Alias – Alloyage

Alias

A'LIAS, [Latin] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings to connect the different names by which a person is called who attempts to conceal his true name and pass under a fictitious one.

A'LIAS, noun A second writ, or execution, issued when the first has failed to enforce the judgment.

Alibi

AL'IBI, noun [Latin] 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 The part of a plea or allegation, which avers the party to have been in another place, is also called an alibi

Alien

A'LIEN, adjective alyen, [Latin alienus, from alius, another. Latin alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to altercate.]

1. Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or government.

2. Belonging to one who is not a citizen.

3. Estranged; foreign; not allied; adverse to; as, principles alien from our religion.

A'LIEN, noun alyen.

1. A foreigner; one born in, or belonging to, another country; one who is not a denizen, or entitled to the privileges of a citizen.

2. In scripture, one who is a stranger to the church of Christ, or to the covenant of grace.

At that time, ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel. Ephesians 2:12.

In France, a child born of residents who are not citizens, is an alien In Great Britain, the children of aliens born in that country, are mostly natural born subjects; and the children of British subjects, owing allegiance to the crown of England, though born in other countries, are natural subjects, and entitled to the privileges or resident citizens.

Alien-duty, a tax upon goods imported by aliens, beyond the duty on the like goods imported by citizens; a discriminating duty on the tonnage of ships belonging to aliens, or any extra duties imposed by laws or edicts on aliens.

A'LIEN

Alienability

ALIENABIL'ITY, noun The capacity of being alienated or transferred.

The alienability of the domain.

Alienable

A'LIENABLE, adjective That may be sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the State.

Alienage

A'LIENAGE, noun The state of being an alien.

Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of alienage?

Alienate

A'LIENATE, verb transitive [Latin alieno.]

1. To transfer title, property or right to another; as, to alienate lands, or sovereignty.

2. To estrange; to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; with from; as, to alienate the heart or affections; to alienate a man from the friends of his youth.

3. To apply to a wrong use.

They shall not alienate the first fruits of the land.

Ezekiel 48:14.

A'LIENATE, adjective [Latin alienatus.]

Estranged; withdrawn from; stranger to; with from.

O alienate from God, O spirit accurst.

The whigs were alienate from truth.

Alienation

ALIENA'TION, noun [Latin 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, as of the heart or affections.

4. Delirium; derangement of mental faculties; insanity.

Alienation-office, in Great Britain, is an office to which all writs of covenant and entry, on which fines are levied and recoveries suffered, are carried, to have fines for alienation set and paid thereon.

Alienator

A'LIENATOR, noun One that alienates or transfers property.

Aliene

ALIE'NE, verb transitive [Latin alieno.]

1. To transfer title or property to another; to sell.

Nor could he aliene the estate, even with the consent of the Lord.

2. To estrange; to make averse or indifferent; to turn the affections from.

The prince was aliened from all thoughts of the marriage.

In this sense, it is more common to use alienate.

Alienee

ALIENEE', noun One to whom the title to property is transferred.

If the alienee enters and keeps possession.

Alienism

ALIENISM, noun Alyenizm. The state of being an alien.

The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism

Alife

ALI'FE, adverb [a or on and life.] On my life.

Aliferous

ALIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and fero, to bear.] Having wings.

Aliform

ALI'FORM, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and forma, shape.]

Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a certain process and muscles of the body, as the pterygoid process, and the muscles arising from that process.

Aligerous

ALIG'EROUS, adjective [Latin ala wing, and gero, to carry] Having wings.

Alight

ALI'GHT, verb intransitive

1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.

2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree.

3. To fall or descend and lodge; as, snow alights on a roof.

Alike

ALI'KE, adjective

Having resemblance or similitude; similar.

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Psalms 13:1.

[This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualifies.]

ALI'KE, adverb in the same manner, form or degree.

We are all alike concerned in religion.

He fashioneth their hearts alike Psalms 33:15.

Alike-Minded

ALI'KE-MINDED, adjective Having the same mind; but like-minded is more generally used.

Aliment

AL'IMENT, noun [Latin alimentum, from alo, to feed.]

That which nourishes; food; nutriment; any thing which feeds or adds to a substance, animal or vegetable, in natural growth.

Alimental

ALIMENT'AL, adjective Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing; that furnishes the materials for natural growth; as, chyle is alimental; alimental sap.

Alimentally

ALIMENT'ALLY, adverb So as to serve for nourishment or food.

Alimentariness

ALIMENT'ARINESS, noun The quality of supplying nutriment.

Alimentary

ALIMENT'ARY, adjective Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing; as, alimentary particles.

The alimentary canal, in animal bodies, is the great duct or intestine, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts evacuated.

Alimentary law, among the Romans, was a law which obliged children to support their parents.

Obligation of aliment, in Scots law, is the natural obligation of parents to provide for their children.

Alimentation

ALIMENTA'TION, noun

1. The act or power of affording nutriment.

2. The state of being nourished.

Alimonious

ALIMO'NIOUS, adjective [See alimony.] Nourishing; affording food. [Little used.]

Alimony

ALI'MONY, noun [Latin alimonia, of alo, to feed. See Aliment.]

An allowance made for the support of a woman, legally separated from her husband. The sum is fixed by the proper judge, and granted out of the husband's estate.

Aliped

AL'IPED, adjective [Latin ala, wing, and pes, foot.]

Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, which serves as a wing.

AL'IPED, noun [Supra.]

An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, and which thus serve for wings; a cheiropter; as, the bat.

Aliquant

AL'IQUANT, adjective [Latin aliquantum, a little.]

In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which does not measure another number without a remainder. Thus 5 is an aliquant part of 16, for 3 times 5 is 15, leaving a remainder 1.

Aliquot

AL'IQUOT, adjective [Latin]

An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will measure it without a remainder. Thus 5 is the aliquot part of 15.

Alish

A'LISH, adjective [From ale.] Like ale; having the qualities of ale.

Alive

ALI'VE, adjective

1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions, and the fluids move, whether in animals or vegetables; as, the man or plant is alive

2. In a state of action; unextinguished; undestroyed; unexpired; in force or operation; as, keep the process alive

3. Cheerful; sprightly; lively; full of alacrity; as, the company were all alive

4. Susceptible; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as when the mind is solicitous about some event; as, one is alive to whatever is interesting to a friend.

5. Exhibiting motion or moving bodies in great numbers.

The city was all alive when the General entered.

6. In a scriptural sense, regenerated; born again.

For this my son was dead and is alive Luke 15:24.

[This adjective always follows the noun which it qualifies.]

Alkahest

AL'KAHEST, noun

A universal dissolvent; a menstrumm capable of dissolving every body, which Paracelsus and Van Helmont pretended they possessed. This pretense no longer imposses on the credulity of any man.

The word is sometimes used for fixed salts volatilized.

Alkalescency

ALKALES'CENCY, noun [See Alkali.]

A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of an alkali; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to be predominant.

Alkalescent

ALKALES'CENT, adjective tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Alkali

AL'KALI, noun plural Alkalies

In chimistry, a term applied to all bodies which possess the following properties:

1. a caustic taste;

2. volatilizable by heat;

3. capability of combining with acids, and of destroying their acidity;

4. solubility in water, even when combined with carbonic acid;

5. capability of converting vegetable blues to green.

The term was formerly confined to three substances:

1. potash or vegetable fixed alkali generally obtained from the ashes of wood;

2. soda or mineral fixed alkali which is found in the earth and procured from marine plants; and

3. ammonia or volatile alkali an animal product.

Modern chimistry has discovered many new substances to which the term is now extended.

The alkalies were formerly considered as elementary substances; but it is now ascertained that they are all compounds.

The alkalies are used in the manufacture of glass and soap, in bleaching and in medicine.

Alkalify

AL'KALIFY, verb transitive To form, or to convert into an alkali.

AL'KALIFY, verb intransitive To become an alkali.

Alkaligenous

ALKALIG'ENOUS, adjective [Alkali and to generate.]

Producing or generating alkali.

Alkalimeter

ALKALIM'ETER, noun [Alkali and Gr. measure.]

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in potash and soda.

Alkaline

AL'KALINE, adjective Having the properties of alkali.

Alkalinity

ALKALIN'ITY, noun The quality which constitutes an alkali.

Alkalizate

AL'KALIZATE, adjective Alkaline; impregnated with alkali. obsolete

Alkalization

ALKALIZA'TION, noun The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali.

Alkalize

AL'KALIZE, verb transitive [and formerly Alkalizate.]

To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to, by mixture.

Alkanet

AL'KANET, noun The plant bugloss. The root is used to impart a deep red color to oily substances, ointments, plasters, etc.

Alkekengi

ALKEKEN'GI, noun The winter cherry, a species of physalis. The plant bears a near resemblance to solanum, or nightshade. The berry is medicinal.

Alkenna

ALKEN'NA or ALHEN'NA, noun Egyptian privet, a species of Lawsonia. The pulverized leaves of this plant are much used by the eastern nations for staining their nails yellow. The powder, being wet, forms a paste, which is bound on the nails for a night, and the color thus given will last several weeks.

Alkermes

ALKERM'ES, noun

In pharmacy, a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, derived from the kermes berries. Its other ingredients are said to be pippin-cider, rose water, sugar, ambergris, musk, cinnamon, aloes-wood, pearls, and leaf-gold.

Alkerva

ALKER'VA, noun An arabic name of the Palma Christi.

Alkoran

AL'KORAN, noun

The book which contains the Mohammedan doctrines of faith and practice. It was written by Mohammed, in the dialect of the Koreish, which is the purest Arabic; but the Arabian language has suffered such changes, since it was written, that the language of the alkoran is not now intelligible to the Arabians themselves, without being learned like other dead languages.

Alkoranist

AL'KORANIST, noun 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.

Alkussa

ALKUS'SA, noun A fish of the Silurus kind, with one beard only under the chin.

All

ALL, adjective awl. [Gr. Shemitic from calah, to be ended or completed to perfect.]

1. Every one, or the whole number of particulars.

2. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength. This word signifies then, the whole or entire thing, or all the parts or particulars which compose it. It always precedes the definitive adjectives, the, my, thy, his, our, your, their; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all thy goods; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property.

This word, not only in popular language, but in the scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died; all Judea and all the region round about Jordan; all men held John as a prophet; are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part or very great numbers.

This word is prefixed to many other words, to enlarge their signification; as already, always, all-prevailing.

ALL, adverb Wholly; completely; entirely; as all along; all bedewed; all over; my friend is all for amusement; I love my father all In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all so long, this word retains its appropriate sense; as, 'he thought them six-pence all too dear, ' that is, he thought them too dear by the sum of sixpence. In the sense of although, as, 'all were it as the rest, ' and in the sense of just, or at the moment, as 'all as his straying flock he fed, ' it is obsolete, or restricted to poetry.

It is all one is a phrase equivalent to the same thing in effect; that is, it is wholly the same thing.

ALL the better is equivalent to wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.

ALL, noun

1. The whole number; as, all have not the same disposition; that is, all men.

2. The whole; the entire thing; the aggregate amount; as, our all is at stake.

And Laban said, all that thou seest is mine. Genesis 31:1.

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.

Thou shalt be all in all and I in thee, Forever.

When the words, and all close an enumeration of particulars, the word all is either intensive, or is added as a general term to express what is not enumerated; as a tree fell, nest, eagles and all

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. Has he any property at all?

ALL and some, in Spenser, Mason interprets, one and all But from Lye's Saxon Dictionary, it appears that the phrase is a corruption of the Sax. ealle at somne, all together, all at once, from somne, together, at once. See Lye under Somne.

ALL in the wind, in seamen's language, is a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.

ALL is well is a watchman's phrase, expressing a state of safety.

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

ALL-ABAN'DONED, adjective Abandoned by all

All-Abhorred

ALL-ABHOR'RED, adjective Detested by all.

All-Accomplished

ALL-ACCOM'PLISHED, adjective Fully accomplished; whose education is highly finished or complete.

All-Admiring

ALL-ADMI'RING, adjective Wholly admiring.

All-Advised

ALL-ADVI'SED, adjective Advised by all.

All-Approved

ALL-APPROVED, adjective Approved by all.

All-Atoning

ALL-ATO'NING, adjective Atoning for all; making complete atonement.

All-Bearing

ALL-BEA'RING, adjective Producing every thing; omniparous.

All-Beauteous

ALL-BEAU'TEOUS, adjective Perfectly beautiful

All-Beholding

ALL-BEHO'LDING, adjective Beholding or seeing all things.

All-Blasting

ALL-BL'ASTING, adjective Blasting all; defaming or destroying all.

All-Bounteous

ALL-BOUN'TEOUS,

ALL-BOUN'TIFUL, adjective Perfectly bountiful; of infinite bounty.

All-Changing

ALL-CHA'NGING, adjective Perpetually changing.

All-Cheering

ALL-CHEE'RING, adjective That cheers all; that gives gaiety or cheerfulness to all.

All-Commanding

ALL-COMM'ANDING, adjective Having command or sovereignty over all.

All-Complying

ALL-COMPLY'ING, adjective Complying in every respect.

All-Composing

ALL-COMPO'SING, adjective That makes all tranquil or peaceful.

All-Comprehensive

ALL-COMPREHEN'SIVE, adjective Comprehending all things.

All-Concealing

ALL-CONCE'ALING, adjective Hiding or concealing all.

All-Conquering

ALL-CON'QUERING, adjective That subdues all.

All-Conscious

ALL-CON'SCIOUS, adjective Conscious of all; all-knowing.

All-Constraining

ALL-CONSTRA'INING, adjective Constraining all

All-Consuming

ALL-CONSU'MING, adjective That consumes or devours all.

All-Daring

ALL-DA'RING, adjective Daring to attempt every thing.

All-Destroying

ALL-DESTROY'ING, adjective Destroying every thing.

All-Devastating

ALL-DEV'ASTATING, adjective Wasting every thing.

All-Devouring

ALL-DEVOUR'ING, a Eating or consuming all.

All-Dimming

ALL-DIM'MING, adjective Obscuring every thing.

All-Discovering

ALL-DISCOV'ERING, adjective Discovering or disclosing every thing.

All-Disgraced

ALL-DISGRA'CED, adjective Completely disgraced.

All-Dispensing

ALL-DISPENS'ING, adjective Dispensing all things; affording dispensation or permission.

All-Divine

ALL-DIVI'NE, adjective Supremely excellent.

All-Divining

ALL-DIVI'NING, adjective Foretelling all things.

All-Dreaded

ALL-DREAD'ED, adjective Dreaded by all.

All-Efficient

ALL-EFFI'CIENT, adjective Of perfect or unlimited efficacy or efficiency.

All-Eloquent

ALL-EL'OQUENT, adjective Eloquent in the highest degree.

All-Embracing

ALL-EMBRA'CING, adjective Embracing all things.

All-Ending

ALL-END'ING, adjective Putting an end to all things.

All-Enlightening

ALL-ENLI'GHTENING, adjective Enlightening all things.

All-Enraged

ALL-ENRA'GED, adjective Highly enraged.

All-Flaming

ALL-FLA'MING, adjective Flaming in all directions.

All-Fools-Day

ALL-FOOL'S-DAY, noun The first of April.

All-Forgiving

ALL-FORGIV'ING, adjective Forgiving or pardoning all.

All-Fours

ALL-FOURS, noun [all and four.]

A game at cards, played by two or four persons; so called from the possession of the four honors, by one person, who is then said to have all fours.

To go on all fours is to move or walk on four legs, or on the two legs and two arms.

All-Giver

ALL-GIV'ER, noun The giver of all things.

All-Good

ALL-GOOD', adjective Completely good.

ALL-GOOD, noun The popular name of the plant Good-Henry, or English Mercury, Chenopodium bonus Henricus.

All-Gracious

ALL-GRA'CIOUS, adjective Perfectly gracious.

All-Guiding

ALL-GUI'DING, adjective Guiding or conducting all things.

All-Hail

ALL-HA'IL, exclamation

All health; a phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or safety to the person addressed.

All-Hallow

ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all the saints in general

All-Hallow-Tide

ALL-HALLOW-TIDE, noun The time near All Saints, or November first.

All-Hallows

ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS noun

All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all the saints in general

All-Happy

ALL-HAP'PY, adjective Completely happy.

All-Heal

ALL-HE'AL, noun The popular name of several plants.

All-Healing

ALL-HE'ALING, adjective Healing all things.

All-Helping

ALL-HELP'ING, adjective Assisting all

All-Hiding

ALL-HI'DING, adjective Concealing all things.

All-Honored

ALL-HON'ORED, adjective Honored by all.

All-Hurting

ALL-HURT'ING, adjective Hurting all things.

All-Idolizing

ALL-I'DOLIZING, adjective Worshiping any thing.

All-Imitating

ALL-IM'ITATING, adjective Imitating every thing.

All-Informing

ALL-INFORM'ING, adjective Imitating every thing.

All-Interesting

ALL-IN'TERESTING, adjective Interesting in the highest degree.

All-Interpreting

ALL-INTER'PRETING, adjective Explaining all things.

All-Judging

ALL-JUDG'ING, adjective Judging all; possessing the sovereign right of judging.

All-Just

ALL-JUST; , adjective Perfectly just.

All-Kind

ALL-KI'ND, adjective Perfectly kind or benevolent.

All-Knowing

ALL-KNO'WING, adjective Having all knowledge; omniscient.

All-Licensed

ALL-LI'CENSED, adjective Licensed to every thing.

All-Loving

ALL-LOV'ING, adjective Of infinite love.

All-Making

ALL-MA'KING, adjective Making or creating all; omnific.

All-Maturing

ALL-MATU'RING, adjective Maturing all things.

All-Merciful

ALL-MER'CIFUL, adjective Of perfect mercy or compassion.

All-Murdering

ALL-MUR'DERING, adjective Killing or destroying every thing.

All-Obedient

ALL-OBE'DIENT, adjective Entirely obedient.

All-Obeying

ALL-OBEY'ING, adjective [See Obey.] Receiving obedience from all.

All-Oblivious

ALL-OBLIV'IOUS, adjective Causing total oblivion.

All-Obscuring

ALL-OBSCU'RING, adjective Obscuring every thing.

All-Patient

ALL-PA'TIENT, adjective Enduring every thing without murmurs.

All-Penetrating

ALL-PEN'ETRATING, adjective Penetrating every thing.

All-Perfect

ALL-PER'FECT, adjective Completely perfect; having all perfection.

All-Perfectness

ALL-PER'FECTNESS, noun The perfection of the whole; entire perfection.

All-Piercing

ALL-PIER'CING, adjective Piercing every thing.

All-Powerful

ALL-POW'ERFUL, adjective Almighty; omnipotent.

All-Praised

ALL-PRA'ISED, adjective Praised by all.

All-Ruling

ALL-RU'LING, adjective Governing all things.

All-Sagacious

ALL-SAGA'CIOUS, adjective Having all sagacity; of perfect discernment.

All-Saints-Day

ALL-SAINTS-DAY, noun The first day of November, called also all hallows; a feast in honor of all the saints.

All-Sanctifying

ALL-SANC'TIFYING, adjective Sanctifying the whole.

All-Saving

ALL-SA'VING, adjective Saving all.

All-Searching

ALL-SEARCH'ING, adjective Pervading and searching every thing.

All-Seeing

ALL-SEE'ING, adjective Seeing every thing.

All-Seer

ALL-SEE'R, noun One that sees every thing.

All-Shaking

ALL-SHA'KING, adjective Shaking all things.

All-Shunned

ALL-SHUN'NED, adjective Shunned by all.

All-Souls-Day

ALL-SOULS-DAY, noun The second day of November; a feast or solemnity held by the church of Rome, to supplicate for the souls of the faithful deceased.

ALL'-SPICE, noun The berry of the pimento, a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic.

All-Sufficiency

ALL-SUFFI'CIENCY, noun Complete or infinite ability.

All-Sufficient

ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, adjective Sufficient to every thing; infinitely able.

ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, noun The all-sufficient Being; God.

All-Surrounding

ALL-SURROUND'ING, adjective Encompassing the whole.

All-Surveying

ALL-SURVEY'ING, noun [See Survey.] Surveying every thing.

All-Sustaining

ALL-SUSTA'INING, adjective Upholding all things.

All-Telling

ALL-TELL'ING, adjective Telling or divulging every thing.

All-Triumphing

ALL-TRI'UMPHING, adjective Triumphant every where or over all.

All-Watched

ALL-WATCH'ED, adjective Watched throughout.

All-Wise

ALL-WI'SE, adjective Possessed of infinite wisdom.

All-Witted

ALL-WIT'TED, adjective Having all kinds of wit.

All-Worshiped

ALL-WOR'SHIPED, adjective Worshiped or adored by all.

All-Worthy

ALL-WOR'THY, adjective Of infinite worth; of the highest worth.

Allagite

AL'LAGITE, noun A mineral, of a brown or green color, massive, with a flat conchoidal fracture, and nearly opake, found in the Hartz near Elbingerode.

Allanite

AL'LANITE, noun A mineral named from Mr. Allan, of Edinburg, who first recognized it as a distinct species. It is massive, of a brownish black color, and conchoidal fracture. A siliceous oxyd of cerium.

ALLANTOIS'or ALLANTOID', noun [Gr. a sausage, and form.]

A thin membrane, situated between the chorion and amnios in quadrupeds, and forming one of the membranes which invest the fetus in those animals.

Allatrate

AL'LATRATE, verb transitive [Latin allatro.] To bark, as a dog. [Not used.]

Allay

ALLA'Y, verb transitive [Gr.; Latin ligo, to bind; but this may be the same word differently applied, that is, to set, to fix, to make fast, to unite. allay and alloy were formerly used indifferently; but I have recognized an entire distinction between them, applying alloy to metals.]

1. To make quiet; to pacify, or appease; as, to allay the tumult of the passions, or to allay civil commotions.

2. To abate, mitigate, subdue or destroy; as, to allay grief or pain.

Females, who soften and allay the bitterness of adversity.

3. To obtund or repress as acrimony; as, to allay the acrid qualities of a substance.

4. Formerly, to reduce the purity of; as, to allay metals. But, in this sense, alloy is now exclusively used. [See Alloy.]

ALLA'Y, noun

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; as, the allay of colors.

Also, abatement; diminution by means of some mixture; as, joy without allay But alloy is now more generally used.

Allayed

ALLA'YED, participle passive Layed at rest; quieted; tranquilized; abated; [reduced by mixture. obsolete ]

Allayer

ALLA'YER, noun He, or that which allays.

Allaying

ALLA'YING, participle present tense Quieting; reducing to tranquility; abating; [reducing by mixture. obsolete ]

Allayment

ALLA'YMENT, noun The act of quieting, or a state of tranquility; a state of rest after disturbance; abatement; ease; as, the allayment of grief.

Alle

AL'LE, noun ally. The little auk, or black and white diver.

Allective

ALLEC'TIVE, adjective Alluring. [Not used.]

ALLEC'TIVE, noun Allurement. [Not used.]

Alledge

ALLEDGE', verb transitive [Latin allego, ad and lego, to send; Eng. lay.]

1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; to pronounce, with positiveness; as, to alledge a fact.

2. To produce as an argument, plea or excuse; to cite or quote; as, to alledge the authority of a judge.

Alledged

ALLEDG'ED, participle passive Affirmed; asserted, whether as a charge or a plea.

Alledger

ALLEDG'ER, noun One who affirms or declares.

Alledging

ALLEDG'ING, participle present tense Asserting; averring; declaring.

Allegation

ALLEGA'TION, noun

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, a formal complaint, or declaration of charges.

Allege

ALLEGE. [See Alledge.]

Allegeable

ALLEG'EABLE, adjective That may be alledged. [Not used.]

Allegeas

ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, noun A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, the other of various plants which are spun like flax.

Allegement

ALLEG'EMENT, noun Allegation. [Not in use.]

Alleghanean

ALLEGHA'NEAN, adjective Pertaining to the mountains called Alleghany, or Alleghenny.

Alleghany

ALLEGHA'NY, noun The chief ridge of the great chains of mountains which run from noun East to S. West through the middle and southern states of North America; but, more appropriately, the main or unbroken ridge, which casts all the waters on one side to the east, and on the other side to the west. This ridge runs from Pennsylvania to Georgia, and chains extend through the United States.

This name is given also to the river Ohio, above its confluence with the Monongahela; but improperly, as the Indian name of the river to its source is Ohio.

Allegiance

ALLE'GIANCE, noun [Latin alligo, of ad and ligo, to bind. See Liege and League.]

The tie or obligation of a subject to his Prince or government; the duty of fidelity to a king, government or state. Every native or citizen owes allegiance to the government under which he is born. This is called natural or implied allegiance which arises from the connection of a person with the society in which he is born, and his duty to be a faithful subject, independent of any express promise. Express allegiance is that obligation which proceeds from an express promise, or oath of fidelity.

Local or temporary allegiance is due from an alien to the government or state in which he resides.

Allegiant

ALLE'GIANT, adjective Loyal. [Not used.]

Allegias

ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, noun A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, the other of various plants which are spun like flax.

Allegoric

ALLEGOR'IC,

ALLEGOR'ICAL, adjective In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing by resemblances.

Allegorical

ALLEGOR'ICAL, a. In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing by resemblances.

Allegorically

ALLEGOR'ICALLY, adverb In a figurative manner; by way of allegory.

Allegoricalness

ALLEGOR'ICALNESS, noun The quality of being allegorical.

Allegorize

AL'LEGORIZE, verb transitive

1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.

2. To understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may be understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

AL'LEGORIZE, verb intransitive To use allegory; as, a man may allegorize to please his fancy.

Allegorized

AL'LEGORIZED, participle passive Turned into allegory, or understood allegorically.

Allegorizing

AL'LEGORIZING, participle present tense Turning into allegory, or understanding in all allegorical sense.

Allegory

AL'LEGORY, noun [Gr. other, to speak, a forum, an oration.]

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 writer or speaker, by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject. allegory is in words that hieroglyphics are in painting. We have a fine example of an allegory in the eightieth Psalm, in which God's chosen people are represented by a vineyard. The distinction in scripture between a parable and an allegory is said to be that a parable is a supposed history, and an allegory a figurative description of real facts. An allegory is called a continued metaphor. The following line in Virgil is an example of an allegory

Claudite jam rivos, pueri, sat prata biberunt.

Stop the currents, young men, the meadows have drank sufficiently; that is let your music cease, our ears have been sufficiently delighted.

Allegretto

ALLEGRET'TO, [from allegro, ] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

Allegro

ALLE'GRO. [See Light.]

In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain; the quickest except presto. Piu allegro is a still quicker movement.

Alleluiah

ALLELU'IAH, noun [Heb. praise to Jah.]

Praise to Jehovah; a word used to denote pious joy and exultation, chiefly in hymns and anthems. The Greeks retained the word in their praise to Io; probably a corruption of Jah. The Romans retained the latter word in their Io triumphe.

Allemand

ALLEMAND', noun A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow movement. Also a brisk dance, or a figure in dancing.

Allemannic

ALLEMAN'NIC, adjective Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient Germans, and to Alemannia, their country. The word is generally supposed to be composed of all and manni, all men. Cluver, p. 68. This is probably an error. The word is more probably composed of the Celtic all, other, the root of Latin alius and man, place; one of another place, a stranger. The Welsh allman is thus rendered, and this seems to be the original word.

The name, Alemanni, seems to have been first given to the Germans who invaded Gaul in the reign of Augustus.

Allerion

ALLER'ION, noun In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings; denoting Imperialists vanquished and disarmed.

Alleveur

ALLEVEU'R, noun A small Swedish coin, value about a cent.

Alleviate

ALLE'VIATE, verb transitive [Low Latin allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light.]

1. To make light; but always in a figurative sense, as it is not applied to material objects. To remove in part; to lessen, mitigate, or make easier to be endured; applied to evils; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, punishment, a burden, etc.; opposed to aggravate.

2. To make less by representation; to lessen the magnitude or criminality; to extenuate; applied to moral conduct; as, to alleviate an offense. [This sense of the word is rare.]

Alleviated

ALLE'VIATED, participle passive Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated.

Alleviating

ALLE'VIATING, participle present tense Making lighter, or more tolerable; extenuating.

Alleviation

ALLEVIA'TION, noun

1. The act of lightening, allaying, or extenuating; a lessening or mitigation.

2. That which lessens, mitigates or makes more tolerable; as, the sympathy of a friend is an alleviation of grief.

I have not wanted such alleviations of life, as friendship could supply. Dr. Johnson's letter to Mr. Hector.

This use of alleviation is hardly legitimate without supplying some word expressing evil, as trouble, sorrow, etc.

Without such alleviations of the cares of troubles of life.

Alleviative

ALLE'VIATIVE, noun That which mitigates. [Not in use.]

Alley

AL'LEY, noun al'ly

1. A walk in a garden; a narrow passage.

2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.

3. A place in London where stocks are bought and sold.

Alliaceous

ALLIA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin allium, garlic.]

Pertaining to allium, or garlic; having the properties of garlic.

Alliance

ALLI'ANCE, noun [Gr.; Latin ]

1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage.

2. The union between nations, contracted by compact, treaty or league.

3. The treaty, league, or compact, which is the instrument of confederacy; sometimes perhaps the act of confederating.

4. Any union or connection of interests between persons, families, states or corporations; as, an alliance between church and state.

5. The persons or parties allied; as, men or states may secure any alliances in their power.

Alliant

ALLI'ANT, noun An ally. [Not used.]

Alliciency

ALLI'CIENCY, noun [Lat. allicio, ad and lacio, allecto, elicio.

The power of attracting any thing; attraction; magnetism. [Little used.]

Allicient

ALLI'CIENT, noun That which attracts. [Not used.]

Allied

ALLI'ED, participle passive Connected by marriage, treaty or similitude. [See ally.]

Alligate

AL'LIGATE, verb transitive [Latin alligo, and ad and ligo, to bind. See Allegiance, Liege, League.]

To tie together; to unite by some tie.

Alligation

ALLIGA'TION, noun

1. The act of tying together; the state of being tied. [Little used.]

2. A rule of arithmetic, for finding the price or value of compounds consisting of ingredients of different values. Thus if a quantity of sugar, worth eight cents the pound, and another quantity worth ten cents, are mixed, the question to be solved by alligation is, what is the value of the mixture by the pound. alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate; medial, when the rate of a mixture is sought from the rates and quantities of the simples; alternate, when the quantities of the simples are sought from the rates of the simples, and the rate of the mixture.

Alligator

ALLIGA'TOR, noun [The Latin word seems to be connected with lacertus, the arm; and the animal may be named from the resemblance of his legs to arms.]

The American crocodile. This animal is of the lizard genus, having a long naked body, four feet, with five toes on the fore feet, and four on the hind, armed with claws, a serrated tail. The mouth is very large, and furnished with sharp teeth; the skin is brown, tough, and, on the sides, covered with tubercles. The largest of these animals grow to the length of seventeen or eighteen feet. They live in and about the rivers in warm climates, eat fish, and sometimes catch hogs, on the shore, or dogs which are swimming. In winter, they burrow in the earth, which they enter under water and work upwards, lying torpid till spring. The female lays a great number of eggs, which are deposited in the sand, and left to be hatched by the heat of the sun.

Alligator-Pear

ALLIGA'TOR-PEAR, noun A west India fruit, resembling a pear in shape, from one to two pounds in weight. It contains within its rind a yellow butyraceous substance, which, when the fruit is perfectly ripe, constitutes an agreeable food.

Alligature

ALLIG'ATURE, noun See Ligature, which is the word in use.

Allinement

ALLI'NEMENT, noun [Latin linea.]

A reducing to a line or to a square; a state of being in squares, in a line, or on a level; a line; a row.

Allioth

AL'LIOTH, noun A star in the tail of the great bear, much used for finding the latitude at sea.

Allision

ALLISION, noun allizh'un. [Latin allido, to dash or strike against of ad and lado, to hurt by striking.]

A striking against; as, the allision of the sea against the shore.

Alliteration

ALLITERA'TION, noun [Latin ad and litera, a letter.]

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as f and g in the following line:

Fields ever fresh, and groves forever green.

Alliterative

ALLIT'ERATIVE, adjective Pertaining to, or consisting in, alliteration.

Allocation

ALLOCA'TION, noun [Latin ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.]

The act of putting one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admission of an article of account, or an allowance made upon an account; a term used in the English Exchequer. [See Allow.]

Allochroite

AL'LOCHROITE, noun An amorphous, massive, opake mineral, of a grayish, yellowish or reddish color, found in Norway; considered as a variety of garnet. Its name is said to be given to it, as expressive of its changes of color before the blowpipe; Gr. other, and color.

Allocution

ALLOCU'TION, noun [Latin allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See eloquence.]

1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

2. An address; a formal address; as, of a General to his troops; a Roman term rarely used in English.

Allodial

ALLO'DIAL, adjective Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independence of a lord paramount; opposed to feudal.

Allodian

ALLODIAN is sometimes used, but is not well authorized.

Allodium

ALLO'DIUM, noun

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. In England, there is no allodial land, all land being held of the king; but in the United States, most lands are allodial.

Allonge

ALLONGE', noun allunj'.

1. A pass with a sword; a thrust made by stepping forward and extending the arm; a term used in fencing, often contracted into lunge.

2. A long rein, when a horse is trotted in the hand.

Alloo

ALLOO', verb transitive or i. To incite dogs by a call.

[See the correct word, Halloo.]

Allophane

AL'LOPHANE, noun [Gr. other and to appear.]

A mineral of a blue, and sometimes of a green or brown color, which occurs massive, or in imitative shapes. It gelatinizes in acids.

Allophane is a variety of clay, occurring in amorphous, botryoidal or reniform masses.

Allot

ALLOT', verb transitive [of ad and lot; See Lot.]

1. To divide or distribute by lot.

2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute a share to each individual concerned.

3. To grant, as a portion; to give, assign or appoint in general.

Let every man be contented with that which providence allots to him.

Allotment

ALLOT'MENT, noun

1. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God.

2. A part, portion or place appropriated.

In a field, there is an allotment for olives.

Allotted

ALLOT'TED, participle passive Distributed by lot; granted; assigned.

Allotting

ALLOT'TING, participle present tense Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning.

Allow

ALLOW', verb transitive [Latin loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.]

1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a pension.

2. To admit; as, to allow the truth of a proposition; to allow a claim.

3. To admit; to own or acknowledge; as, to allow the right of the President to displace officers.

4. To approve, justify or sanction.

Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke 11:48. Romans 8:1.

5. To afford, or grant as a compensation; as, to allow a dollar a day for wages.

6. To abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for tare or leakage.

7. To permit; to grant license to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

Allow-Ableness

ALLOW-ABLENESS, noun The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition, or impropriety.

Allowable

ALLOW'ABLE, adjective That may be permitted as lawful, or admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

Allowably

ALLOW'ABLY, adverb In an allowable manner; with propriety.

Allowance

ALLOW'ANCE, noun

1. The act of allowing or admitting.

2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; usually slight approbation.

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 quantity, as of food or drink; hence, in seamen's language, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

6. Abatement; deduction; as, to make an allowance for the inexperience of youth.

7. Established character; reputation; as, a pilot of approved allowance obsolete

ALLOW'ANCE, verb transitive To put upon allowance; to restrain or limit to a certain quantity of provisions or drink.

Distress compelled the captain of the ship to allowance his crew.

Allowed

ALLOW'ED, participle passive Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.

Allowing

ALLOW'ING, participle present tense Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.

Alloy

ALLOY', verb transitive [Latin alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.]

1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable; as, to alloy gold with silver, or silver with copper.

2. To mix metals.

3. To reduce or abate by mixture; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

ALLOY', noun

1. A baser metal mixed with a finer.

2. The mixture of different metals; any metallic compound; this is its common signification in chimistry.

3. Evil mixed with good; as, no happiness is without alloy

Alloyage

ALLOY'AGE, noun

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.