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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Al-tĕr'ni-ty, n.p. 41Succession by turns; alternation. Browne.
  2. Al-thē'a, n.p. 41(Bot.) A genus of the Mallow family. It includes the common Marshmallow, and the garden Hollyhocks. Loudon.
  3. Al-though’, conj.p. 41Grant all this; be it so; allow all; suppose that; admit all that; notwithstanding. Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark xiv. 29. Syn. — ALTHOUGH, THOUGH. These words differ only in…
  4. Al-ti'o-quence, n.p. 41Lofty speech; pompous language. [Obs.] Bailey.
  5. Al-tĭl'o-quent, a.p. 41High-sounding; pompous. [Obs.] Ash.
  6. Al·tīm'e-ter, n.p. 41An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, or theodolite.
  7. Al-tīm'e-try, n.p. 41The art of ascertaining altitudes by means of an altimeter, and the application of geometrical principles.
  8. Ăl'tin, n.p. 41A money of account in Russia, of the value of three kopecks, or about three cents. Simmonds.
  9. Al-tīn'ear, n.p. 41See TINCAL.
  10. Al-tīs'o-nant or Al-tīs'o-noüs, a.p. 41High-sounding; lofty or pompous. Skelton.
  11. Ăl'ti-tūde, n.p. 41Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above the ground, or above a given level; or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a cloud, or of…
  12. Ăl'ti-ti-tū'di-nä'ri-an, a.p. 41Pertaining to, or having, altitude. [Rare.]
  13. Al·tiv'o-lant, a.p. 41Flying high. [Obs.] Blount.
  14. Al'to, n.p. 41(Vocal Mus.) Formerly the highest part sung by male voices; now the part sung by the lowest female voices, between the tenor and soprano. ☞ In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
  15. Ăl'to-clēf, n.p. 41(Mus.) The counter tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.
  16. Alto et bassop. 41(Old Law.) Terms used to signify a submission of all differences of every kind to arbitration. Bouvier.
  17. Al'to-gĕth'er, adv.p. 41With united action; conjointly. [See ALL.] “Altogether they went at once.” Chaucer. 2. Without exception; wholly; completely. Man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.
  18. Al'to-ot-tā'vo, n.p. 41(Mus.) An octave higher.
  19. Āl'to-re-liē'vo, n.p. 41High relief. Same as ALTO-RILIEVO. Smollett.
  20. Al'to-rì-li-ē'vo, n.p. 41(Sculp.) High relief; the projection of a figure, half or more, without being entirely detached.
  21. Al'to-rĭ'pi-ē'no, n.p. 41(Mus.) The tenor of the great chorus, which sings and plays only in particular places. Moore.
  22. Al'to-ri'o-lā, n.p. 41(Mus.) A small tenor viol. Moore.
  23. Al'to-ri'o-lī'no, n.p. 41(Mus.) A small tenor violin. Moore.
  24. Ăl'tru-ĭst'ic, a.p. 41Regardful of others; proud of, or devoted to, others; — opposed to egotistic. [Rare.] Eclectic Rev.
  25. Ăl'ū-dĕl, n.p. 41(Chem.) A pear-shaped earthen vessel, open at both ends; — formerly used for the sublimation of mercury. Ure.
  26. Ăl'um, n.p. 41A double sulphate of alumina and potassa, containing one part by weight of sulphate of potash, one of ter-sulphate of alumina, and twenty-four of water. It is white, transparent, very astringent, and…
  27. Al'um, v. t.p. 41(Dyeing.) To impregnate or steep in a solution of alum. Ure.
  28. Ăl'um-ẽarth, n.p. 41(Min.) An earthy or clayey material affording alum. Dana.
  29. A-lū'men, n.p. 41Same as ALUM. See ALUM.
  30. A-lū'mi-na or Ăl'ū-mīne, n.p. 41(Min.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminum and three of oxygen. Dana. ☞ It is the oxide of the metal aluminum, the base of aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the…
  31. A-lū'mi-nĭf'er-oŭs, a.p. 41Containing or affording alum.
  32. A-lū'mi-ni-fōrm, a.p. 41Having the form of alumina. Chaptal.
  33. A-lū'mi-nīte, n.p. 41(Min.) Subsulphate of alumina; a mineral that occurs in small roundish or reniform masses. Its color is snow white or yellowish white. Dana.
  34. Ăl'ū-mīn'i-ūm or A-lū'mi-nūm, n.p. 41N. Lat. aluminium, alumina. See ALUM.] The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a…
  35. A-lū'mi-noūs, a.p. 41Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals.
  36. Ăl'um-ish, a.p. 41Having the nature of alum; somewhat resembling alum.
  37. A-lūm'nus, n.p. 41A pupil; the graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
  38. Al'um-slāte, n.p. 41(Min.) A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the surface of the rock. Dana.
  39. Al'um-stōne, n.p. 41A subsulphate of alumina and potash. Dana.
  40. Al'ūre, n.p. 41An alley; a walk; a foot-pavement. [Obs.] The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.
  41. Ăl/ū-tā'ceoūs, a.p. 41Of a pale brown color. Brande.
  42. Ălū-tāʹtion, n.p. 41The tanning or dressing of leather. [Obs.] Blount.
  43. Al'ga-ma-rī'na, n.p. 41(Com.) Dried sea-weed used for stuffing mattresses, &c. Simmonds.
  44. Āl've-a-ry, n.p. 41A beehive, or something resembling a beehive. Barret. 2. (Anat.) The hollow of the external ear, or bottom of the concha. Quincy.
  45. Al've-ā'ted, a.p. 42Having a prismatic cellular structure, like a honey-comb. Blount.
  46. Al've-o-lar or Al've-o-la-ry, a.p. 42Pertaining to or resembling alveoli, or the sockets of teeth. Owen. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
  47. Ăl've-o-late, a.p. 42(Bot.) Deeply pitted, so as to resemble a honey-comb. Gray.
  48. Ăl've-ōle, n.p. 42Same as ALVEOLUS.
  49. Al've-o-līte or Al-vē'o-līte, n.p. 42(Zoöl.) A genus of coral zoöphytes, formed by numerous concentric layers of a hemispherical figure, each composed of little cells;—sometimes called alveolus. Dana.
  50. Al-vē'o-lis, n.p. 42A cell in a honey-comb. 2. The socket in the jaw, in which a tooth is fixed.
  51. Al'vĕ-ēs, n.p. 42(Anat.) A canal or duct through which some fluid passes. 2. The bed of a river. Ogilvie.
  52. Al'vīne, a.p. 42Pertaining to the lower belly or intestines; as, alvine discharges.
  53. Al-negar' grāin, n.p. 42(Ornith.) The spotted plover, Charadrius apricarius.
  54. Al'wāy, or Al'wāys,, adv.p. 42Perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same. Even in heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts Were always downward bent. Milton. 2. Constantly during a certain period…
  55. Am.p. 42The first person singular of the verb to be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See BE.
  56. Ăm'a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 42See AMIABILITY.
  57. Am'a-crāt'ic, a.p. 42Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens. Sir J. Herschel.
  58. Am'a-dīne, n.p. 42A substance produced from wheat and potato starch. Ogilvie.
  59. Ăm'a-dōu, n.p. 42A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from a species of agaric [Boletus igniarius] which grows on old trees. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for…
  60. A-māin’, adv.p. 42With sudden force, strength, or violence; violently and suddenly. They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That stripling…