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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ăl'a-bā'stĕr-i-an, a. p. 33Pertaining to, or like, alabaster.Al'a-bä'strite, n. p. 33(Antiq.) A vase, box, or other vessel of alabaster, used by the Greeks and Romans for holding perfumes. Elmes.Ăl'a-băs'trum, n. p. 33(Bot.) A flower-bud. Gray.A-lăck′, interj. p. 33An exclamation expressive of sorrow. Shak.A-lăck'a-dāy, interj. p. 33An exclamation uttered to express sorrow. Baillie.A-lăc'ri-fy, v. t. p. 33To rouse to action; to excite; to inspirit.A-lăc'ri-oŭs, a. p. 33Having or showing alacrity; lively. “A little more alacrious.” Hammond.A-lăc'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 33With alacrity; cheerfully.A-lăc'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 33Briskness. [Obs.] Hammond.A-lăc'ri-ty, n. p. 33A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; cheerfulness; gayety; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. “Alacrity to undertake the commission.” Macaulay.…A-lăd’in-īst, n. p. 33One of a sect of free-thinkers among the Mohammedans.Ă-la-mi're, n. p. 33The lowest tone but one in Guido Aretine's scale of music. Johnson.Al-a-mōde’, adv. & a. p. 33According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef-chops.” Macaulay.Al-a-mōde’, n. p. 33A thin, glossy, black silk for hoods, scarfs, &c.;—often called simply mode. Buchanan.À-la-môrt’, a. p. 33See AMORT.A-lānd', adv. p. 33At or on land. “He only with the prince, his cousin, were cast aland.” Sidney.A-lăn’tine, n. p. 33An amylaceous or starchy substance extracted from the root of the Angelica archangelica, inuline. Gregory.Ā'lar, a. p. 33Pertaining to, or having, wings. 2. (Bot.) Placed in the forks of a stem. Gray.Ă-lärm', n. p. 33A summons to arms. “Arming to answer in a night alarm.” Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger. “Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.” Joel ii. 1. 3. Sudden…A-lärm', v. t. p. 33To call to arms for defense; to rouse to vigilance and action. 2. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to disturb with terror; to fill with anxiety. “Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.”…A-lärm'-bĕll, n. p. 33A bell that gives notice of danger.A-lärm'-clöck, n. p. 33A clock which can be so set as to ring loudly at a particular hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention.A-lärm'-gauge, n. p. 33A contrivance in a steam-engine for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low.A-lärm'-gün, n. p. 33A gun fired to give an alarm.A-lärm'ing-ly, adv. p. 33With alarm; in a manner to excite apprehension.A-lärm'ist, n. p. 33One who intentionally excites alarm.A-lärm'-pöst, n. p. 33A place to which troops are to repair in cases of an alarm. Irving.A-lärm'-watch, n. p. 33A watch that can be so set as to strike rapidly at a particular hour, to awaken attention.A-lär'üm, a. & v. t. p. 33The same as ALARM. [Rare.] Shak.Ăl'a-ry, a. p. 33Of the nature of a wing; wing-shaped. Craig.A-lās', interj. p. 33An exclamation expressive of sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil;—in old writers, sometimes followed by day or while; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the while. [Obs.]A-lāte', adv. p. 33Lately. [Obs.] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.A'lāte or A'la-ted, a. p. 33(Anat. & Bot.) Winged; bordered by a membranous or leafy expansion. Brande. Gray.A lāt'er-e p. 33Applied to the highest class of envoys from the pope, who are sent, as it were, directly from his side. Encyc. Am.Alb′, n. p. 33An ecclesiastical tunic or vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, and enveloping the entire person;—worn by the Roman Catholic clergy.Āl'ba, n. p. 33Same as ALB.Āl'ba-cōre, n. p. 33See ALBICORE.Al-bā'ni-an, n. p. 33(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Albania.Al-bā'ni-an, a. p. 33(Geog.) Pertaining to Albania or its inhabitants.Al-bā'tā, n. p. 33German silver;—so called in England.Ăl'ba-trōss, n. p. 33(Ornith.) A web-footed sea-bird, of the genus Diomedea. It is of great size, being the largest of sea-birds, and is found chiefly in the Southern Ocean. It is capable of long continuedAl-bē’ or Al-bēe’, adv. p. 33though; albeit;—used in poetry. [Obs.] Albe Clarissa were their chiefest foundress. Spenser.Al-bē'it, adv. p. 33Although; notwithstanding. “Albeit so masked, I speak the truth.” Tennyson. Ye say, The Lord saith it, albeit I have not spoken. Ex. xiii. 7.Al-bēs'cent, a. p. 33Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.Ăl'bi-cōre, n. p. 33(Ichth.) A large fish of the mackerel family, common in the Mediterranean, and known in New England as the horse mackerel; the bonito.Ăl'bi-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 33The act of making white.Äl'bi-gēn'sēs or Äl'bi-gēois', n. pl. p. 33(Eccl. Hist.) A party of reformers, who separated from the church of Rome in the 12th century;—so called from Albi, in Languedoc. They are sometimes confounded with the Waldenses; but they were prior…Ăl'bi-nĭsm, n. p. 33The state or condition of an albino.Al-bī'no p. 34pl. ALBINOS, n. [It. albino, whitish, from albo; Lat. albus, white.] Any person of a preternatural whiteness of the skin and hair, and a peculiar redness of the iris and pupil of the eye. ☞ The term…Al-bī'no-ĭsm, n. p. 34The state of an albino; albinism.Ăl'bi-on, n. p. 34An ancient name of England.Ăl'bīte, n. p. 34A species of mineral, of the feldspar family, usually of a white color; differing from the common feldspar in containing soda instead of potash, and in the angle of its crystals. It is a constituent…Al'bo-rà, n. p. 34A sort of itch, or complicated leprosy. Dunglison.Al-bō'rak, n. p. 34The white mule on which Mohammed is said to have journeyed from the temple of Jerusalem to heaven.Al-bu-gin'e-a, n. p. 34(Anat.) The dense, white, fibrous tunic of the eye and of the testicle.Ăl'bu-gĭn'e-ous, a. p. 34Resembling the white of the eye, or of an egg;—a term applied to textures, humors, &c., which are perfectly white.Al-bū'gō, n. p. 34(Med.) A disease of the eye in which a white opaque spot grows on the transparent cornea.Al'bum, n. p. 34(Roman Antiq.) A white table or register, on which any thing was inscribed. Andrews. 2. A blank book in which to insert autographs of celebrated persons, or in which friends insert pieces as…Al-bū'men, n. p. 34(Bot.) Nourishing matter stored up between the embryo and integuments of the seed in many plants. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains; the oily part in poppy seeds; the fleshy part…Al-bū'men-ize, v. t. p. 34(Photog.) To cover or impregnate with albumen. R. Hunt.