2. Belonging to one who is not a citizen. 3. Estranged; || foreign; not allied; adverse to. ALIEN, (Beyen) . A foreigner; one born in, or belonging to, another country; one who is not entitled to the privileges of a citizen.

ALIEN, ale'yen) v. t. [L. alieno.] 1. To transfer ALIENE,e-yeen) title or property to another; to sell. 2. To estrange; to make averse or indifferent.In this sense, it is more common to use alienate. AL-IEN-A-BILI-TY, (ale'yen-a-bile-te) n. The capacity of being alienated or transferred. Burke. ALIEN-A-BLE, (ale'yen-a-bl) a. That may be sold, or transferred to another.

ALIEN-AGE, (ale'yen-aje) . The state of being an alien. & ALIEN-ATE, (ale'yen-âte) v. t. [L. alieno.] 1. To transfer title, property or right to another. 2. To estrange; to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted. ALIEN-ATE, a. (L. alienatus.] Estranged; withdrawn from stranger to.

ALIEN-ATE, n. A stranger; an alien ALIEN ATION, (le-yen-a'shun) n. [L. alienatio.] 1.

A transfer of title; or a legal conveyance of property to another. 2. The state of being alienated. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement. 4. Delirium; derangement of mental faculties; insan y. Hooker.

ALIEN A-TOR, s. One that alienates or transfers property. Warten.

AL-IEN-EE, a. One to whom the title to property is trans

ferred. Blackstone.

ALIEN-ISM, . Alienage. N. Y. Reports.
A-LIFE, ade. On my life. Shak.
A LIF ER-OUS, a. [L. aia and fero.]
AL/I-FORM, &. (Lale and forma.]

a wing.

Having wings. Having the shape of

Having wings.

A LIGEROUS, a. [L. ala and gero.]
A LIGGE. See ALEGGE.
A-LIGHT, (a-lite) v. i. [Sax. aliktan.] 1. To get down or
descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage. 2. To
descend and settle. 3. To fall or descend and lodge.
A-LIKE, [Sax. gelic.] Having resemblance or simili-
tade; similar.

A-LIKE, ade. In the same manner, form or degree.
A LIKE-MIND-ED, a. Having the same mind.
ALI-MENT, . [L'alimentum.] That which nourishes;
food; nutriment.

AL-I-MENTAL, 4. Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing.

ALI-MENTAL-LY, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food.

AL-I MENT'A-RI-NESS, n. The quality of supplying nu

triment

AL-IMENT A-RY, a. Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing.

ALIMENTATION, n. 1. The act or power of affording nutriment. 2. The state of being nourished. Johnson. AL-1- MỠ NI-OUS, «. Nourishing; affording food. [Little wond."

ALT MO-NY, . [L. alimonia.] An allowance made for the support of a woman, legally separated from her husband. Har katone.

AUT-PED, &. [L. ala and pes.] Wing-footed; having the tres connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing. ALI-PED, «. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; ss the bat. Dumeril.

ALIQUANT, 4. [L. aliquantum.] In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which does not measure anther number without a remainder. Thus 5 is an aligear part of 16.

ALIQUOT, &. (L.] An aliquot part of a number or quantry to one which will measure it without a remainder. The 3 an aliquot part of 15.

▲ Lisi, e. Like ale; having the qualities of ale. ↑ ALS-TURE, ■. Nourishment.

A LIVE, & Sax. geishan.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead : living. 2. In a state of action; unextinguished, undestroyed; unexpired; in force or operation. 3. Cheerfui; sprightly; lively; full of alacrity. 4. Susceptive; easily impressed; having lively feelings. ALKA-HEST, n. [Ar.] A universal dissolvent; a menatrum capable of dissolving every body.

AL KA LESCENCY, ». A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of an alkali. Ure. AL-KA-LESENT, a. Tending to the properties of an allightly alkaline.

ALKA-LI-FY, v. t. To form, or to convert into an alkal!.
ALKA-LI-FY, v. í. To become an alkali.
AL-KA-LIG'E-NOUS, a. [alkali, and Gr. yevvaw.] Produc-
ing or generating alkali.

AL-KA-LIM'E-TËR, n. [alkali, and Gr. Herpov.] An in
strument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies. Ure
AL KA-LINE, a. Having the properties of alkali.
AL-KA-LINI-TY ». The quality which constitutes an al-
kali. Thomson.

AL-KALI-OUS, a. Having the qualities of alkali. Kinnier AL'KA-LI-ZATE, a. Alkaline; impregnated with alkali.

Boyle.

ALKA-LI-ZATE, v. t. To make bodies alkaline. AL-KAL-I-ZATION, n. The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali.

ALKA-LIZE, v. t. To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to, by mixture. ALKA-NET, . The plant bugloss.

AL-KE-KEN GI, a. The winter cherry.

AL-KEN NA, or AL-HEN NA, n. Egyptian privet

AL-KERM ES, n. [Ar.] In pharmacy, a compound cor dial, derived from the Kermes berries.

AL-KER/VA, n. An Arabic name of the palma Christi. Quincy.

ALKO-RAN, n. [Ar. al, the, and koran, book. The Book, by way of eminence, as we say, the Bible.] The book which contains the Mohammedan doctrines of faith and practice.

AL-KO-RAN'ISH, a. Relating to the Alkoran. ALKO-RAN-IST, n. One who adheres strictly to the letter of the Alkoran, rejecting all comments. The Persians are generally Alkoranists; the Turks, Arabs, and Tartars admit a multitude of traditions.

AL-KUS'SA, n. A fish of the silurus kind. ALL, (awl) a. [Sax. eal; Dan. al; G. all; Sw. all.] 1. Ev. ery one, or the whole number of particulars. 2. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or de

gree.

ALL, adv. Wholly; completely; entirely.

ALL, n. 1. The whole number. 2. The whole; the en tire thing; the aggregate amount. This adjective is much used as a noun, and applied to persons or things.All in all is a phrase which signifies, all things to a person, or every thing desired.-At all is a phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences. He has no ambition at all; that is, not in the least degree.-All, in composition, enlarges the meaning, or adds force to a word; and it is generally more emphatical than most. In some instances, all is incorporated into words, as in almighty, already, always; but in most instances, it is an adjective prefixed to other words, but separated by a hyphen. ALL-ABANDONED, a. Abandoned by all. ALL-AB-HOR RED, a. Detested by all. Shak.

ALL-AC-COMPLISHED, 4. Fully accomplished; whose education is highly finished.

ALL-AD-MIRING, a. Wholly admiring. Shak.

ALL-AD-VISED, a. Advised by all. Warburton.
ALL-AP-PROVED, a. Approved by all. More.

ALL-A-TONING, a. Atoning for all. Dryden.

ALL-BEARING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous

ALL-BEAUTE-OUS, a. Perfectly beautifu. Pope.
ALL-BE-HOLD'ING, a. Beholding all things.

ALL-BLASTING, a. Blasting all; defaming or destroying

all. Marston.

ALL-BOUN TE-OUS, a. Perfectly bountiful; of infinite ALL-BOUN TI-FUL, bounty.

ALL-CHANGING, a. Perpetually changing. Shak. ALL-CHEERING, a. That cheers all; that gives gayety or cheerfulness to all. Shak.

ALL-COM-MANDING, a. Having command or sovereignty over all. Raleigh.

ALL-COM-PLYING, a. Complying in every respect. ALL-COM-POS/ING, a. That makes all tranquil or peaceful. Crashaw.

ALL-COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a. Comprehending all things.

Glanville.

ALL-DEVASTA-TING, a. Wasting every thing.
ALL-DE-VOUR ING, 4. Eating or consuming all. Pope
ALL-DIMMING, a. Obscuring every thing. Marston.
ALL-DIS-COVER-ING, 4. Discovering or disclosing every
thing. More.

ALL-DISGRACED, a. Completely disgraced. Shak.
ALL-DIS-PENSING, a. Dispensing all things; affording
dispensation or permission. Milton.

ALL-DI-VINE, a. Supremely excellent. Howell.

ALL-DI-VINING, a. Foretelling all things. Fanshaw
ALL-DREADED, a. Dreaded by all. Shak.
ALL-EF-FICIENT, a. Of perfect or unlimited efficacy or
efficiency.

ALL-ELÓ-QUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree.
ALL-EM-BRACING, a. Embracing all things. Crashaw.
LL-END'ING, a. Putting an end to all things. Shak.
ALL-EN-LIGHTEN-ING, a. Enlightening all things.
ALL-EN-RAGED, a. Highly enraged. Hall.

ALL-FLA MING, a. Flaming in all directions. Beaumont. ALL-FOOLS DAY, n. The first of April.

ALL-FOR-GIVING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all.
ÄLL-FOURS, n. A game at cards, played by two or four
persons. To go on all fours is to move or walk on four
legs, or on the two legs and two arms.

ALL GIVER, n. The Giver of all things. Milton.
ALL-GOOD', a. Completely good. Dryden.

ALL-GOOD, n. The name of the plant good-Henry.
ALL-GRACIOUS, a. Perfectly gracious.

ALL-GUIDING, a. Guiding or conducting all things.
ALL-HAIL, excl. [all, and Sax. hal, health.] All health; a
phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or
safety to the person addressed.

ALL-HAL LOW, n. All Saints' day, the first of NovemALL-HAL/LOWS, ber; a feast dedicated to all the

saints in general.

ALL-HAL LOW-TIDE, n. The time near All Saints, or November first.

ALL-HAPPY, a. Completely happy.

ALL-HEAL', n. The popular name of several plants.
ALL-HEALING, a. Healing all things. Selden.

ALL-HELPING, a. Assisting all. Selden.

ALL-HID'ING, a. Concealing all things. Shak.
ALL-HONORED, a. Honored by all. Shak.
ALL-HURTING, a. Hurting all things. Shak.

ALL-IDOL-I-ZING, a. Worshiping every thing. Crashaw.
ALL-IMI-TA-TING, a. Imitating every thing. More.
ALL-IN-FORM'ING, a. Actuating all by vital powers.
ALL-INTER-EST-ING, a. Interesting in the highest de-

gree.

ALL-IN-TERPRET-ING, a. Explaining all things. Milton.
ALL-JUDG'ING, a. Judging all possessing the sovereign
right of judging. Rowe.
ALL-JUST', a. Perfectly just.

ALL-KIND, a. Perfectly kind or benevolent.

ALL-KNOWING, a. Having all knowledge; omniscient.
Atterbury.

ALL-LICENSED, a. Licensed to every thing. Shak.
ALL-LOVING, a. Of infinite love. More.

ALL-MAKING, a. Making or creating all; omnific.
Dryden.

ALL-MA-TORING, a. Maturing all things. Dryden.
ALL-MERCI-FUL, a. Of perfect mercy or compassion.
ALL-MUR'DER-ING, a. Killing or destroying every thing.
ALL-O-BE'DI-ENT, a. Entirely obedient. Crashaw.
ALL-O-BEY'ING, a. Receiving obedience from all.
ALL-OB-LIVI-OUS, a. Causing total oblivion. Shak.
LL-OB-SCORING, a. Obscuring every thing. King.
ALL-PATIENT, a. Enduring every thing without mur-

murs.

ALL-PEN'E-TRA-TING, a. Penetrating every thing..
ALL-PERFECT, a. Completely perfect.

ALL-PERFECT-NESS, n. The perfection of the whole; entire perfection. More.

ALL-PIERCING, a. Piercing every thing. Marston.
ALL-POWER-FUL, a. Almighty; omnipotent. Swift.
ALL-PRAISED, a. Praised by all. Shak.
ALL-RULING, a. Governing all things. Milton.
ALL-SA-GACIOUS, a. Having all sagacity; of perfect dis-

cernment.

ALL-SAINTS'-DAY, n. The first day of November, called
also all-hallows; a feast in honor of all the saints.
ALL-SANCTI-FY-ING, a. Sanctifying the whole. West.
ALL-SAVING, a. Saving all. Selden.

ALL SEARCHING, a. Pervading and searching every thing. South.

ALL-SEEING, a. Seeing every thing. Dryden.
ALL-SEER', n. One that sees every thing. Shah.
ALL SHAKING, a. Shaking all things. Shak.
ALL-SHUNNED, a. Shunned by all. Shak.

ALL-SOULS-DAY, n. The second day of November; a
feast or solemnity held by the church of Rome, to suppli-
cate for the souls of the faithful deceased.
ALL-SPICE, n. The berry of the pimento.
ALL-SUF-FICIEN-CY, n. Complete or infinite ability.
ALL-SUF-FICIENT, a. Sufficient to every thing; infinite-
ly able. Hooker.

ALL SUF-FICIENT, n. The all-sufficient Being; God.
ALL-SUR-ROUNIVING, a. Encompassing the whole.
ALL-SUR-VEYING, R. Surveying every thing.
ALL-SUS-TAINING, a. Upholding all things.
ALL-TELLING, a. Telling or divulging every thing.
ALL-TRIUMPH-ING, 4. Triumphant every where or
over all. Jonson.

AL/LAN-ITE, n. A mineral. A siliceous oxyd of cerium AL-LAN-TOIS', or AL-LAN-TOID', n. [Gr. aðλas and tidos.] A thin membrane, situated between the chorion and amnios in quadrupeds.

ALLA-TRATE, v. t. [L. allatro.] To bark, as a dog. AL-LAY, v. t. [Sax. aleegan, alegan.] 1. To make quiet; to pacify, or appease. 2. To abate, mitigate, subdue, or destroy. 3. To obtund or repress as acrimony. 4. Formerly, to reduce the purity of; as, to allay metals. But, in this sense, alloy is now exclusively used. See ALLOY. ALLAY', n. 1. Formerly, a baser metal mixed with a finer; but, in this sense, it is now written alloy, which see. 2. That which allays, or abates the predominant qualities.

Newton.

AL-LAYED, (al-lade') pp. Layed at rest; quieted; tranquilized; abated; [reduced by mixture. Obs.] AL-LAYER, n. He, or that, which allays. AL-LAYING, ppr. Quieting; reducing to tranquillity; abating; [reducing by mixture. Obs.]

AL-LAY MENT, n. The act of quieting; a state of rest after disturbance; abatement; ease. Shak.

ALLE, (ally) n. The little auk, or black and white diver.
† AL-LEET', v. t. To entice. Huloet's Dict.
AL-LEET-ATION, n. Allurement; enticement. Coles.
AL-LEET IVE, a. Alluring. Chaucer.
AL-LECTIVE, n. Allurement. Eliot.

AL-LEDGE, (al-ledj') v. t. [L. allego.] 1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; to pronounce with positiveness. 2. To produce as an argument, plea, or excuse; to cite or quote.

AL-LEDGE A-BLE, a. That may be alledged. Brown. AL-LEDGED, (al-ledjd') pp. Affirmed; asserted, whether as a charge or a plea.

AL-LEDGEMENT, n. Allegation.

AL-LEDGER, n. One who affirms or declares.

AL-LEDGʻING, ppr. Asserting; averring; declaring. AL-LE-GATION, n. 1. Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration. 2. That which is affirmed or asserted; that

which is offered as a plea, excuse, or justification.-3. In ecclesiastical courts, declaration of charges. AL-LEGE. See ALLEDGE.

AL-LEGE-AS, or AL-LĒ GI-AS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies.

† AL-LEGE'MENT, n. Allegation.

AL-LE-GHANE-AN, a. Pertaining to the mountains called Alleghany, or Alleghenny.

AL-LE-GHA'NY, n. The chief ridge of the great chains of mountains which run from N. E. to S. W. through the Middle and Southern States of North America. AL-LEGI-ANCE, n. [old Fr., from L. alligo.] The tie or obligation of a subject to his prince or government; the duty of fidelity to a king, government, or state. AL-LE'GI-ANT, a. Loyal. Shak.

AL-LE-GORI€, a. In the manner of allegory; figuraAL-LE-GOR'I-CAL, tive.

AL-LE-GORI-CAL-LY, ado. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory.

AL-LE-GOR I-CAL-NESS, n. The quality of being allegori

cal.

ALLE-GO-RIST, n. One who teaches in an allegorical manner. Whiston.

ALLE-GO-RIZE, v. t. 1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory. 2. To understand in an allegorical sense. ALLE-GO-RIZE, v. i. To use allegory. ALLE-GO-RIZED, pp. Turned into allegory. AL'LE-GO-RI-ZING, ppr. Turning into allegory, or understanding in an allegorical sense.

AL'LE-GO-RY, n. [Gr. adλnyopia.] A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The principal subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writ er or speaker, by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject. Allegory is in words what hieroglyphics are in painting. We have a fine example of an allegory in the eightieth psalm.

AL-LE-GRETTO, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, & movement or time quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. Busby.

AL-LEGRO. [It. merry, cheerful.] In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain. AL-LE-LOIAH, n. [Heb 1.] Praise to Jehovah; ■ word used to denote pious joy and exultation, chiefly in hymns and anthems.

AL-LE-MAND', n. A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow movement. Also a brisk dance

relation by similitude, resemblance, or friendship.-Note. This word is more generally used in the passive form, as, families are allied by blood; or reciprocally, as, princes ally themselves to powerful states.

AL-LT, n. 1. A prince or state united by treaty or league ;
a confederate. 2. One related by marriage or other tie.
AL-LY ING, ppr. Uniting by marriage or treaty
ALMA-CAN-TAR. See ALMUCANTAR.

ALMA-DE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also, long boat used at Calicut, in India.

ALMA-GEST, n. [al, and Gr. peyiσTT.] A book or collec-
tion of problems in astronomy and geometry.
AL-MAGRA, n. A fine, deep red ochre.
ALMA-NAC, n. [Ar.] A small book or table, containing
a calendar of days, weeks, and months, with the times of
the rising of the sun and moon, changes of the moon,
eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches,
stated terms of courts, observations on the weather, &c.,
for the year ensuing.

ALIMA-NAC-MA-KËR, n. A maker of almanacs
ALMAN-DINE, n. [Fr.) Precious garnet.

ALIME, or ALMA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is
to amuse company with singing and dancing.
AL-ME NA, n. A weight of two pounds.

AL-MIGHT 1-NESS, . Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; an attribute of God only. AL-MIGHTY, a. Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited might; being of boundless sufficiency. AL-MIGHTY, n. The omnipotent God.

ALMOND, (it is popularly pronounced almond.) n. [Fr. amande.] 1. The fruit of the almond tree. 2. The tonsils, two glands near the basis of the tongue, are called almonds, from their resemblance to that nut.-3. In Portugal, a measure by which wine is sold.-4 Among lapidaries, almonds are pieces of rocky crystal, used in adorning branch candlesticks.

ALMOND FURNACE, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining silver, are reduced to lead, by the help of charcoal. ALMOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond. AL MOND-WILLOW, n. A kind of tree.

AL/MON-ER, n. An officer whose duty is to distribute charity or alms. The grand almoner, in France, is the first ecclesiastical dignitary, and has the superintendence of hospitals.

AL MON-RY, n. [corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aumery.] The place where the almoner resides, or where the alms are distributed.

AL-MOST', adv. Nearly; well nigh; for the greatest part. ALMS, (amz) n. [Sax. almes.] Any thing given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing. ALMS BAS-KET, ALMS-BOX, ALMS CHEST, ALMS-DEED, n. An act of charity; a charitable gift. XLMS-FOLK, n. Persons supporting others by alms. ALMS-GIV-ER, n. One who gives to the poor. ALMS-GIV-ING, n. The bestowment of charity. ALMS-HOUSE, n. A house appropriated for the use of the poor, who are supported by the public. ALMS-MEN,

n. Vessels appropriated to receive alms.

n. Persons supported by charity or by ALMS-PEO-PLE, public provision." AL MU-CAN-TAŘ, n. [Ar.] A series of circles of the sphere passing through the centre of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon.

AL MU-CAN-TAR'S STAFF. An instrument having an arch of fifteen degrees, used to take observations of the

sun.

AL-MODE, n. A wine measure in Portugal.

AL/MUG, or ALGUM, n. In Scripture, a tree or wood, about which the learned are not agreed.

AL NAGE, n. [Fr. auinage.] A measuring by the ell.
AL NA-GER, or AL/NA-GAR, n. A measurer by the ell.
AL/NIGHT, n. A cake of wax with the wick in the midst.
Bacon.

AL'OE, (alo) n. ; plu. ALOES, (al ōze) [L. aloë; Gr. adon.] In botany, a genus of monogynian hexanders, of many species; all natives of warm climates.

ALOES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe; a stimulating stomachic purgative. ALOES-WOOD, n. See AGALLOCHUM. AL-O-ETIC, or AL-O-ETI-CAL, a. Pertaining to aloe or aloes; partaking of the qualities of aloes. AL-O-ETIC, n. A medicine consisting chiefly of aloes. A-LOFT, adv. 1. On high; in the air; high above the ground.-2. In seamen's language, in the top; at the mast head; or on the higher yards or rigging. A-LOFT,

', prep. Above. Milton.

A-LOGI-ANS, n. (Gr. a and λoyos.] In church history, a sect of ancient heretics, who denied Jesus Christ to be the Logos.

ALO-GO-TRO-PHY, n. [Gr. aλoyos and rooon.] A disproportionate nutrition of the parts of the body.

A-LONE/NESS, n. That state which belongs to no other. Montague.

A-LONG, adv. [Sax. and-lang, or ond-lang.] 1. By the length; lengthwise; in a line with the length. 2. Onward; in a line, or with a progressive motion. All along signifies the whole length; through the whole distance.Along with signifies in company; joined with.-Along side, in seamen's language, signifies side by side.-Along shore is by the shore or coast, lengthwise, and near the shore. Ling along is lying on the side, or pressed down by the weight of sail.

†A-LONGST, adv. Along; through, or by the length. A-LOOF', adv. 1. At a distance, but within view, or at a small distance. 2. Not concerned in a design; declining to take any share; keeping at a distance from the point,

or matter in debate.

AL/O-PE-CY, n. [Gr. adwwn.] A disease called the fozevil, or scurf, which is a falling off of the hair. A-LOSA, n. A fish of passage, called the shad. A-LOUD, adv. Loudly; with a loud voice. † A-LOW, adv. In a low place.

ALP, ALPS, n. [qu. Gr. aλpos; L. albus.] A high moun tain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow. AL-PAG/NA, n. An animal of Peru.

ALPHA, n. [Heb. 1.] The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and used to denote first, or beginning. As a numeral, it stands for one. ALPHA-BET, n. [Gr. aλpa and ẞnra.] The letters of a language arranged in the customary order.

ALPHA-BET, v. t. To arrange in the order of an alphabet; to form an alphabet in a book, or designate the leaves by the letters of the alphabet. AL-PHA-BET-A'RI-AN, n. A learner while in the A, B, C. AL-PHA-BETIC, a. In the order of an alphabet, or AL-PHA-BETI-CAL, } in the order of the letters as customarily arranged. AL-PHA-BETI-CAL-LY, ade. In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters. AL-PHENIX, n. White barley sugar, used for colds. AL/PHEST, n. A small fish.

AL-PHON SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting bullets from wounds.

AL-PHONSIN TABLES. Astronomical tables made by Alphonsus, king of Arragon. Bailey.

AL PHUS, n. [Gr. aλdos.] That species of leprosy called vitiligo.

*AL PINE, a. [L. alpinus.] 1. Pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; very high; elevated. 2. Growing on high mountains.

*AL PINE, n. A kind of strawberry growing on lofty hills.
AL PIST, or AL PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail.
ALQUIER, n. A measure in Portugal.
ALQUI-FOU, n. A sort of lead ore.

AL-READY, (all-red-e) adv. Literally, a state of complete preparation; but, by an easy deflection, the sense is, at this time, or, at a specified time.

† ALS, adv. Also; likewise. Spenser.

ALSO, adv. [all and so; Sax. eal and swa.] Likewise, in like manner.

ALT, or AL TO, a. [It.] In music, a term applied to high notes in the scale.

AL-TAI€, or AL-TA'IAN, a. [Tart. alatau.] Pertaining to the Altai.

ALTAR, n. [L. altare.] 1. A mount; a table, or elevated place, on which sacrifices were anciently offered to some deity. 2. In modern churches, the communion table, and, figuratively, a church; a place of worship. ALTAR-CLOTH, n. A cloth to lay upon an altar in

churches.

ALTAR-PIECE, n. A painting placed over the altar in a church. Warton.

ALTAR-WISE, adv. Placed in the manner of an altar. Howell.

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