late. L'Estrange

A-GEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.] A memorandumbook; the service or office of a church; a ritual or liturgy.

A'GENT, a. Acting; opposed to patient; as, the body agent. [Little used.] Bacon.

A'GENT, n. 1. An actor; one that exerts power, or has the power to act. 2. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect. 3. A substitute, deputy, or factor; one entrusted with the business of another; an attorney; a minister.

↑A GENT-SHIP, n. The office of an agent. We now use agency.

cation has ceased. Shak.

AFTER-WRITER, n. A succeeding writer.

AGA, n In the Turkish dominions, a commander or chief officer.

*A-GAIN', (a-gen') adv. [Sax. gean, agen, agean, ongean.] 1. A second time; once more. 2. It notes something further, or additional to one or more particulars. Again and again, often; with frequent repetition.

* A-GAINST', (a-genst) prep. [Sax. togeanes.] 1. In opposition; noting enmity or disapprobation. 2. In opposition, noting contrariety, contradiction, or repugnance. 3. In opposition, noting competition, or different sides or parties. 4. In an opposite direction. 5. Opposite in place; abreast. 6. In opposition, noting adversity, injury, or contrariety to wishes. 7. Bearing upon. 8. In provision for; in preparation for. †AGIA-LAX-Y, n. Want of milk. AGAL-LOCH, A-GALLO-CHUM,

Indian isles.

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n.

Aloes-wood, the product of a tree growing in China, and some of the

AG-AL-MAT/O-LITE, n. [Gr. αγαλμα and λιθος.] A name given by Klaproth to two varieties of the lard stone of China.

↑AG A-MIST, n. One that is unmarried. Coles.

A-GAPE', adv. or a. Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention; having the mouth wide open.

Milton.

AG A-PE, n. [Gr. αγαπη.] Among the primitive Christians, a love feast, or feast of charity.

AG-A-RIC, n. [Gr. αγαρικον.] In botany, mushroom, a genus of funguses, containing numerous species. A-GAST', or A-GHAST', a. [qu. a contraction of agazed.] Struck with terror, or astonishment; amazed; struck silent with horror.

+A-GATE', adv. On the way; going.

AG'ATE, n. [Fr. agate.] A class of siliceous, semi-pellucid gems of many varieties, consisting of quartz-crystal, flint, horn-stone, chalcedony, amethyst, jasper, cornelian, heliotrope, and jade.

AG'ATE, n. An instrument used by gold-wire drawers, so called from the agate in the middle of it.

AGA-TINE, a. Pertaining to agate.

AGIA-TINE, n. A genus of shells, oval or oblong.

AGIA-TIZED, a. Having the colored lines and figures of agate. Fourcroy.

AG-A-TY, a. Of the nature of agate. Woodward.

A-GA/VE, n. [Gr. αγαυος.] 1. The American aloe. 2. A genus of univalvular shells.

†A-GAZE, v. t. To strike with amazement.
+A-GAZ/ED, (a-gāzd') pp. Struck with amazement.

AGE, n. [Fr. age.] 1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind. 2. That part of the duration of a being, which is between its beginning and any given time. 3. The latter part of life, or long continued duration; oldness. 4. A certain period of human life, marked by a difference of state. 5. The period when a person is enabled by law to do certain acts for himself, or when he ceases to be controlled by parents or guardians; as, in our country, both males and females are of age at twenty-one years old. 6. Mature years; ripeness of strength or discretion. 7. The time of life for conceiving children. 8. A particular period of time, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age. 9. The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation and a succession of generations; as, ages yet unborn. 10. A century; the period of one hundred years.

A GED, a. 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species of being; applied to animals or plants. 2. Having a certain age; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

A'GED, n. Old persons.

AGED-LY, adv After the manner of an aged person.
A-GEN, for again.

AGENCY, n. [L. agens.] 1. The quality of moving or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; operation; instrumentality; as, the agency of Providence in the natural world. 2. The office of an agent, or factor; business of an agent intrusted with the concerns of another.

Brown.

†AG-GEN-ER-ATION, n. [L. ad and generatio.] The state of growing to another. Brown.

† AG/GER, n. [L.] A fortress, or mound. Hearne. AG/GER-ATE, v. t. [L. aggero.] To heap.

AG-GER-ATION, n. A heaping; accumulation. Ray. † AG-GER-OSE, a. Full of heaps. AG-GLOM'ER-ATE, v. t. [L. agglomero.] To wind, on collect into a ball; to gather into a mass.

AG-GLOM'ER-ATE, v. i. To gather, grow, or collect into a ball or mass. Thamson.

AG-GLOMER-A-TED, pp. Wound or collected into a ball. AG-GLOMER-A-TING, ppr. Winding into a ball; gathering into a lump.

AG-GLOM-ER-A'TION, n. The act of winding into a ball; the state of being gathered into a ball or mass.

AG-GLU TI-NANT, n. Any viscous substance which unites other substances by causing an adhesion; any application which tends to unite parts which have too little adhesion Coze.

AG-GLOTI-NANT, a. Uniting as glue; tending to cause adhesion.

AG-GLUTI-NATE, v. t. [L. agglutino.] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

AG-GLUTI-NA-TED, pp. Glued together. AG-GLUTI-NA-TING, ppr. Gluing together; uniting by causing adhesion.

AG-GLU-TI-NATION, n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united. AG-GLUTI-NA-TIVE, a. That tends to unite, or has potyer to cause adhesion.

† AG-GRACE', v. 1. To favor. Spenser.

AG-GRACE/, n. Kindness; favor. Spenser. AG-GRAN-DI-ZATION, n. The act of aggrandizing. AGGRAN-DIZE, v. t. [Fr. agrandir.] 1. To make great or greater in power, rank, or honor; to exalt. 2. To enlarge, applied to things.

AG GRAN-DIZED, pp. Made great or greater; exalted; enlarged.

* AG-GRAN DIZE-MENT, n. The act of aggrandizing: the state of being exalted in power, rank, or honor; exaltation; enlargement.

AG GRAN-DI-ZER, n. One that aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank, or honor.

AGGRAN-DI-ZING, ppr. Making great; exalting; enlarging.

† AG-GRATE', r. t. [It.] To please. Spenser. AG/GRA-VA-BLE, a. Making a thing worse. AG/GRA-VATE, v. t. [L. aggravo.] 1. To make heavy, but not used in this literal sense. Figuratively, to make worse, more severe, or less tolerable. 2. To make more enormous, or less excusable. 3. To exaggerate. 4. To * give coloring in description; to give an exaggerated rep

resentation.

AGIGRA VA-TED, pp. Increased in severity or enormity; made worse; exaggerated.

AGIGRA-VA-TING, ppr. Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree; as evils, misfortunes, pain, punishment, crimes, guilt, &c.; exaggerating.

AG-GRA-VATION, n. 1. The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing severity or heinousness; addition to that which is evil or improper 2. Exaggerated representation, or heightened description of any thing wrong, improper, or unnatural. Addison. AG'GRE-GATE, v. t. [L. aggrego.] To bring together; to collect particulars into a sum, mass, or body.

AGGREGATE, a. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum.

AG/GRE-GATE, n. A sum, mass, or assemblage of particu

lars.

AG/GRE-GA-TED, pp. Collected into a sum, mass, or sys

AG-GRESSOR, n. The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an assaulter; an invader.

AG-GRIEVANCE, n. Oppression; hardship; injury
AG-GRIEVE', v. t. 1. To give pain or sorrow; to afflict.
In this sense it is nearly superseded by grieve. 2. To bear
hard upon; to oppress or injure; to vex or harass.

*AG-GRIEVE', v. i. To mourn, to lament.
AG-GRIEV'ED, (ag-greevd) pp. Pained; afflicted; civilly
or politically oppressed.

AG-GRIEVING, ppr. Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing.

AG-GROUP, v. t. [Sp. agrupar.] To bring together; to AG-GROOP', group; to collect many persons into a crowd, or inany figures into a whole.

(ag-groopt')

Pp. Collected into a or assemblage.

group

AG-GROUPED, AG-GROOPED, A-GHAST', or, more correctly, AGAST, a. or adv. Struck with amazement; stupified with sudden fright or horror. AĞILE, a. [Fr. agile.] Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk;

active.

A-GIL/LO-CUM, n. Aloes-wood. Quincy.

GI-O, n. [Ital. aggio.] 1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. 2. Premium; sum given above the nominal value.

4-GIST', v. t. In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, to feed or pasture the cattle of others.

A-GIST MENT, 2. The taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own land; also, the price paid for such feeding.

A-GISTOR, or AG-IS-TA TOR, n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, and collects the money for the same.

AGI-TA-BLE, 4. That may be agitated, shaken, or discussed.

AGI-TATE, v. t. [L. agito.] 1. To stir violently; to put in motion; to shake or move briskly. 2. To move or force into violent, irregular action. 3. To disturb, or excite into tumult. 4. To discuss; to debate; to controvert. 5. To consider on all sides; to revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive by mental deliberation.

AGI-TA-TED, pp. Tossed from side to side; shaken; moved violently and irregularly; disturbed; discussed; con

sidered.

AGI-TA-TING, ppr. Shaking; moving with violence; disturbing; disputing; contriving.

AG-I-TATION, n. 1. The act of shaking; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion. 2. Disturbance of tranquility in the mind; perturbation; excitement of passion. 3. Discussion; examnation of a subject in controversy. 4. A state of being deliberated upon, with a view to contrivance, or plan to be adopted.

AG-I-TATO, in music, denotes a broken style of performance, adapted to awaken surprise or perturbation.

AGI-TA-TOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In Cromwell's time, certain officers, appointed by the army to manage their concerns, were called agitators.

AGLET, or AIG LET, n. [Fr. aiguillette.] 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal.-2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.

AG/LET-BA-BY, n. A small image on the top of a lace.

Shak.

AG/MI-NAL, a. [L agmen.] Pertaining to an army or troop. [Little used.]

AGINAIL, n. A disease of the nail; a whitlow; an inflammation round the nail.

AG-NATION, n. Relation by the father's side only, or descent in the male line, distinct from cognation, which includes descent in the male and female lines.

AG'NEL, n. [from agnus.] An ancient French coin, value twelve sols, six deniers.

AG-NITION, n. [L. agnitio.] Acknowledgment. [Littls

used. Pearson.

† AG-NIZE, v. t. To acknowledge. Shak. AG-NOMI-NATE, v t. [L. agnomino.] To name. [L.itle used.]

AG-NOM-I-NATION, n. [L. agnomen.] 1. An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, &c.; a surname. 2. Allusion of one word to another by sound.

AGNUS CASTUS. A species of vitez, so called from its imagined virtue of preserving chastity.

AGINUS DEI. [Lamb of God.] In the Romish church, a cake of wax stamped with the figure of a lamb, supporting the banner of the cross.

AGINUS SCYTHI-CUS. [Scythian lamb.] A name applied to the roots of a species of fern.

A-GO, adv. or a. [Sax. agan.] Past; gone; as, a year ago A-GOG, adv. [Fr. agogo] In a state of desire; highly ex cited by eagerness after an object. A-GOING, In motion; as, to set a mill agoing. † A'GON, n. [Gr.) The contest for the prize. A-GONE', pp. Ago; past; since. [Nearly obs.] AGIO-NISM, n. [Gr. αγωνισμος.] Contention for a prize. AGO-NIST, n. One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this sense. AG-O-NISTIЄ, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, conAG-O-NISTI-CAL, tests of strength, or athletic combats

Enfield.

AG-O-NISTI-CAL-LY, adv. In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting.

AGO-NIZE, v. i. [Gr. αγωνιζω.] To writhe with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish. Pope.

AGO-NIZE, v. t. To distress with extreme pain; to tor

ture. Pope.

AGIO-NI-ZING, ppr. Suffering severe pain; writhing with

torture.

AGIO-NI-ZING-LY, ade. With extreme anguish. † AG-O-NO-THETE, n. A judge of masteries in activity. AG-O-NO-THETIC, a. Presiding at public games.

AGO-NY, n. [Gr. αγων.] 1. In strictness, pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece. Hence, 2. Extreme pain of body or mind; anguish; appropri ately, the pangs of death, and the sufferings of our Savior in the garden of Gethsemane. Luke xxii. 3. Violent contest or striving. More.

† A-GOOD', adv. In earnest. Shak. A-GOUITY, n. [qu. Sp. agudo.] A quadruped of the order rodentia, of the size of a rabbit. †A-GRAMMA-TIST, n. An illiterate man. A-GRARI-AN, a. [L. agrarius.] Relating to lands. Appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens.

A-GREE, v. i. [Fr. agréer.] 1. To be of one mind; to harmonize in opinion. 2. To live in concord, or without contention. 3. To yield assent; to approve or admit; followed by to. 4. To settle by stipulation, the minds of parties being agreed as to the terms. 5. To come to a compromise of differences; to be reconciled. 6. To come to one opinion or mind; to concur; as, to agree on a place of meeting. 7. To be consistent; to harmonize; not to contradict, or be repugnant. 8. To resemble; to be sim ilar. 9. To suit; to be accommodated or adapted to.

A-GREE', v. t. To admit, or come to one mind concerning, as, to agree the fact. Also, to reconcile or make friends; to put an end to variance; but these senses are unusual, and hardly legitimate.

†A-GREE-A-BIL/I-TY, n. Easiness of disposition. Chaucer A-GREE/A-BLE, a. 1. Suitable; conformable; correspond ent; consistent with. 2. In pursuance of; in conformity with. 3. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; as, agree

able manners.

A-GREE/A-BLE-NESS, n. 1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency. 2. The quality of pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. 3. Resemblance; likeness. Obs.

A-GREE/A-BLY, adv. 1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure. 2. Suitably; consistently; conformably. 3. Alike; in the same manner. Obe. A-GREED', pp. 1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; consent; implying bargain or contract.

GREFING, ppr. Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent.

A-GREEING-LY, adv. In conformity to. [Little used.] ¡A-GREEING-NESS, n. Consistency; suitableness. A-GREEMENT, n. 1. Concord; harmony; conformity. 2. Union of opinions or sentiments. 3. Resemblance; conformity; similitude. 4. Union of minds in regard to a transfer of interest; bargain; compact; contract; stipulation.

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A-GRESTIAL, a. [L. agrestis.) Rural; rustic; perA GRESTIC, taining to fields or the country, in A-GRESTI-CAL, opposition to the city; unpolished. AGRI-CUL-TOR, n. One whose occupation is to till the ground; a farmer; a husbandman. AG-RI-CUL/TU-RAL, a. Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth.

AGRI-CUL-TURE, n. [L. ager, and cultura.) The cultivation of the ground, for the purpose of producing vegetables and fruits, for the use of man and beast; the art of preparing the soil, sowing and planting seeds, dressing the plants, and removing the crops.

AG-RI-CULTU-RISM, n. The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.]

AG-RI-CULTU-RIST, n. One skilled in agriculture; a skilful husbandman.

AGRI-MO-NY, n. [L. argemonia.] A genus of plants, of several species. AG-RIP-PINI-ANS, n. In church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage. Encyc. A-GRISE', v. i. [Sax. agrisan.] To shiver. [A-GRISE, v. t. To terrify; also, to make frightful. AGROM, n. A disease frequent in Bengal. AG-RO-STEM'MA, n. A genus of plants. A-GROSTIS, n. [Gr. αγρωστις.] Bent grass. A-GROUND, adv. 1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the bottom of a ship rests on the ground, for want of sufficient depth of water. 2. Figuratively, stopped; impeded by insuperable obstacles A-GUA-PE-CACA, n. The jacana, a Brazilian bird. A'GUE, (agu) n [Sax. æge, oga, or hoga.] 1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering. 2. Chilliness; a chill, or state of shaking with cold, though in health. 3. It is used for a periodical fever, an intermittent, whether quotidian, tertian, or quartan.

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A GUE, v. t. To cause a shivering in; to strike with a cold fit. Haywood.

AGUE-CAKE, n. A hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs.

A GU-ED, a. Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear. Shak.

AGUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilli

A-GUISE v. t. To dress; to adorn. Spenser.
A-GUISE n. Dress. More.

A GU-ISH, a. Chilly; somewhat cold or shivering; having the qualities of an ague.

A GU-ISH-NESS, n. Chilliness; the quality of being aguish. A-GUIL-LA-NEUF', n. A form of rejoicing among the ancient Franks, on the first day of the year.

AGUL, n A species of the hedysarum.

AH. An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, &c., according to the manner of utterance

A-IX. 1. An exclamation expressing triumph, contempt, or simple surprise; but the senses are distinguished by very different modes of utterance, and different modifications of features. 2. n. A sunk fence, not visible, without near approach. Mason.

A-ILAN I-GER, n. A name of the gar-fish.

A-HEAD, (a-hed') adv. 1. Further forward than another thing; in front; originally a sea term, denoting further forward than another ship. 2. Onward; forward; towards the point before the stem or head; as, move ahead. 3. Headlong; precipitantly. L'Estrange. A-HEIGHT, (a-hite') adv. Aloft; on high. A-HIC-CY-AT LI, n. A poisonous serpent of Mexico A-HIGH', adv. On high.

A-HOLD, adv. Near the wind. Shak. AHOVAI, n. A poisonous species of plum. A-HOY', ezcl. A sea term used in hailing. AHRIMAN. See ARIMAN.

A-HUIT/LA, n. A worm found in the lake of Mexico.

ical climate of America.

† A-HUNGRY, a. Hungry. Shak.

AIA, n. A Brazilian fowl of the spoon-bill kind, and re sembling that bird in form and size. AI-CURUS, n. A large and beautiful species of parrot. AID, v. t. [Fr. aider.] To help; to assist; to support. AID, n. 1. Help; succor; support; assistance. 2. The per son who aids or yields support; a helper; an auxiliary 3. In English law, a subsidy or tax granted by parliament. 4. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation. AIDANCE, n. Aid; help; assistance. [Little used.) Shak. †AID ANT, a. Helping; helpful; supplying aid. *AID DE-CAMP, n. In military affairs, an officer whose duty is to receive and communicate the orders of a gen eral officer. It is desirable that this word should be natu ralized, and no longer pronounced aid-de-cong.] AID/ED, pp. Assisted; supported; furnished with succor. AIDER, n. One who helps; an assistant, or auxiliary. AIDING, ppr. Helping; assisting.

AID LESS, a. Helpless; without aid; unsupported; unde fended Shak.

† AIGRE, a. Sour. Craven dialect.
AIGRET, In. 1. In zoology, a name of the small white
AIGRETTE, heron.-2. In botany. See EGRET.
AIGU-LET, n. A point or tag, as at the ends of fringes
See AIGLET.

AIK RAW, n. A name of a species of lichen, or moss.
AIL, v. t. [Sax. eglian.] To trouble; to affect with unea
siness, either of body or mind.

AIL, n. Indisposition, or morbid affection.
AIL/ING, ppr. Diseased; indisposed; full of complaints.
AIL/MENT, n. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of
the body.

AIM, v. i. qu. Ir. oigham.] To point at with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or purpose; to attempt to reach, or accomplish; to tend towards; to endeaver; followed by at.

AIM, v. t. To direct or point as a weapon; to direct to a particular object; as, to aim a musket.

AIM, n. 1. The pointing or direction of a missile weapon. the direction of any thing to a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. 2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be affected. 3. A purpose; intention; design; scheme. 4. Conjecture; guess. [No used.] Spenser.

AIMED, pp. Pointed; directed; intended to strike or af

fect.

AIMER, n. One that aims.

AIMING, ppr. Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; purposing.

AIM LESS, a. Without aim. May.

AIR, n. [Fr. air; L. aer; Gr. anp.] 1. The fluid which we breathe. Air is inodorous, invisible, insipid, colorless. elastic, possessed of gravity, easily moved, rarefied and condensed. Atmospheric air is a compound fluid, consisting of oxygen gas, and nitrogen or azote. The body of air surrounding the earth is called the atmosphere. 2. Air in motion; a light breeze. 3. Vent; utterance abroad; publication; publicity. 4. A tune; a short song or piece of music adapted to words; also, the peculiar modulation of the notes, which gives music its character; as, a soft air. A song or piece of poetry for singing; the leading part of a tune. 5. The peculiar look, appearance, manner or mien of a person. It is applied to manners or gestures, as well as to features. 6. Airs, in the plural, is used to de note an affected manner, show of pride, haughtiness; as, he puts on airs.-7. In painting, that which expresses the life of action; manner; gesture; attitude. 8. Any thing light or uncertain; that is light as air. 9. Advice; intelligence; information. [Obs.] Bacon.

AIR, v. t. 1. To expose to the air; to give access to the open air; to ventilate; as, to air a room. 2. To expose to heat; to warm. 3. To dry by a fire; to expel damp

ness.

AIR/A, n. Hair grass, a genus of plants.
AIR-BAL-LOON. See BALLOON.

AIR-BLAD-DER, n. A vesicle or cuticle filled with air, also, the bladder of a fish.

AIR-BORN, a. Born of the air. Congreve
AIR-BRA-VING, a. Braving the winds. Shak.
AIR-BUILT, a. Erected in the air; having no solid foun-
dation, chimerical.

AIR-DRAWN, a. Drawn in air; imaginary. Shak.
AIRED, pp. Exposed to air; cleansed by air; heated or
dried by exposure to a fire; ventilated.
AIR'ER, n. One who exposes to the air.

AIR-GUN, n. A pneumatic engine, resembling a musket to discharge bullets by means of air.

AIR/HOLD-ER, n. An instrument for holding air.
AIR-HOLE, n. An opening to admit or discharge air.
AIRI-NESS, n. 1. Exposure to a free current of air; open
ness to the air. 2. Gayety; levity.
AIRING, ppr. Exposing to the air; warming; drying.

pared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet.

ALCA-TRAZ, n. A pelican.

τεια.] An ancient practice of forete ling events by means of a cock.

AL-CA-VA'LA, n. In Spain, a tax on every transfer of

property, real or personal. Encyc.

A-LEE, adv. In seamen's language, on the side opposite to the wind, that is, opposite to the side on which it strikes.

† AL/E-GER, a. [Fr.; Sp. alégre; L. alacer.] Gay; cheer ful; sprightly. Bacon.

AL-CE DO, n. [L] The king-fisher

AL-CHEMI-CAL, it

AL-CHEMI-CAL-LY, adv. In the manner of alchemy. AL CHE-MIST, n. One who practices alchemy.

AL-CHE-MISTIE,

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a.

Practicing alchemy, or relating

to it.

AL-CHE-MISTI-CAL, AL CHE-MY, n. [It. alchimia.] 1. The more sublime and difficult parts of chemistry, and chiefly such as relate to the transmutation of metals into gold, the finding a universal remedy for diseases, and an alkahest, or universal solvent, and other things now treated as ridiculous. This pretended science was much cultivated in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but is now held in contempt. 2. Formerly, a mixed metal used for utensils.

ALC-MA'NI-AN, a. Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet. AL/CO, n. A quadruped of America.

AL/CO-HOL, n. [Ar.] Pure or highly rectified spirit, obtained from fermented liquors by distillation.

ALL-CO-HOLIC, a. Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities. Med. Rep.

AL-CO-HOL-I-ZATION, n. The act of rectifying spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmated; or of reducing a substance to an impalpable powder..

ALCO-HO-LIZE, v. t. To convert into alcohol; to rectify spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmated; also, to reduce a substance to an impalpable powder.

AL/COR, n. [Ar.] A small star.

ALCO-RAN. See KORAN and ALKORAN.

*AL COVE, or AL-COVE/, n. [Sp. alcoba.] 1. A recess, or part of a room, separated by an estrade, or partition of columns, or by other corresponding ornaments; in which is placed a bed of state, and sometimes seats for company. 2 A recess in a library, or small lateral apartment for books.

ALCY-ON, n. The king-fisher. See HALCYON.
AL CY-O-NITE, n A fossil zoophite, somewhat resembling

a fungus. J of Science.

AL-CY-O'NI-UM, n. The name of a submarine plant. Also, a kind of astroit or coral.

AL/DER, n. [L. alnus.] A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus alnus. AL-DER-LIEVEST, a. Most beloved. Shak.

ALDER-MAN, plu. ALDERMEN, n. [Sax. ald or eald, old, comp. alder, older, and man.] 1. Among our Sazon ancestors, a senior or superior. The title was applied to princes, dukes, earls, senators, bishops, &c. 2. In present usage, a magistrate or officer of a town corporate, next in rank below the mayor.

AL-DER-MANH-TY, n. The behavior and manners of an alderman. The society of aldermen.

AL/DER-MAN-LY, a. Pertaining to, or like an alderman. Swift.

AL/DERN, a. Made of alder.

ALE, n. [Sax. cala, eale, or aloth.] 1. A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having a smaller proportion of hops. 2. A merry meeting in English country places, so called from the liquor drank. Ben Jonson.

ALE-BENCH, n. A bench in or before an ale house. ALE-BER-RY, n. A beverage, made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. ALE-BREW-ER, n. One whose occupation is to brew ale. ILE-CON-NER, n. [ale and con.] An officer in London, whose business is to inspect the measures used in public houses, to prevent frauds in selling liquors.

ILE-COST, n. Costmary, a plant.

ALE-FED, a. Fed with ale. Stafford

ALE-GAR, n. [ale, and Fr. aigre, sour.] Sour ale; the acid of ale.

ALE-HOOF, n. [D. eiloof.] Ground-ivy.

ALE-HOUSE, n. A house where ale is retailed.

Chaucer.

ALE-HOUSE-KEEP-ER, n. One who keeps an ale-house.
ALE/-KNIGHT (ale'nite) n. A pot companion.
ALE-SHOT, n. A reckoning to be paid for ale.
ALE-SIL-VER. n. A duty paid to the lord mayor of Lon-
don, by the sellers of ale within the city.

ALE-STAKE, n. A stake set as a sign before an ale-house.
Chaucer.

ALE-TAST-ER, n. An officer appointed to inspect ale,

† A-LEGGE, v t. To lighten; to lessen; to assuage. A-LEMBDAR, n. A certain officer in Turkey.

A-LEM'BIC, n. [Ar.] A chemical vessel used in distillation, usually made of glass or copper.

A-LENGTH', adv. At full length; along; stretched at full length. Chaucer.

A-LEPI-DOTE, n. [Gr. a and λεπις.] Any fish whose skin is not covered with scales.

A-LERT, a. [Fr. alerte; Sp. alerto.] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. Hence the military phrase, upon the alert, upon the watch. 2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. Spectator.

A-LERT NESS, n. Briskness; nimbleness; sprightliness; levity. Addison.

A-LEU-ROM'AN-CY, n. [Gr. αλευρον and μαντεια.] Α kind of divination by meal.

A-LEU TIAN, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific
A-LEUTIC, ocean, eastward of Kamtschatka.
AL-EX-AN'DERS, n. The name of a plant.
AL-EX-AN DER'S FOOT, n. The name of a plant.
AL-EX-AN'DRI-AN, a. Pertaining to Alexandria.

AL-EX-AN/DRINE, or AL-EX-AN/DRI-AN, n. A kind of verse, consisting of twelve syllables, or of twelve and thirteen alternately.

A-LEX-I-PHARMIĆ, or A-LEX-I-PHAR/MI-CAL, a. [Gr αλεξω and φαρμακον.] Expelling poison; antidotal; sudorific; that has the quality of expelling poison or infection by sweat.

A-LEX-I-PHAR MIC, n. A medicine that is intended to obviate the effects of poison; an antidote to poison or infection.

A-LEX-I-TER'IC, A-LEX-I-TE/RI-AL, or A-LEX-I-TERL 1-CAL, α. [Gr. αλεξω and δηλητηριον.] Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom.

A-LEX-I-TERIC, n. A medicine to resist the effects of poison, nearly synonymous with alexipharmic.

AL/GA, n. [L.] Sea-weed.

ALGA-ROT, or AL/GA-ROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder.

AL GATES, adv. On any terms; every way. AL/GE-BRA, n. [Ar.] The science of quantity in general, or universal arithmetic. Algebra is a general method of computation, in which signs and symbols, which are commonly the letters of the alphabet, are made to represent numbers and quantities. It takes an unknown quantity sought, as if granted; and, by means of one or more quantities given, proceeds till the quantity supposed is discovered, by some other known quantity to which it is equal. AL-GE-BRA'ΙΕ, AL-GE-BRAI-CAL, from such operation.

a. Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced

AL-GE-BRA IST, n. One who is versed in the science of algebra.

AL/GE-NEB, n. A star of the second magnitude.
AL-GE-RINE, n. A native of Algiers.
AL-GE-RINE', a. Belonging to Algiers
† AL/GID, a. [L. algidus.] Cold.
AL-GIDI-TY,
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AL-GIFIC, a. Producing cold.

AL/GOL, n. A fixed star of the third magnitude.

AL/GOR, n. [Lat.] Among physicians, an unusual coldness in any part of the body.

ALGORITHM, or AL/GO-RISM, n. An Arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six operations of arithmetic.

†AL-GOSE, a. Extremely cold.

AL/GOUS, a. [L. alga.] Pertaining to sea-weed; abound-. ing with, or like sea-weed. AL-GUA-ZILA, (al-gwa-zeel') n. [Sp.] An inferior officer of justice.

AL-HENINA, n. See ALKENNA.

A'LI-AS, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example-Simson, alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings. A'LI-AS, n. Á second writ, or execution, issued when the first has failed to enforce the judgment.

AL/I-BI, n. [L.] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an offense, and he proves that he could not have committed it, because he was, at the time, in another place, he is said to prove an alibi. ALI-BLE, a. Nutritive; nourishing.

ALIEN, (alel-yen) a. (L. alienus.] 1. Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or government