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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 Estranged; withdrawn

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A-LIGHT', (a-lite) v. i. [Sax. aliktan.] 1. To get down or
descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage. 2. Το
descend and settle. 3. To fall or descend and lodge.
A-LIKE, a. Sax. gelic.) Having resemblance or simili-
tade; simdar.

A-LIKE, ade. In the same manner, form or degree.
A LIKE-MIND-ED, 4. Having the same mind.

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.

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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-
Esty to one which will measure it without a remainder.
Than 5 in an aliquot part of 15.
ALH, . Like ale; having the qualities of ale.
TALS TIRE, . Nourishment.

▲ 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.
AL-KA-LINT-TY n. 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.

†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/KA-NET, n. The plant bugloss.
AL-KE-KENGI, n. 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.

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-AB-HORRED, a. Detested by all. Shak.
ALL-AC-COMPLISHED, a. Fully accomplished; whose
education is highly finished.

ALL-AD-MIRING, 4. Wholly admiring. Shak.
ALL-AD-VIS'ED, a. Advised by al. Warburton.
ÄLL-AP-PROVED, a. Approved by all. More.
ALL-A-TONING, a. Atoning for all. Dryden.
ALL-BEARING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous
ALL-BEAC TE-OUS, a. Perfectly beautiful. Pope.
ALL-BE-HOLDING, a. Beholding all things.

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

ALL-BOUN'TE-OUS, 4. 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, 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.
ALL-CONQUER-ING, a. That subdues all. Milton.
ALL-CON SCIOUS, a. Conscious of all; all-knowing.
ALL-CON-STRAIN ING, a. Constraining all. Drayton.
ALL-CON-SOM ING, a. That consumes or devours all.
ALL-DARING, a. Daring to attempt every thing. Jonson.
ALL-DE-STROYING, a. Destroying every thing. Fan

shaw.

ALL-DEVIAS-TA-TING, a. Wasting every thing.
ALL-DE-VOUR ING, a. Eating or consuming all. Pope
ALL-DIM/MING, a. Obscuring every thing. Marston.
ALL-DIS-COVER-ING, 4. Discovering or disclosing every
thing. More.

ALL-DIS-GRACED, a. Completely disgraced. Shak.
ALL-DIS-PENSING, 4. Dispensing all things; affording
dispensation or permission. Milton.

ALL-DI-VINE, 4. Supremely excellent. Howell.

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

ALL-EL/O-QUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree.
ALL-EM-BRACING, a. Embracing all things. Crashaw.
ALL-ENDING, a. Putting an end to all things. Shak.
ÄLL-EN-LIGHTEN-ING, a. Enlightening all things.
ALL-EN-RAGED, a. Highly enraged. Hall.
ALL-FLA MING, a. Flaming in all directions. Beaumont.
ÄLL-FOOLS-DAY, n. The first of April.

ALL-FOR-GIVING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all.
ALL-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. hæl, health.] All health; a
phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or
safety to the person addressed.

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-HEALING, a. Healing all things. Selden.
ALL-HELPING, a. Assisting all. Selden.
ALL-HIDING, 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-IM'I-TA-TING, a. Imitating every thing. More.
ALL-IN-FORMING, a. Actuating all by vital powers.
ALL-INTER-EST-ING, a. Interesting in the highest de-

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-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-TOR/ING, a. Maturing all things. Dryden.
ALL-MERICI-FUL, a. Of perfect mercy or compassion.

ALL-MURDER-ING, a. Killing or destroying every thing.
ALL-O-BEDI-ENT, a. Entirely obedient. Crashaw.
ALL-O-BEYING, a. Receiving obedience from all.
ALL-OB-LIVI-OUS, a. Causing total oblivion. Shak.
ALL-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-PER/FECT, 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-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 SEER, n. One that sees every thing. Shak.
ALL SHAKING, a. Shaking all things. Shak.
ALL-SHUNINED, 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-FI CIEN-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, n. 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.

ALL-WATCH'ED, a. Watched throughout. Shak.
ALL-WISE, a. Possessed of infinite wisdom. South.
ALL-WITTED, a. Having all kinds of wit. Jonson.
ALL-WORSHIPED, a. Worshiped or adored by all.
ALL-WORTHY, a. Of infinite worth; of the highest

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

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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-
ble; extenuating.

AL-LE-VI-ATION, n. 1. The act of lightening, allaying,
or extenuating; a lessening, or mitigation. 2. That which
lessens, mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
AL-LEVI-A-TIVE, . That which mitigates.

AL/LEY, (ally) n. [Fr. allée.] 1. A walk in a garden; a
narrow passage. 2. A narrow passage or way in a city,
as distinct from a public street.

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.
AL-LI-GATOR-PEAR, n. A West India fruit.
AL-LIG A-TURE, A. See LIGATURE, which is the word in

use.

AL-LINE/MENT, n. [Fr. alignement.] A reducing to a
line, or to a square; a line; a row. Asiat. Res.
ALLI-OTH, s. A star in the tail of the great bear.
AL-LISION, (al-lizhun) n. [L. allido.] A striking against.

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-
iteration.

AL-LO-CATION, a. [L. ad and locatio.] The act of putting
one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admis-
sion of an article of account, or an allowance made upon
an secount; a term used in the English exchequer.
AL/LO-CHRO-ITE, A. An amorphous, massive, opake min-
eral, found in Norway.

AL-LO-COTION, R. [L. allocutio.] 1. The act or manner
of speaking to. 2. An address;

sos. Rarely used.]

a formal address. Addi

AL-LODI-AL, 4. Pertaining to allodium; held independ-
ent of a lord paramount; opposed to feudal.
AL-LODI-AN is sometimes used, but not authorized.

AL-LODI-UM, . [Fr. alleu.] 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 op-
posed to frud. In England, there is no allodial land, all
land being held of the king; but in the United States,

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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.

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is not authorized by usage.
AL-LOTTING, ppr. Distributing by lot; giving
tions;
AL-LOW', v. t. [Fr. allouer.] 1. To grant, give, or yield
2. To admit; to own or acknowledge. 3. To approve,
justify, or sanction. 4. To afford, or grant as a campen-
sation. 5. To abate or deduct. 6. To permit; to grant
license to.

AL-LOW'A-BLE, a. That may be permitted as lawful, or
admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not unlawful or
improper.

AL-LOW'A-BLE-NESS, The quality of being allowable:
lawfulness.

AL-LOW/A-BLY, adv. In an allowable manner.
AL-LOW ANCE, n. 1. The act of allowing. 2. Permission;
license; approbation; sanction; usually slight approba-
tion. 3. Admission; assent to a fact or state of things a
granting. 4. Freedom from restraint; indulgence. 5.
That which is allowed; a portion appointed; a stated
hence, in seamen's lan-
quantity,
guage, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provis-
ions fall short. 6. Abatement; deduction. 7. Establish-
ed character; reputation. [Obs.] Shak.

as of food or drink;

AL-LOW'ANCE, v. t. To put upon allowance; to restrain-
or limit to a certain quantity of provisions or drink.
AL-LOW'ED, (al-lowd') pp. Granted; permitted; assented
to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.
AL-LOWER, n. One that approves or authorizes.
AL-LOWING, ppr. Granting; permitting; admitting; ap-
proving; indulging; deducting.
AL-LOY, v. t. [Fr. allier.] 1. To reduce the purity of a
metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable.
2. To mix metals. Lavoisier. 3. To reduce or abate by
mixture.

AL-LOY', n. 1. A baser metal mixed with a finer. 2. The
mixture of different metals; any metallic compound. 3.
Evil mixed with good.

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-
based; abated by foreign mixture.

AL-LOYING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer,
reduce its purity.

ALL/SPICE. See under the compounds of all.
ÄLLS, n. All one's goods. A vulgarism.

AL-LU-BESCEN-CY, n. Willingness; content.
AL-LODE, v. i. [L. alludo.] To refer to something not di
rectly mentioned; to have reference; to hint at by re

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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-
parent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action;
temptation; enticement.

AL-LURER, n. He, or that, which allures.
AL-LURING, ppr. 1. Drawing: tempting; inviting by
some real or apparent good. 2. 4. Inviting; having the
quality of attracting or tempting.
AL-LORING-LY, adv. In an alluring manner; enticingly
AL-LOR/ING-NESS, n. The quality of alluring.
AL-LOSION, (al-lū-zhun) n. (Fr., from allusio, Low L.] A
reference to something not explicitly mentioned ; a hint;
a suggestion.

AL-LOSIVE, a. Having reference to something not fully

expressed.

AL-LOSIVE-LY, adv. By way of allusion.
AL-LOSIVE-NESS, n. The quality of being allusive.
AL-LUSO-RY, 4. Allusive; insinuating. Heath.
AL-LU/VI-AL, a. 1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land
by the wash of water. 2. Washed ashore or down a
stream; formed by a current of water Kirwan.

AL-LU-VI-ON, n. [L. allurio.] 1. The insensible in-
AL-LU/VI-UM, crease of earth on a shore, or bark of a
river, by the force of water, as by a current or by waves
2. A gradual washing or carrying of earth or other sub-
stances to a shore or bank; the earth thus added. 3. The
mass of substances collected by means of the action of
water. Buckland.

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-
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 ny marriage or other tie.
AL-LY ING, ppr. Uniting by marriage or treaty
AL/MA-CAN-TAR. See ALMUCANTAR.

AL/MA-DIE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also, a
long boat used at Calicut, in India.
ALMA-GEST, n. [al, and Gr. μεγιστη.] A book or collec-
tion of problems in astronomy and geometry.

AL-MAGRA, n. A fine, deep red ochre.

AL/MA-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.

AL/MA-NAC-MA-KER, n. A maker of almanacs
AL-MAN-DINE, n. [Fr.) Precious garnet.

AL/ME, or AL/MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is
to amuse company with singing and dancing.
AL-MENA, n. A weight of two pounds.
AL-MIGHT I-NESS, n. Omnipotence; infinite or bound-
less 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.

*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.

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AL/MOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond.
AL/MOND-WIL/LOW, n. A kind of tree.
AL/MON-ER, n. An officer whose duty is to distribute char-
ity 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 aum-
ery.] 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,

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
poor, who are supported by the public.

ALMS-MEN. n. Persons supported by charity or by
ALMS/-PEO-PLE, public provision.

AL/MU-CAN-TAR, 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. aulnage.] 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. αλοη.]
In botany, a genus of monogynian hezanders, of many
species; all natives of warm climates.

ALÕES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe; a
stimulating stomachic purgative.
AL/ÕES-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 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-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. On-
ward; 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. Lying 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, π. [Gr. αλωπηξ.] A disease called the for-
evil, 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. αλφος; 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.
AL/PHA, n. [Heb. אלוף.[ The first letter in the Greek al-
phabet, answering to A, and used to denote first, or be-
ginning. As a numeral, it stands for one.

AL/PHA-BET, n. [Gr. αλφα and βητα.] 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-BETIє, a. In the order of an alphabet, or
AL-PHA-BETI-CAL, in the order of the letters as cus-
tomarily arranged.

AL-PHA-BETI-CAL-LY, adv. In an alphabetical man-
ner; 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-PHON'SIN TABLES. Astronomical tables made by
Alphonsus, king of Arragon. Bailey.

AL/PHUS, n. [Gr. αλφος.] 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.

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
to the Altai.

AL/TAR, 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.
AL/TAR-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.

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.

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AL/TER-A-BIL/I-TY, n. The quality of being susceptible || AL-TIV/O-LANT, a. [L. altus and volans.] Flying high

[graphic]

ALTER-A-BLE, a. That may become different; that may

ALTER-A-BLE-NESS, . The quality of admitting alter-
ation; variableness.
ALTER-A-BLY, adv. In a manner that may be altered, or

AL/TER-AGE, n. [from L. alo.] The breeding, nourishing
or fostering of a child. [Not an English word.]
ALTER-ANT, 4. Altering; gradually changing.
ALTER-ANT, A medicine which gradually corrects
the state of the body; an alterative.

AL-TER-ATION, n. [L. alteratio.] The act of making
different, or of varying in some particular; an altering, or
partial change.

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.
A cell in a bee-hive, or in a fossil. 2. The socket in the
jaw, in which a tooth is fixed. 3. A sea fossil.

ALVE-O-LITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr. λιθος.] In natu-
ral history, a kind of stony polypiers.
belly or intestines. Darwin.
AL/VINE, a. [from alvus, the belly.] Belonging to the

AL-WAR GRIM, n. The spotted plover.
ALWAY, )adv. 1. Perpetually; throughout all time
ALWAYS, 2. Continually; without variation. 3. Con-
tinually or constantly during a certain period, or regular
ly at stated intervals. 4. At all convenient times; regu--
larly. Alway is now seldom used.

A. M. stand for artium magister, master of arts, the second
degree given by universities and colleges; called, in some
countries, doctor of philosophy.-A. M. stand also for
anno mundi, in the year of the world.
AM, the first person of the verb to be, in the indicative
mode, present tense [Sax. com; Gr. ειμι ; Goth. im;
Pers. am.]

AMA, or HAMA, n. [D. aam.] A vessel to contain wine
for the eucharist; a wine measure.

AM-A-BIL/I-TY, n. [L. amabilis.] Loveliness; the power
of pleasing. Taylor.

A-MAD/A-VAD, n. A small, curious bird.
AM-A-DET TO, n. A sort of pear.
A-MAD-O-GADE, n. A small, beautiful bird in Peru
AM'A-DOT, A. A sort of pear. Johnson.
AM'A-DOU, n. A variety of the boletus igniarius. This is
written also amadon, and called black match, and pyro
technical spunge, on account of its inflammability.
A-MAIN', adv. Sax. a and megn.] With force, strength,
or violence; violently; furiously; suddenly; at once.
ry or quicksilver with another metal. 2. A mixture or
A-MAL/GAM, n. [Gr. μαλαγμα.] 1. A mixture of mercu-
compound of different things.

A-MAL/GA-MATE, v. 1. 1. To mix quicksilver with another
metal. Gregory uses amalgamite. 2. To mix different
things; to make a compound; to unite.

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

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