2. Belonging to one who is not a citizen. 3. Estranged; foreign; not allied; adverse to. ALIEN, (Lie'yen) s. A foreigner; one born in, or belonging to, another country; one who is not entitled to the privileges of a citizen. AL/TEN, ale'yen) v. t. [L. alieno.] 1. To transfer AL-TENE, (le-yeen')} title of property to another; to sell. To estrange; to make averse or indifferent. In this sense, it is more common to use alienate. AL-LEN-A-BILA-TY, (ale'yen-a-bil'e-te) n. The capacity of being alienated or transferred. Burke. ALIEN-A-BLE, (sle'yen-a-bl) 4. That may be sold, or transferred to another. AL/IEN-AGE, (Me'yen-aje) . The state of being an alien. Story. ALIEN-ATE, (ale/yen-ate) v. t. [L. aliene.] 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. AL/IEN-ATE, a. [L. alienatus.] Estranged; withdrawn A-LIGHT', (a-lite) v. i. [Sax. aliktan.] 1. To get down or A-LIKE, ade. In the same manner, form or degree. AL/I-MENT, a. [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 fiod. ALT-PED, a. [L. ala and pes.) Wing-footed; having the tres connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing. ALT-PED, . An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; as the bat. Dumeril. AL/I-QUANT, a. [L. aliquantum.) In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which does not measure another number without a remainder. Thus 5 is an aligwaar part of 16. ALIQUOT, & L.] An aliquot part of a number or quan- ▲ LIVE, Sax. geliian.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead living. 2. In a state of action; unextinguished, undestroyed; unexpired; in force or operation. 3. Cheerful, sprightly; lively; full of alacrity. 4. Suscephwe; easily impressed; having lively feelings. ALKA HEST, n. [Ar.] A universal dissolvent; a mentrum capable of dissolving every body. AL KA LECEN-CY, n. A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of an alkali. Ure. AL-KALENCENT, a. Tending to the properties of an alkali, slightly alkaline. AL KA LI, n.; pin, ALKALIES. (Ar.) In chemistry, a term applied to all bodies which possess the following propera caustic taste; 2. being volatilizable by beat; 3. capinfity of combining with acids, and of destroying their 4 solubility in water, even when combined with enrbonic acid, 5. capability of converting vegetable blues ts green. Teawn. AL/KA-LI-FY, v. t. To form, or to convert into an alkali. AL/KA-LI-FY, v. i. To become an alkali. AL-KA-LIGE-NOUS, a. [alkali, and Gr. γενναw.] Producing or generating alkali. AL-KA-LIM'E-TER, n. [alkali, and Gr. μετρον.] An in strument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies. Ure AL-KA-LINE, a. Having the properties of alkali. kali. Thomson. AL-KALI-OUS, a. Having the qualities of alkali. Kinnier †AL'KA-LI-ZATE, a. Alkaline; impregnated with alkali. Boyle. †AL/KA-LI-ZATE, v. t. To make bodies alkaline. AL-KAL-I-ZATION, n. The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali. AL/KA-LIZE, v. t. To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to, by mixture. AL-KEN NA, or AL-HEN NA, n. Egyptian privet dial, derived from the kermes berries. AL-KER/VA, n. An Arabic name of the palma Christi. Quincy. AL/KO-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-RANISH, a. Relating to the Alkoran. AL/KO-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-AD-MIRING, 4. Wholly admiring. Shak. ALL-BLASTING, a. Blasting all; defaming or destroying all. Marston. ALL-BOUN'TE-OUS, 4. Perfectly bountiful; of infinite ALL-CHANGING, a. Perpetually changing. Shak. or cheerfulness to all. Shak. ALL-COM-MANDING, 4. Having command or sovereignty over all. Raleigh. ALL-COM-PLYING, a. Complying in every respect. ALL-COM-POS'ING, 4. That makes all tranquil or peaceful. Crashaw. ALL-COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a. Comprehending all things. Glanville. ALL-CON-CEALING, a. Hiding or concealing all. shaw. ALL-DEVIAS-TA-TING, a. Wasting every thing. ALL-DIS-GRACED, a. Completely disgraced. Shak. ALL-DI-VINE, 4. Supremely excellent. Howell. ALL-DI-VINING, a. Foretelling all things. Fanshaw ALL-EL/O-QUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree. ALL-FOR-GIVING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all. ALL GIVER, n. The Giver of all things. Milton. ALL GUIDING, a. Guiding or conducting all things. ALLCHAL LOW All Saints' day, the first ALL-HAL'LOW, ALL-HAL/LOW'S, of Novem 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-IDOL-I-ZING, a. Worshiping every thing. Crashaw. gree. ALL-IN-TER/PRET-ING, a. Explaining all things. Milton. ALL-JUDGING, a. Judging all possessing the sovereign right of judging. Rowe. ALL-JUST', a. Perfectly just. ALL-KIND, a. Perfectly kind or benevolent. ALL-LICENSED, a. Licensed to every thing. Shak. ALL-MA-TOR/ING, a. Maturing all things. Dryden. ALL-MURDER-ING, a. Killing or destroying every thing. ALL-PATIENT, a. Enduring every thing without mur murs. ALL-PEN'E-TRA-TING, a. Penetrating every thing.. ALL-PER/FECT, a. Completely perfect. ALL-PIERCING, a. Piercing every thing. Marston. ALL-ROL/ING, a. Governing all things. Milton. ALL-SA-GACIOUS, a. Having all sagacity; of perfect discernment. ALL-SAINTS-DAY, n. The first day of November, called also all-hallows; a feast in honor of all the saints. ALL-SANE/TI-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/-SPICE, n. The berry of the pimento. ALL-SUF-FICIENT, n. The all-sufficient Being; God. ALL-TELLING, a. Telling or divulging every thing. ALL-TRIUMPH-ING, 4. Triumphant every where or over all. Jonson. ALL-WATCH'ED, a. Watched throughout. Shak. worth. AL/LA-GITE, n. A mineral. AL/LAN-ITE, n. A mineral. A siliceous oxyd of cerium AL-LAN-TOIS', or AL-LAN-TOID', n. [Gr. αλλας and ειδος.] A thin membrane, situated between the chorion and amnios in quadrupeds. †AL LA-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 ow written alloy, which see. 2. That which allays, or abates the predominant qualities. Newton. AL-LAY'ED, (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-LAYMENT, n. The act of quieting; a state of rest after disturbance; abatement; ease. Shak. AL/LE, (ally) n. The little auk, or black and white diver. †AL-LECT', v. t. To entice. Huloet's Dict. AL-LECT-ATION, n. Allurement; enticement. Coles. AL-LECT 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-LEDG ER, n. One who affirms or declares. †AL-LEDGE/MENT, n. Allegation. AL-LEDGING, 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-LE/GI-AS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies. † AL-LEGE/MENT, n. Allegation. AL-LE-GHA/NE-AN, a. Pertaining to the mountains callAL-LE-GHA'NY, n. The chief ridge of the great chains of ed Alleghany, or Alleghenny. mountains which run from N. E. to S. W. through the Middle and Southern States of North America. AL-LE/GI-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-GOR/IЄ, a. In the manner of allegory; figuraAL-LE-GORI-CAL, tive. AL-LE-GORI-CAL-LY, ado. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory. AL-LE-GORI-CAL-NESS, n. The quality of being allegori cal. AL/LE-GO-RIST, n. One who teaches in an allegorical manner. Whiston. AL/LE-GO-RIZE, v. t. 1. Τo form an allegory; to turn into allegory. 2. To understand in an allegorical sense. AL/LE-GO-RIZE, v. i. To use allegory. AL/LE-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. αλληγορια.] Α 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 writer 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, ta 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-LOLAH, n. [Hebחללו יה.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 ALL 27 AL-LE-MAN NIC, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient || AL-LOT/TER-Y is used by Shakspeare for allotment, but Germans, and to Alemannia, their country. AL-LERION, . In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. AL-LE-VEOR, . A small Swedish coin. AL-LE/VI-ATE, v. 1. [Low L. allevio.] 1. To make light; but always in a figurative sense. To remove in part; to lessen; to mitigate; applied to evils; as, to alleviate sorrow. 2. To make less by representation; to extenuate AL-LE/VI-A-TED, pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated. AL-LE/VI-A-TING, ppr. Making lighter, or more tolera- AL-LE-VI-ATION, n. 1. The act of lightening, allaying, AL/LEY, (ally) n. [Fr. allée.] 1. A walk in a garden; a AL-LI-ACEOUS, a. [L. allium.] Pertaining to allium, or garlic. Barton. AL-LDANCE, n. [Fr. alliance.] 1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage. 2. The union between nations, contracted by compact, treaty, or league. 1. The treaty, league, or compact, which is the instrument of confederacy. 4. Any union or connection of interests between persons, families, states, or corporations. 5. The persons or parties allied. Addison. AL-LPANT, s. An ally. Wotton. AL-LI CIEN-CY, n. [L. allicio.] The power of attracting any thing; attraction; magnetism. Glanville. [Little ward. AL-LI CIENT, . That which attracts. AL-LIED, (al-tide) pp. Connected by marriage, treaty, or similitude. AL/LI-GATE, v. t. [L. alligo.] To tie together; to unite by some tie. AL-LI-GATION, n. 1. The act of tying together. [Little sand.] 2. A rule of arithmetic, for finding the price or value of compounds consisting of ingredients of different values. AL-LI-GATOR, n. [Sp. lagarto.] The American crocodile. use. AL-LINE/MENT, n. [Fr. alignement.] A reducing to a Woodward. AL-LIT-ER-ATION, n. [L. ad and litera.] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short in tervals. AL-LITTER-A-TIVE, a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, al- AL-LO-CATION, a. [L. ad and locatio.] The act of putting AL-LO-COTION, R. [L. allocutio.] 1. The act or manner sos. Rarely used.] a formal address. Addi AL-LODI-AL, 4. Pertaining to allodium; held independ- AL-LODI-UM, . [Fr. alleu.] Freehold estate; land which AL-100, s. t. or i. To incite dogs by a call. See HAL 100. AL/LO-PHANE, [Gr. αλλος.] A mineral. ALLO-QUY, Address; conversation, AL-LOT, B. t. [cf ad and lot.] 1. To divide or distribute by let. 2 To distribute, or parcel out in parts or porLions; or to distribute a share to each individual concernd. 1. To grant, as a portion; to give, assign, or appoint in general. 1. That which is allotted; a share, AL-LOTMENT, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is asgned by lot. 2. A part, portion, or place appropriated. AL-LOTTED, pp. Distributed by lot; granted; assigned. is not authorized by usage. AL-LOW'A-BLE, a. That may be permitted as lawful, or AL-LOW'A-BLE-NESS, The quality of being allowable: AL-LOW/A-BLY, adv. In an allowable manner. as of food or drink; AL-LOW'ANCE, v. t. To put upon allowance; to restrain- AL-LOY', n. 1. A baser metal mixed with a finer. 2. The AL-LOY'AGE, n. [Fr. alliage.] 1. The act of alloying metals, or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; the act of mixing metals. 2. The mixture of different metals. Lavoisier. AL-LOY/ED, (al-loyd) pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; de- AL-LOYING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, ALL/SPICE. See under the compounds of all. AL-LU-BESCEN-CY, n. Willingness; content. upon paper letters and figures. This is now written limner. AL-LURE, v. t. [Fr. leurrer.] To attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable. AL-LORE, n. Now written lure. AL-LORED, (al-lürd') pp. Tempted; drawn, or invited, by something that appears desirable. AL-LORE MENT, n. That which allures; any real or ap- AL-LURER, n. He, or that, which allures. AL-LOSIVE, a. Having reference to something not fully expressed. AL-LOSIVE-LY, adv. By way of allusion. AL-LU-VI-ON, n. [L. allurio.] 1. The insensible in- AL-LOVI-OUS, a. The same as alluvial, and less frequently used. AL-LY, ข. 2. [Fr. allier.] 1. To unite, or form a relation, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy. 2. To form a surdity. Brown. relation by similitude, resemblance, or friendship.-Note. || †ALO-GY, n [Gr. a and doyos.] Unreasonableness; ab- AL-LT, n. 1. A prince or state united by treaty or league; AL/MA-DIE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also, a AL-MAGRA, n. A fine, deep red ochre. AL/MA-NAC, n. [Ar.] A small book or table, containing AL/MA-NAC-MA-KER, n. A maker of almanacs AL/ME, or AL/MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is AL-MIGHTY, a. Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited might; being of boundless sufficiency. AL-MIGHTY, n. The omnipotent God. *AL/MOND, (it is popularly pronounced amond.) 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. AL/MOND-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. 2 AL/MOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond. AL/MON-RY, n. [corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aum- * 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 -CHEST, n. Vessels appropriated to receive alms. ALMS-DEED, n. An act of charity; a charitable gift. †ALMS-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 ALMS-MEN. n. Persons supported by charity or by AL/MU-CAN-TAR, n. [Ar.] A series of circles of the 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/OE, (alo) n.; plu. ALOES, (al ōze) [L. aloë; Gr. αλοη.] ALÕES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe; a AL-O-ETIC, or AL-O-ETI-CAL, a. Pertaining to aloe or AL-O-ETIC, n. A medicine consisting chiefly of aloes. A-LOFT, prep. Above. Milton. A-LOGI-ANS, n. [Gr. a and λογος.] In church history, a sect of ancient heretics, who denied Jesus Christ to be the Logos. AL/O-GO-TRO-PHY, n. [Gr. αλογος and τροφη.] A disproportionate nutrition of the parts of the body. A-LONE, a. [all and one; Germ. allein; D. alleen.] 1 Single; solitary; without the presence of another; appli ed to a person or thing. 2. It is applied to two or more persons or things, when separate from others, in a place or condition by themselves; without company. 3. Only A-LONE, adv. Separately; by itself. †A-LONELY, a. or adv. Only; merely; singly. A-LONG, adv. [Sax. and-lang, or ond-lang.] 1. By the † A-LONGST, adv. Along; through, or by the length. AL/O-PE-CY, π. [Gr. αλωπηξ.] A disease called the for- A-LOW, adv. In a low place. ALP, ALPS, n. [qu. Gr. αλφος; L. albus.] A high moun AL-PAG/NA, n. An animal of Peru. AL/PHA-BET, n. [Gr. αλφα and βητα.] The letters of a ALPHA-BET, v. t. To arrange in the order of an alphabet; AL-PHA-BET-A'RI-AN, n. A learner while in the A, B, C. AL-PHA-BETI-CAL-LY, adv. In an alphabetical man- AL-PHON SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting AL-PHON'SIN TABLES. Astronomical tables made by AL/PHUS, n. [Gr. αλφος.] That species of leprosy called *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. AL/QUIER, n. A measure in Portugal. AL/QUI-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-TAIC, or AL-TAIAN, a. [Tart. alatau.] Pertaining AL/TAR, n. [L. altare.] 1. A mount; a table, or elevated ALTAR-PIECE, n. A painting placed over the altar in a church. Warton. ALTAR-WISE, adv. Placed in the manner of an altar. Howell. ALTAR-AGE, n. The profits arising to priests from obla tions. (n. In old laws, the priest to whom the ALTAR-THANE, altarage belonged; also, a chaplain ALTER, v. t. Fr. alterer alter.] 1. To make some change in; to make different in some particular; to vary in some degree, without an entire change. 2. To change entirely or materially. ALTER, v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to vary. ALT 29 AL/TER-A-BIL/I-TY, n. The quality of being susceptible || AL-TIV/O-LANT, a. [L. altus and volans.] Flying high ALTER-A-BLE, a. That may become different; that may ALTER-A-BLE-NESS, . The quality of admitting alter- AL/TER-AGE, n. [from L. alo.] The breeding, nourishing AL-TER-ATION, n. [L. alteratio.] The act of making ALTER-A-TIVE, c. Causing alteration; having the power AL/VE-O-LATE, a. [L. alveolatus.] Deeply pitted, so as to resemble a honey-comb. ALVE-OLE, or AL/VE-O-LUS, n. [L. dim. of alveus.] 1. ALVE-O-LITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr. λιθος.] In natu- AL-WAR GRIM, n. The spotted plover. A. M. stand for artium magister, master of arts, the second AMA, or HAMA, n. [D. aam.] A vessel to contain wine AM-A-BIL/I-TY, n. [L. amabilis.] Loveliness; the power A-MAD/A-VAD, n. A small, curious bird. A-MAL/GA-MATE, v. 1. 1. To mix quicksilver with another A-MAL/GA-MA-TING, ppr. Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding. ing mercury with another metal. 2. The mixing or A-MAL-GA-MATION, n. 1. The act or operation of mixblending of different things. †A-MAL GAME, v. 1. To mix metals by amalgamation |