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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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Al-bū'men-ize, v. t. p. 34(Photog.) To cover or impregnate with albumen. R. Hunt.Al'bum Gre'cum p. 34The white fæces of dogs, consisting chiefly of bone earth, formerly used in medicine, and now by tanners for some secondary purposes. Dunglison.Al-bū'mi-noid, a. p. 34Resembling albumen.Al-bū'mi-nōse, n. p. 34(Physiol.) Albuminoid matter prepared for absorption by the process of digestion.Al-bū'mi-nōse, a. p. 34Same as ALBUMINOUS.Al-bū'mi-nous, a. p. 34Pertaining to or containing albumen; having the properties of albumen. Carpenter.Al-bū'mi-noŭs-ness, n. p. 34The state of being albuminous.Al-bū-mi-nū'ri-ā, n. p. 34(Med.) A disease of the kidneys, so called from being attended with the presence of albumen in the urine.Ăl'burn, a. p. 34(Ichth.) The bleak, a small fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color.Al-bûr'nous, a. p. 34Of or pertaining to alburnum.Al-bûr'num, n. p. 34(Bot.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sap-wood.Al-cāide', n. p. 34See ALCAID.Al'ca-hest, n. p. 34A pretended universal solvent, or menstruum.Al-cä'ic, a. p. 34Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the forty-fourth Olympiad; or to other poets of the same name.Al-cā'ic, n. p. 34(Pros.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus, the inventor, and consisting of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.Al-cāid’, n. p. 34A governor, as of a castle, fort, &c., or the like. 2. A jailer or warden. Velasquez.Al-cāi'de, n. p. 34A magistrate or judge among the Spaniards. Prescott. ☞ This word has been sometimes improperly confounded with alcaid.Ăl'ca-lĭm'e-ter, n. p. 34See ALCALIMETER.Al-cān'nā, n. p. 34See HENNA.Ăl'car-rā'zā, n. p. 34A vessel of porous, unglazed earthenware, used for cooling liquors by evaporation. [Rare.]Al-çē'do, n. p. 34(Ornith.) A genus of perching birds, including the kingfisher. They usually live about rivers, feeding on fish. See HALCYON.Al-chĕm'ic or Al-chĕm'ic-al, a. p. 34Relating to alchemy, or produced by it. Camden.Al-chĕm'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 34In the manner of alchemy.Ăl'che-mĭst, n. p. 34One who practices alchemy. “You are an alchemist; make gold.” Shak.Ăl'che-mĭst'ic or Ăl'che-mĭst'ic-al, a. p. 34Practicing alchemy, or relating to it. “Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators.” Burke.Ăl'che-mīze, v. t. p. 34To change by alchemy; to transmute. [Rare.] Lovelace.Ăl'che-my or Ăl'chy-my, n. p. 34An ancient science which aimed to transmute metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy, &c. It led the way to modern chemistry. 2. A mixed metal formerly used for various utensils…Alc-mā'ni-an, a. p. 34Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, celebrated for his amorous verses. Alcmanian verse (Anc. Pros.), a kind of verse consisting of two dactyls and two trochees.Ăl'co, n. p. 34A quadruped of America, nearly resembling a dog, kept by the aborigines in the West Indies. Ogilvie.Ăl'co-hate, n. p. 34See ALCOHOLATE.Ăl'co-hol, n. p. 34Pure or highly rectified spirit, extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation; the spirituous or…Ăl'co-hol-ate, n. p. 34(Chem.) A salt in which alcohol appears to take the place of the water of crystallization. Brande.Ăl'co-hŏl'ic, a. p. 34Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; as, alcoholic mixtures.Ăl'co-hŏl'i-zā'tion, n. p. 34The act of rectifying spirit. 2. The act of reducing to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.Ăl'co-hol-īze, v. t. p. 34To convert into alcohol; to rectify, as spirit, till it is wholly purified from water. 2. To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] Johnson.Ăl'co-hŏl'me-ter, n. p. 34An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually some form of the hydrometer…Ăl'co-hol-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 34Relating to the alcoholmeter; as, alcoholmetrical tables. Ure.Ăl'co-ho-lŏm'e-ter, n. p. 34Same as ALCOHOLMETER.Ăl'co-ho-lŏm'e-try or Ăl'co-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 34The act or method of determining the strength of mixtures of alcohol and water. Ure.Ăl'co-ŏm'e-ter, n. p. 34Same as ALCOHOLMETER.Ăl'co-o-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 34Relating to the alcoömeter; as, alcoömetrical tables. Ure.Ăl'co-răn, n. p. 34The sacred book of the Mohammedans, composed by Mohammed. ☞ Orientalists, in general, pronounce this word al-ko-rawn'. Smart.Ăl'co-răn'ic, a. p. 34Of or belonging to the Alcoran, or to Mohammedanism.Ăl'co-răn'ish, a. p. 34Relating to the Alcoran or to Mohammedanism; Alcoranic. “The Alcoranish Arabic.” Parkhurst.Ăl'co-răn'ist, n. p. 34One who adheres strictly to the letter of the Alcoran. Craig.Ăl'cōve or Al-cōve', n. p. 34A recess, or part of a room, separated by a partition of columns, or by other corresponding ornaments, and containing a bed of state, or seats for company. 2. A recess for books, as in a library. 3.…Ăl'çy-on, n. p. 34See HALCYON.Ăl'çy-o-nā'ri-ă, n. pl. p. 34(Zoöl.) The higher order of polyps.Ăl'çy-ŏn'ic, a. p. 34Pertaining to the Alcyoneæ, a group or family of zoöphytes, allied to the sponges.Ăl'çy-on-īte, n. p. 34A fossil zoöphyte, somewhat resembling a fungus. Jour. of Science.Ăl'çy-ō'ni-ŭm, n. p. 34(Zoöl.) A family of fleshy or semicalcareous zoöphytes, the polyps of which are like a flower of eight fringed rays. The term has also been used for species of sponge. See POLYP. Dana.Ăl'cy-o-noid, n. p. 34(Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the class of polyps. See POLYP. Dana.Al-dĕb'a-ran, n. p. 34(Astron.) A star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus. It is the bright star in the group of five, called the Hyades. P. Cyc. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shining…Ăl'de-hȳde, n. p. 34(Chem.) A liquid of an ethereal odor, obtained by passing ether or alcohol through a red-hot tube, and in other ways. Gregory.Ăl'de-hȳd'ic, a. p. 34(Chem.) Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid. Miller.Al'der, n. p. 34(Bot.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The timber is used by turners, &c.; the bark by dyers and tanners. Loudon.Al'der-liēf'est, a. p. 34Most beloved. [Obs.] “With you, my alder-liefest sovereign.” Shak.Al'der-man, n. p. 34A senior or superior. [Obs.] ☞ The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom…Al'der-man-çy, n. p. 34The office of an alderman.Al'der-măn'ic, a. p. 34Relating to or becoming an alderman.