.] (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.

Alcoholometry
Al•co•hol´om´e•try, n. The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

Alcohometer
Al•co•hom´e•ter, n. , Al•co•ho•met´ric a. Same as Alcoholometer Alcoholometric.

Alcoranist
Al•co•ran´ist, n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

Alcornoque
Al•cor•no´que, n. [Sp., cork tree.] The bark of several trees, esp. of Bowdichia virgilioides of Brazil, used as a remedy for consumption; of Byrsonima crassifolia, used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or of Quercus ilex, the cork tree.

Alcove
Al´cove ( 277), n. [F. alcôve, Sp. or Pg. alcoba, from Ar. al-quobbah 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 alcove or recess in an apartment.
"The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove." - Falconer.

Alcyon
Al´cy•on, n. See Halcyon.

Alcyones
Al•cy´o•nes, n. pl. [L., pl. of Alcyon.] (Zoöl.) The kingfishers.

Alcyonium
Al•cy•o´ni•um, n. [Gr. a zoöphyte, so called from being like the halcyon’s nest.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Alcyonoid
Al´cy•o•noid, a. [Gr. + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. — n. A zoöphyte of the order Alcyonaria.

Alday
Al´day, adv. Continually. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Aldebaran
Al•deb´a•ran, n. [Ar. al- debaran, 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 high Above the shiny Cassiopeia’s chair." - Spenser.

Aldehyde
Al´de•hyde, n. [Abbrev. fr. a. cohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation. 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. Aldehyde ammonia (Chem.), a compound formed by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.

Aldehydic
Al•de•hy´dic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as aldehydic acid. Miller.

Alder
Al´der (al"der), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS. alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli, Swed. a. , 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 alder. (a) A European shrub ( Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly ( Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries. { Al´der (al"der), Al´ler (al"ler), } a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; — used in composition; as alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Alder fly
Al"der fly.
1. Any of numerous neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have aquatic larvae, which are used for bait.
2. (Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.

Alder-liefest
Al•der-lief´est (al•der•lef"est), a. [For allerliefest dearest of all. See Lief.] Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.

Aldermanic
Al´der•man´ic, a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

Aldermanity
Al•der•man´i•ty, n.
1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.
2. The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]

Aldermanlike
Al•der•man•like, a. Like or suited to an alderman.

Aldermanly
Al´der•man•ly, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

Aldermanly
Al´der•man•ly, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. "An aldermanly discretion." Swift.

Aldermanry
Al´der•man•ry, n.
1. The district or ward of an alderman.
2. The office or rank of an alderman. [R.] B. Jonson.

Aldermanship
Al´der•man•ship, n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.

Aldern
Al´dern, a. Made of alder.

Alderney
Al´der•ney, 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.

Aldol
Al´dol, n. [ Aldehyde + - ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C₄H₈O₂, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

Ale (al), n. [AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. öl, Lith. alus a kind of beer, OSlav. olu 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. 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. "At wakes and ales." B. Jonson."On ember eves and holy ales." Shak.

Ale silver
Ale" sil•ver . A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

Aleak
A•leak´, adv. & a. [Pref. a. + leak.] In a leaking condition.

Aleatory
A´le•a•to•ry, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die.] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as an aleatory contract. Bouvier.

Alebench
Ale´bench, n. A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.

Aleberry
Ale´ber•ry, n. [OE. alebery, alebrey; ale + bre broth, fr. AS. briw pottage.] A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
"Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl."

Alecithal
A•lec´i•thal, a. [Gr. ’a priv. + yelk.] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

Aleconner
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 inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

Alectoromachy
A•lec•to•rom´a•chy, n. [Gr. cock + fight.] Cockfighting.

Alectoromancy
A•lec´to•ro•man•cy, n. See Alectryomancy.

Alectryomancy
A•lec´try•o•man•cy, n. [Gr. cock + -mancy.] 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.

Alee
A•lee´, adv. [Pref. a. + 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 alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

Alegar
Al´e•gar, n. [ Ale + eager sour, F. aigre. Cf. Vinegar.] Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil.

Alegge
A•legge´, v. t. [OE. aleggen, alegen, OF. alegier, F. alleger, fr. LL. alleviare, for L. allevare to lighten; a. + levis light. Cf. Alleviate, Allay, Allege.] To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.]
"That shall alegge this bitter blast." - Spenser.

Alehouse
Ale´house, n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.

Ale-knight
Ale´-knight, n. A pot companion. [Obs.]

Alem
Al´em, n. [Turk. ’alem, fr. Ar. ’alam.] (Mil.) The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire. { A•lep"po boil, button, or evil }. (Med.) A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

Alemannic
Al•e•man´nic, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.

Alemannic
Al•e•man´nic, n. The language of the Alemanni.
"The Swabian dialect … is known as the Alemannic." - Amer. Cyc.

Alembic
A•lem´bic (a•lem"bik), n. [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anbiq, fr. Gr. ’a•mbix 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.

Alençon lace
A•len•çon" lace" . See under Lace.

Alepidote
A•lep´i•dote, a. [Gr. ’a priv. +,, a scale.] (Zoöl.) Not having scales. — n. A fish without scales.

Alepole
Ale´pole, n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]

Aleppo grass. (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.

Alertly
A•lert´ly, adv. In an alert manner; nimbly.

Alertness
A•lert´ness, n. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

Alestake
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 "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.

Aletaster
Ale´tast•er, n. See Aleconner. [Eng.]

Alethoscope
A•leth´o•scope, 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.

Aleuromancy
A•leu´ro•man•cy, n. [Gr. wheaten flour + -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie.] Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.

Aleurometer
Al•eu•rom´e•ter, n. [Gr. flour + -meter.] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

Aleuronat
A•leu´ro•nat, n. [See Aleurone.] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

Aleuronic
Al•eu•ron´ic, a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. { A•leu´tian, A•leu´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.

Alevin
Al´e•vin, n. [F. alevin, OF. alever to rear, fr. L. a. + levare to raise.] Young fish; fry.

Alew
A•lew´, n. Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.

Alewife
Ale´wife, n. ; pl. Alewives . A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

Alewife
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, "Phil Trans." No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam’s "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Alexanders
Al•ex•an´ders, Al•i•san´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; — called also horse parsely.

Alexandrian
Al•ex•an´dri•an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as the Alexandrian library.
2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.

Alexipyretic
A•lex•i•py•ret´ic, a. [Gr. + burning heat, fever, fire.] (Med.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. — n. A febrifuge. { A•lex•i•ter´ic, A•lex•i•ter´ic•al } a. [Gr. fit to keep off or help, fr. one who keeps off, helper; to keep off: cf. F. alexitère.] (Med.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

Alexiteric
A•lex•i•ter´ic, n. [Gr. a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. alexitère, LL. alexiterium.] (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

Alfa
Al´fa or Al"fa grass", n. A plant ( Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also its fiber, used in paper making.

Alfalfa
Al•fal´fa, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ( Medicago sativa); — so called in California, Texas etc.

Alfenide
Al´fe•nide, n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

Alferes
Al•fe´res, n. [Sp., fr. Ar. al- fars knight.] An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Alfet
Al´fet, n. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. alfaet a pot to boil in; a. burning + faet vat.] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

Alfilaria
Al•fil•a•ri´a, n. (Bot.) The pin grass ( Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

Alfione
Al•fi•o´ne, n. (Zoöl.) An edible marine fish of California ( Rhacochilus toxotes).

Alforja
Al•for´ja, n. [Also alfarga, alforge.] [Sp.] A saddlebag. [Sp. Amer.]

Alfresco
Al•fres´co, adv. & a. [It. al fresco in or on the fresh.] In the open-air. Smollett.

Alga
Al´ga, n. ; pl. Algae . [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 confervae, etc.

Algal
Al´gal, a. , (Bot.) Pertaining to, or like, algae.

Algaroba
Al•ga•ro´ba, n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharrbah. 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´ga•rot, Al´ga•roth } 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.

Algebra
Al´ge•bra, n. [LL. algebra, fr. Ar. al-jebr reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers, fr. jabara to bind together, consolidate; al-jebr w’almuqabalah reduction and comparison (by equations): cf. F. algèbre, 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•ge•bra´ic, Al•ge•bra´ic•al } 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 coördinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; — opposed to a transcendental curve.

Algebraically
Al•ge•bra´ic•al•ly, adv. By algebraic process.

Algebraist
Al´ge•bra•ist, n. One versed in algebra.

Algebraize
Al´ge•bra•ize, v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Algerian
Al•ge´ri•an, a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. — n. A native of Algeria.

Algerine
Al•ge•rine´, a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Algerine
Al•ge•rine´, n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. also a pirate.

Algid
Al´gid, a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

Algidity
Al•gid´i•ty, n. Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and collapse.

Algidness
Al´gid•ness, n. Algidity. [Obs.]

Algific
Al•gif´ic, a. [L. algificus, fr. algus cold + facere to make.] Producing cold.

Algin
Al´gin, n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain algae.

Algoid
Al´goid, a. [L. alga + - oid.] Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

Algol
Al´gol, n. [Ar. al-ghul destruction, calamity, fr. ghala to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa’s head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Algological
Al•go•log´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to algology; as algological specimens.

Algologist
Al•gol´o•gist, n. One learned about algae; a student of algology.

Algology
Al•gol´o•gy, n. [L. alga seaweed + -logy.] (Bot.) The study or science of algae or seaweeds. { Al•gon´quin, Al•gon´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.

Algometer
Al•gom´e•ter, n. [Gr. pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. — Al•gom´e•try (#), n. — Al•go•met´ric (#), •met´ric•al (#), a. — Al•go•met´ric•al•ly, adv.

Algonkian
Al•gon´ki•an, a.
1. Var. of Algonquian.
2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archaean and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. — n. The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems.

Algor
Al´gor, n. [L.] (Med.) Cold; chilliness. { Al´go•rism, Al´go•rithm } n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al- Khowarezmi of Khowarezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja’far Mohammed ben Musa, 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.

Algous
Al´gous, a. [L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed.] Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.

Alguazil
Al•gua•zil´, n. [Sp. alguacil, fr. Ar. alwazir the vizier. Cf. Vizier.] An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.

Alhenna
Al•hen´na, n. See Henna.

Alibi
Al´i•bi, 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.

Alible
Al´i•ble, a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.] Nutritive; nourishing.

Alicant
Al´i•cant, n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; — said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.

Alidade
Al´i•dade, n. [LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-’idada 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 instrument Whewell.

Alien
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; — followed by from or sometimes by to; as principles alien from our religion.
"An alien sound of melancholy." - Wordsworth.
Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.

Alien
Al´ien, n.
1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess 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.

Alien
Al´ien, v. t. [F. aliener, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." Sir M. Hale.
"The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of … the marriage." - Clarendon.

Alienability
Al•ien•a•bil´i•ty, n. Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.

Alienable
Al´ien•a•ble, a. [Cf. F. alienable.] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

Alienage
Al´ien•age, n. [Cf. OF. alienage.]
1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. 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.

Alienate
Al´ien•ate (al"y en•at), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See Alien, and cf. Aliene.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; — with from.
"O alienate from God." - Milton.

Alienate
Al´ien•ate (-at), 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; — 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.

Alienate
Al´ien•ate, n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]

Alienation
Al•ien•a´tion, n. [F. alienation, 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.

Aliene
Al•iene, v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as to aliene an estate.

Alienee
Al´ien•ee´, n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; — opposed to alienor.
"It the alienee enters and keeps possession." - Blackstone.

Alienism
Al´ien•ism, 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.

Alienist
Al´ien•ist, n. [F. alieniste.] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.

Alienor
Al•ien•or´, n. [OF. alieneur.] One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone. { Al•i•eth´moid, Al•i•eth•moid´al } a. [L. ala wing + E. ethomoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

Alife
A•life´, adv. [Cf. lief dear.] On my life; dearly. [Obs.] "I love that sport alife." Beau. & Fl.

Aliferous
A•lif´er•ous, a. [L. ala wing + -ferous.] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]

Aliform
Al´i•form, a. [L. ala wing + -form.] Wing-shaped; winglike.

Aligerous
A•lig´er•ous, a. [L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry.] Having wings; winged. [R.]

Alight
A•light´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alighted sometimes Alit ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. alihtan; pref. a. (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lihtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. liht, 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.]

Alight
A•light´, a. [Pref. a. + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight." Dickens.

Align
A•lign´, v. t. [F. aligner; à (L. a. ) + 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.

Align
A•lign´, v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.

Alignment
A•lign´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 ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

Alike
A•like´ (a•lik), a. [AS. onlic, gelic; pref. a + 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.

Alike
A•like´, adv. [AS. gelice, onlice.] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as we are all alike concerned in religion.

Alike-minded
A•like´-mind•ed, a. Like- minded. [Obs.]

Aliment
Al´i•ment, 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 their sloth and weakness." - Bacon.
2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]

Aliment
Al´i•ment, v. t.
1. To nourish; to support.
2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]

Alimental
Al•i•men´tal, a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as alimental sap.

Alimentally
A•li•men´tal•ly, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.

Alimentariness
Al•i•men´ta•ri•ness, n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

Alimentary
Al•i•men´ta•ry, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as alimentary substances. Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

Alimentation
Al•i•men•ta´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.

Alimentiveness
Al•i•men´tive•ness, n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

Alimonious
Al•i•mo´ni•ous, a. Affording food; nourishing. [R.] "Alimonious humors." Harvey.

Alimony
Al´i•mo•ny, 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.

Alinasal
Al•i•na´sal, a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

Aline
A•line´, v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.

Alineation
A•lin•e•a´tion, n. See Allineation.

Alioth
Al´i•oth, n. [Ar. alyat the tail of a fat sheep.] (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.

Aliped
Al´i•ped, a. [L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. alipède.] (Zoöl.) Wing-footed, as the bat. — n. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.

Aliphatic
Al•i•phat´ic, a. [Gr.,, oil, fat.] (Org. Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; — applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

Aliquant
Al´i•quant, 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.

Aliquot
Al´i•quot, 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.

Aliseptal
Al•i•sep´tal, a. [L. ala wing + E. septal.] (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Alish
Al´ish, a. Like ale; as an alish taste. { Al•i•sphe´noid, Al•i•sphe•noid´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.

Alisphenoid
Al•i•sphe´noid, n. (Anat.) The alisphenoid bone.

Alitrunk
Al´i•trunk, n. [L. ala wing + truncus trunk.] (Zoöl.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.

Aliturgical
Al•i•tur´gic•al, a. [Pref. a. + liturgical.] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley.

Aliunde
A•li•un´de, adv. & a. [L.] (Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

Alive
A•live´, a. [OE. on live, AS. on life in life; life being dat. of lif 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! Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.

Alizarin
A•liz´a•rin, 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.

Alkahest
Al´ka•hest, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. — Al•ka•hes´tic, a.

Alkalamide
Al•kal•am´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•ka•les•cence, Al•ka•les´cen•cy } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.

Alkalescent
Al•ka•les´cent, a. [Cf. F. alcalescent.] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Alkali
Al´ka•li ( 277), n. ; pl. Alkalis or Alkalies . [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqali 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, ammonia, 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. — Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. — Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.

Alkali
Al´ka•li, n. Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. [Western U. S.]

Alkali flat. A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa.

Alkali soil. Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber’s salt), which is less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so called because water containing it dissolves humus, forming a dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.

Alkali waste. Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.

Alkalifiable
Al´ka•li•fi•a•ble, a. [Cf. F. alcalifiable.] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

Alkalify
Al´ka•li•fy ( 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alkalified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] [ Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier.] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

Alkalify
Al´ka•li•fy, v. i. To become changed into an alkali.

Alkalimeter
Al•ka•lim´e•ter, n. [ Alkali + -meter. cf. F. alcalimètre.] An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture. { Al•ka•li•met´ric, Al•ka•li•met´ric•al } a. Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

Alkalimetry
Al•ka•lim´e•try, n. [Cf. F. alcalimètrie.] (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

Alkaline
Al´ka•line ( 277), a. [Cf. F. alcalin.] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. — Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, caesium, lithium, rubidium. — Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.

Alkalinity
Al•ka•lin´i•ty, n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.

Alkalious
Al•ka´li•ous, a. Alkaline. [Obs.]

Alkalizate
Al´ka•li•zate, a. Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.

Alkalizate
Al´ka•li••zate, v. t. To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.

Alkalization
Al•ka•li•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. alcalisation.] The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

Alkalize
Al´ka•lize (al"ka•liz), 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´ka•loid (al"ka•loid), Al•ka•loid´al (al•ka•loid"al), } a. [ Alkali + -oid: cf. F. alcaloïde.] Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

Alkanet
Al´ka•net, n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alheña, in which a. 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.

Alkazar
Al•ka´zar . See Alcazar.

Alkermes
Al•ker´mes, n. [Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See Kermes.] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

All Fools’ Day
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• fours" [formerly, All• four".] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. To be, go, orrun, 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." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.

All Souls’ Day
All" Souls’ Day . 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.

Alla breve
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; — indicated in the time signature by .

Allah
Al´lah, n. [ contr. fr. the article a. the + ilah God.] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

All-a-mort
All•-a-mort´, a. See Alamort.

Allantoic
Al•lan•to´ic, a. [Cf. F. allantoïque.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin. { Al•lan´toid, Al•lan•toid´al } a. [Gr. shaped like a sausage; sausage + form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

Allantoin
Al•lan´to•in, n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; — formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. { Al•lan´to•is, Al•lan´toid } n. . (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, — in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Allatrate
Al´la•trate, v. i. [L. allatrare. See Latrate.] To bark as a dog. [Obs.] Stubbes.

Allayer
Al•lay´er, n. One who, or that which, allays.

Allayment
Al•lay´ment, n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]
"The like allayment could I give my grief." - Shak.

Allecret
Al´le•cret, n. [OF. alecret, halecret, hallecret.] A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. Fairholt.

Allect
Al•lect´, v. t. [L. allectare, freq. of allicere, allectum.] To allure; to entice. [Obs.]

Allectation
Al•lec•ta´tion, n. [L. allectatio.] Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Bailey.

Allective
Al•lec´tive, a. [LL. allectivus.] Alluring. [Obs.]

Allective
Al•lec´tive, n. Allurement. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Alledge
Al•ledge´, v. t. See Allege. [Obs.] This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the prevailing one.

Allegeance
Al•lege´ance, n. Allegation. [Obs.]

Allegement
Al•lege´ment, n. Allegation. [Obs.]
"With many complaints and allegements." - Bp. Sanderson.

Alleger
Al•leg´er, n. One who affirms or declares.

Allegge
Al•legge´, v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]

Allegheny
Al´le•ghe•ny, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al´le•gha•ny.
2. [From the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.] (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure.

Allegiance
Al•le´giance, n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. a. + 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. — Allegiance, Loyalty. These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the "powers 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 warm-hearted 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.

Allegorization
Al•le•gor´i•za´tion, n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

Allegorize
Al´le•go•rize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allegorized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. allegoriser, 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.

Allegorize
Al´le•go•rize, v. t. To use allegory. Holland.

Allegorizer
Al´le•go•ri•zer, n. One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

Allegory
Al´le•go•ry, 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. allegorie.]
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. — 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 branches" [ John xv. 1-6] is a spoken allegory. In the parable there is no transference of properties. The parable of the sower [ Matt. xiii. 3-23] 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 His apostles and disciples." C. J. Smith. An allegory is a prolonged metaphor. Bunyan’s "Pilgrim’s Progress" and Spenser’s "Faërie Queene" are celebrated examples of the allegory.

Allegretto
Al•le•gret´to, a. [It., dim. of allegro.] (Mus.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. — n. A movement in this time.

Allegro
Al•le´gro, a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively. Cf. Aleger.] (Mus.) Brisk, lively. — n. An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece. { Al•le•lu´ia, Al•le•lu´iah }, n. [L. alleluia, Gr., fr. Heb. hallelu-yah. 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.

Allemannic
Al•le•man´nic, a. See Alemannic.

Aller
Al´ler, a. [For ealra, the AS. gen. pl. of eal all.] Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Alleviate
Al•le´vi•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alleviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleviating.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. a. + levis light. See Alegge, Levity.]
1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.]
"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. ; — 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. — 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.

Alleviative
Al•le´vi•a•tive, a. Tending to alleviate. — n. That which alleviates.

Alleviator
Al•le´vi•a•tor, n. One who, or that which, alleviates.

Alleviatory
Al•le´vi•a•to•ry, a. Alleviative. Carlyle.

Alley
Al´ley, n. ; pl. Alleys . [OE. aley, alley, OF. alee, F. allee, 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.

Alley
Al´ley, n. ; pl. Alleys . [A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made.] A choice taw or marble. Dickens.

Alleyed
Al´leyed, a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

Alleyway
Al´ley•way n. An alley.

Allfours
All•fours´ . [All + four (cards).] A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."

All-hail
All•-hail´, v. t. To salute; to greet. [Poet.]
"Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor."" - Shak.

Allhallond
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]

Allhallow eve
All•hal"low eve (ev•). The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

Allhallown
All•hal´lown, a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

Allhallowtide
All•hal´low•tide, n. [AS. tid time.] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

Allheal
All´heal, n. A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

Alliable
Al•li´a•ble, a. Able to enter into alliance.

Alliaceous
Al•li•a´ceous, a. Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

Alliance
Al•li´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.

Alliance
Al•li´ance, v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]

Alliant
Al•li´ant, n. [Cf. F. alliant, p. pr.] An ally; a confederate. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton. { Al´lice, Al´lis }, n. (Zoöl.) The European shad ( Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

Allicient
Al•li´cient, a. [L. alliciens, p. pr. of allicere to allure; a. + lacere to entice.] That attracts; attracting. — n. That attracts. [Rare or Obs.]

Allied
Al•lied´, a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

Alligator
Al´li•ga•tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard ( el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zoöl.) 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. — Alligator fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish of northwestern America ( Podothecus acipenserinus). — Alligator gar (Zoöl.), 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. — Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See Avocado. — Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle (Zoöl.), a very large and voracious turtle ( Macrochelys lacertina) inhabiting 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. — Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies ( Guarea Swartzii).

Allignment
Al•lign´ment, n. See Alignment.

Allision
Al•li´sion, n. [L. allisio, fr. allidere, to strike or dash against; a. + laedere to dash against.] The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
"The boisterous allision of the sea." - Woodward.

Alliteral
Al•lit´er•al, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

Alliterate
Al•lit´er•ate, v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

Alliterate
Al•lit´er•ate, v. i. To compose alliteratively; also to constitute alliteration.

Alliteration
Al•lit•er•a´tion, n. [L. a. + 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: -
"Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness." - Milton.
"Fly o’er waste fens and windy fields." - Tennyson.
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon 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.

Alliterator
Al•lit´er•a•tor, n. One who alliterates.

Allium
Al´li•um, n. [L., garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

Allmouth
All´mouth, n. (Zoöl.) The angler.

Allness
All´ness, n. Totality; completeness. [R.]
"The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity." - R. Turnbull.

Allnight
All´night, n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.

Allocate
Al´lo•cate, v. t. [LL. allocatus, p. p. of allocare, fr. L. a. + locare to place. See Allow.]
1. To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.
2. To localize. [R.]

Allocatur
Al•lo•ca´tur, n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to allow.] (Law) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Allochroic
Al•lo•chro´ic, a. Changeable in color.

Allochroite
Al•loch´ro•ite, n. (Min.) See Garnet.

Allocution
Al•lo•cu´tion, n. [L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; a. + 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.

Allod
Al´lod, n. See Allodium.

Allodialism
Al•lo´di•al•ism, n. The allodial system.

Allodialist
Al•lo´di•al•ist, n. One who holds allodial land.

Allodially
Al•lo´di•al•ly, adv. By allodial tenure.

Allodiary
Al•lo´di•a•ry, n. One who holds an allodium.

Allodium
Al•lo´di•um, n. [LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis, of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. a. all, and t (AS. ead) 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.

Allogamous
Al•log´a•mous, a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy.

Allogamy
Al•log´a•my n. [Gr. other + marriage.] (Bot.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Allogeneous
Al•lo•ge´ne•ous, a. [Gr. .] Different in nature or kind. [R.]

Allograph
Al´lo•graph, n. [Gr. another + - graph.] A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; — opposed to autograph.

Allomerism
Al•lom´er•ism, n. [Gr. other + part.] (Chem.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Allomerous
Al•lom´er•ous, a. (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism.

Allomorph
Al´lo•morph, 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; — 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; — thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams.

Allomorphic
Al•lo•mor´phic, a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Allomorphism
Al•lo•mor´phism, n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

Allonge
Al•longe´, 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.

Allonge
Al•longe´, v. i. [F. allonger; à (L. a. ) + long (L. longus) long.] To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

Allonym
Al´lo•nym, 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.

Allonymous
Al•lon´y•mous, a. Published under the name of some one other than the author.

Alloo
Al•loo´, v. t. or i. [See Halloo.] To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]

Allopathic
Al•lo•path´ic, a. [Cf. F. allopathique.] Of or pertaining to allopathy.

Allopathically
Al•lo•path´ic•al•ly, adv. In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

Allopathist
Al•lop´a•thist, n. One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.

Allopathy
Al•lop´a•thy, 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; — a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy. { Al•lo•phyl´ic, Al•lo•phyl´i•an } a. [Gr. of another tribe; other + class or tribe.] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. J. Prichard.

Allot
Al•lot´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. a. ) + 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.

Allotment
Al•lot´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.]

Allotriophagy
Al•lo•tri•oph´a•gy (al•lo•tri•of"a•jy), n. [Gr. ’allo•trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie.] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food. { Al•lo•trop´ic (al•lo•trop"ik), Al•lo•trop´ic•al (-ik• al), } a. [Cf. F. allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. — Al•lo•trop´ic•al•ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

Allotrophic
Al•lo•troph´ic, a. [Gr. other + trophic.] (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; — said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; — opposed to autotrophic.

Allotropicity
Al•lot•ro•pic´i•ty, n. Allotropic property or nature. { Al•lot´ro•pism, Al•lot´ro•py } 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. 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.

Allotropize
Al•lot´ro•pize, v. t. To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]

Allottable
Al•lot´ta•ble, a. Capable of being allotted.

Allottee
Al•lot•tee´, n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

Allotter
Al•lot´ter, n. One who allots.

Allottery
Al•lot´ter•y, n. Allotment. [Obs.] Shak.

Allow
Al•low´, 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; a. + 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.

Allow
Al•low´, 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.

Allowable
Al•low´a•ble, 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.

Allowableness
Al•low´a•ble•ness, n. The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

Allowably
Al•low´a•bly, adv. In an allowable manner.

Allowance
Al•low´ance, 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.

Allowance
Al•low´ance, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allowancing .] [See Allowance, n. ] To put upon a fixed allowance (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.

Allower
Al•low´er, n.
1. An approver or abettor. [Obs.]
2. One who allows or permits.

Alloxan
Al•lox´an, 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.

Alloxanate
Al•lox´a•nate, n. (Chem.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Alloxanic
Al•lox•an´ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; — applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Alloxantin
Al•lox•an´tin, n. (Chem.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Alloy
Al•loy´, 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." F. Harrison.

Alloy
Al•loy´, 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.

Alloy
Al•loy´, v. t. To form a metallic compound.
"Gold and iron alloy with ease." - Ure.

Alloy steel
Al"loy steel. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

Alloyage
Al•loy´age, n. [F. aloyage.] The act or art of alloying metals; also the combination or alloy.

All-possessed
All•-pos•sessed´, a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [Colloq.] { All" Saints•, All" 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.

Allspice
All´spice, 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.

Allthing
All•thing, adv. [For in all (= every) thing.] Altogether. [Obs.] Shak.

Allude
Al•lude´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluding.] [L. alludere to play with, to allude; a. + ludere to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; — 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.

Allude
Al•lude´, v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. [Obs.] Wither.

Allumette
Al•lu•mette, n. [F., from allumer to light.] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

Alluminor
Al•lu´mi•nor, n. [OF. alumineor, fr. L. a. + liminare. See Luminate.] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

Allure
Al•lure´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring.] [OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. a. ) + 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. — 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.

Allure
Al•lure´, n. Allurement. [R.] Hayward.

Allure
Al•lure´, n. [F.; aller to go.] Gait; bearing.
"The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper’s Mag."

Allurement
Al•lure´ment, 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.

Allurer
Al•lur´er, n. One who, or that which, allures.

Alluring
Al•lur´ing, a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. — Al•lur´ing•ly, adv. — Al•lur´ing•ness, n.

Allusion
Al•lu´sion, 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.

Allusive
Al•lu´sive, a.
1. Figurative; symbolical.
2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

Allusively
Al•lu´sive•ly, adv. Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

Allusiveness
Al•lu´sive•ness, n. The quality of being allusive.

Allusory
Al•lu´so•ry, a. Allusive. [R.] Warburton.

Alluvial
Al•lu´vi•al, 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.

Alluvial
Al•lu´vi•al, n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Alluvion
Al•lu´vi•on, n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; a. + 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.

Allwork
All´work, n. Domestic or other work of all kinds; as a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

Ally
Al•ly´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Allying.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; a. + 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; — 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.
Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

Ally
Al•ly´, n. ; pl. Allies . [See Ally, v. ]
1. A relative; a kinsman. [Obs.] Shak.
2. One united to another by treaty or league; — 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.

Ally
Al´ly, n. See Alley, a marble or taw.

Allylene
Al´ly•lene, n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C₃H₄, homologous with acetylene; propine.

Alma
Al´ma, Al´mah, n. Same as Alme.

Almacantar
Al•ma•can´tar, 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. { Al•ma•di´a, Al´ma•die } n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma’diyah 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.

Almagra
Al•ma´gra, n. [Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar. a. - maghrah 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. { Al´main (al"man), Al´mayne (- man), Al´man (-m an), } 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.

Almandine
Al´man•dine, 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. { Al´me, Al´meh }, n. [Ar. ’ almah (fem.) learned, fr. ’alama to know: cf. F. almee.] An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.
"The Almehs lift their arms in dance." - Bayard Taylor.

Almendron
Al•men•dron´, n. [Sp., fr. almendra almond.] The lofty Brazil-nut tree.

Almery
Al´mer•y, n. See Ambry. [Obs.]

Almightiness
Al•might´i•ness, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.

Almighty
Al•might´y (al•mit"y), a. [AS. ealmihtig, aelmihtig; eal (OE. a. ) all + mihtig mighty.]
1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
"I am the Almighty God." - Gen. xvii. 1.
2. Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]
"Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, — so that he is in an almighty fix." - De Quincey.
The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8.

Almner
Alm´ner, n. An almoner. [Obs.] Spenser.

Almond
Alm´ond (ä"mund), n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. ’amygda•lh: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree. The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick- shelled 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 that 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. — Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. — Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. — Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. — Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ( Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

Almonry
Al´mon•ry, n. ; pl. Almonries . [OF. aumosnerie, F. aumônerie, fr. OF. aumosnier. See Almoner.] The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

Almost
Al´most, adv. [AS. ealmaest, aelmaest, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. a. ) all + mst 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. — Almost nothing, scarcely anything.

Almry
Alm´ry, n. See Almonry. [Obs.]

Almsfolk
Alms´folk, n. Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] Holinshed.

Almsgiver
Alms´giv•er, n. A giver of alms.

Almsgiving
Alms´giv•ing, n. The giving of alms.

Almshouse
Alms´house, n. A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

Almsman
Alms´man, n. ; fem. Almswoman.
1. A recipient of alms. Shak.
2. A giver of alms. [R.] Halliwell.

Alnage
Al´nage (al"naj), 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.

Aloft
A•loft´ ( 115), adv. [Pref. a. + loft, which properly meant air. See Loft.]
1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." 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.