AL, ALD, being initials, are derived from the Saxon eald, ancient. Gibson. A'LABASTER, s. [arábaspor.] A kind of soft marble, easier to cut, and less durable, than the other kinds. Shakespeare. A'LABASTER, a. Made of alabaster. Addison. ALA'CK! interject. Alas! an expression of sorShakespeare. ALA'CKADAY! interject. A word noting sorrow and melancholy. ALA'CRIOUSLY, ad. Cheerfully; without dejection. Gov. of the Tongue. ALA'CRITY, s. [alacritas, Lat.] Cheerfulness; sprightliness; gayety. Dryden. row. ALAMO DE, ad. [à la mode, Fr.] According to the fashion. ALAMO DE, s. [from the adv.] Avery thin kind of black silk. Ash. ALAND, ad. [from a for at, and land.] At land; landed; on the dry ground. ALARM, s. [from the Fr. à l'arme, to arms.] Dryden. A cry by which men are summoned to their 3 To disturb in general. Tickel. Dryden. ALA'RMBELL, s. [from alarm and bell.] The bell that is rung at the approach of an enemy. Dryden. ALARMING, part. a. [from alarm. Terrifying; awakening; surprising. ALARMPOST, s. [from alarm and post.] The post appointed by each body of men to ap pear at, when an alarm shall happen. ALA'RUM, s. See ALARM. To ALA'RUM, v. a. See ALARM. ALA'S, interject. [helas, Fr.] 1 A word expressing lamentation. 2 A word of pity. Prior. Shak. Shakespeare. 3 A word of sorrow and concern. Pope. Milton. ALCHEMISTICAL,* a. [from alchemist.] Practising alchemy. ALCHY MICAL, ad. [from alchymy.] Relating to alchymy. Camden. Camden. ALCHYMICALLY, ad. [from alchymical.] In the manner of an alchymist. A'LCHYMIST, s. [from alchymy.] One who pursues or professes the science of alchymy. Shak. A'LCHYMY, s. [of al, Arab. and xua, Gr.] 1 The more sublime chymistry, which proposes the transmutation of metals. Donne. 2 A kind of mixed metal used for spoons, and kitchen utensils. Bacon. Milton. A'LCOHOL, S. A high rectified dephlegmated spirit of wine. Boyle. ALCOHOLIZATION, s. [from alcoholize.] The act of alcoholizing or rectifying spirits. To A'LCOHOLIZE, v. a. [from alcohol.] To rectify spirits till they are wholly dephlegmated. A'LCORAN, s. [al and koran, Arab.] The book of the Mahometan precepts and credenda. Saunderson. A'LDERN, a. [from alder.] Made of alder. May. ALE, s. [eale, Sax.] 1 A liquor made by infusing malt in hot water, and then fermenting the liquor. Shakespeare. 2 A merry meeting used in country places. Ben Jonson. A'LEBERRY, s. [from ale and berry.] A beverage made by boiling ale with spirits and sugar, and sops of bread. Beaumont. A'LEBREWER, s. [from ale and brewer.] One that professes to brew ale. Mortimer. A'LECONNER, s. [from ale and con.] An officer in the city of London, whose business is to inspect the measures of publick houses. A'LECOST, s. The name of an herb. A'LEGAR, s. [from ale and aigre, Fr. sour.] Sour A'LEHOUSEKEEPER, s. [from alehouse and keeper.] He that keeps ale publickly to sell. A'LEKNIGHT, s. [from ale and knight.] A potcompanion; a tippler: obsolete. Camden. ALE'M BICK, s. A vessel used in distilling, consisting of a vessel placed over a fire, in which is contained the substance to be distilled, and a concave closely fitted on, into which the fumes arise by the heat; this cover has a beak or spout, into which the vapours rise, and by which they pass into a serpentine pipe, which is kept cool by making many convolutions in a tub of water: here the vapours are condensed, and what entered the pipe in fume, comes out in drops. Boyle. ALE/NGTH, ad. [from a for at, and length.] At full length; along. ALESILVER, 8. [from ale and silver.} A tribute anciently paid to the Lord Mayor of London, by those who sold ale within the liberties of the city. ALERT, a. [alerte, Fr.] Ash. Addison. 1 Watchful; vigilant; ready at a call. 2 Brisk; pert; petulant. ALERTNESS, . [from alert.] The quality of being alert; sprightliness; pertness. Addison. ALE'TASTER,* s. [from ale and taster.] An officer, whose business it is to look to the assize of bread, and the goodness of ale or beer. Perry. A'LEVAT, s. [from ale and vat.] A vessel in which ale is fermented; the liquor fermenting in the vessel. Ash. ALE WASHED. s. [from ale and wash.] Soaked in ale. Shakespeare. A'LEWIFE, s. [from ale and wife.] A woman that keeps an alehouse. Swift. A'LEXANDERS, s.1[smyrnium, Lat.] The name of a plant. Miller. A'LEXANDER's-FOOT, s. The name of an herb. ALEXANDRINE, s. A kind of verse borrowed from the French, first used in a poem called Alexander. This verse consists of twelve syllables. Pope. ALEXIPHA'RMICK, a. [from a and φάρμακον.] That drives away poison; antidotal. Brown. ALEXITE'RICAL, or ALEXITE/RICK, a. That drives away poison. A'LGATES, ad. [from all and gate.] On any | ALGID, a. [algidus, Lat.] Cold; chill. ALGI'FICK, a. [from algor, Lat.] That produces cold. ALIMONY, s. [alimonia, Lat.] Legal proportion of the husband's estate, which, by the sentence of the ecclesiastical court, is allowed to the wife for her maintenance, upon the account of separation from him. Hudson. A'LIPEDE,*s. (ala, a wing, and pes, a foot, Lat.] Nimble; swift of foot. Ash. A'LIQUANT. a. [aliquantus, Lat.] Parts of a number, which, however repeated, will never make up the number exactly; as, 3 is an aliquant of 10, thrice 3 being 9, four times 3 mak ing 12. 9 Cheerful; sprightly. Hooker. Clarissa. 4 It is used to add an emphasis: as, the best man alive. Clarendon. A'LKAHEST, s. An universal dissolvent, or liquor which has the power of resolving all things into their first principles. ALKALE'SCENT, a. [from alkali.] That has a tendency to the properties of an alkali. Arb. A'LKALI, s. [from an herb, called by the Egyp tians kali; by us glasswort.] Any substance, which, when mingled with acid, produces effervescence and fermentation. A'LKALINE, a. [from alkali.] That has the qualities of alkali. Arbuthnot. To ALKALIZATE, v. a. [from alkali.] To make alkaline. ALKALIZATE. a. [from alkali.] qualities of alkali. ALKALIZATION, s. [from alkali.] aikalizating. Newton. Having the The act of A'LKANET, s. [anchusa, Lat.] The name of a plant. Miller. ALKEKENGI, s. A medicinal fruit or berry, produced by a plant of the same denomination; popularly also called winter cherry. Chambers. whereof the Chambers. Tillotson. Locke. Prior. Shakespeare. 1 Quite; completely. Locke. Dryden. Atterbury. All is much used in composition. ALLA, ALLAH, s. [from the Heb.] The divine Being. Perry. 4 Disorder of the faculties. Hooker. Omni To ALIGHT, v. a. [alihtan, Sax.] Pope. 1 To come down, and stop. Dryden. 2 To fall upon. Dryden. gero, to Ash. Milton. devour.] Pope. A game 1 The act of transferring property. 2 The state of being alienated, ALI GEROUS,* ad. [ala, a wing, and carry, Lat.] Having wings; winged. ALIKÉ, ad. [from a and like.] With resemblance; in the same manner. Pope. A'LIMENT, s. [alimentum, Lat.] Nourishment; nutriment; food. Arbuthnot. ALIME/NTAL, a. [from aliment.] That has the quality of aliment; that does nourish; that does feed. Brown. ALIMENTARINESS, 8. [from alimentary.] The quality of being alimentary. ALIMENTARY, a. [from aliment.] 1 That belongs to aliment. 2 That has the power of nourishing. ALIMENTATION, s. [from aliment.] 1 The quality of nourishing. 2 The state of being nourished. ALIMONIOUS, a, [from alimony.] nourish. Arbuthnot. Ray. Bacon. That does Harvey. ALL-BEARING, a. [from all and bear.] parous. ALL-CHE'ERING, a. [from all and cheer.] That gives gavety to al. Shakespeare. ALL CONQUERING, a. That subdues every thing. ALL-DEVOURING, a. [from all and health. Walsh. Swift. Ash. wound. To dasli, to strike against. To A'LLIGATE, v. a. (alligo, Lat.] To tie one thing to another; to unite. ALLIGATION, s. [from alligate.] 1 The act of tying together; the state of being so tied. ALL-POWERFUL, a. [from all and powerful.] | ALLI'DE,* v. . [ud, against, and lado, to Almighty; omnipotent. ALL SAINTS DAY, s. The day on which there is a general celebration of the saints; the first of November. ALL-SEEING, a. [from all and see.] That beholds every thing. Dryden. ALL SOULS DAY, s. The day on which sup plications are made for all souls by the church of Rome: the second of November. ALL-SUFFICIENT, a. [from all and sufficient.] Sufficient to every thing. Shak. Norris. ALL-WISE, a. [froin all and wise.] Possest of infinite wisdom. Prior. ALLANTOIS, s The urinary tunick placed between the amnion and chorion. Quincy. To ALLA'Y, v. a. [from alloyer, Fr.] 1 To mix one metal with another, to make it fitter for coinage. In this sense, most authors write alloy. See ALLOY. To join any thing to another, so as to abate its predominant qualities. South. 3 To quiet; to pacify; to repress. Shakespeare. ALLAY, s. [alloy, Fr.] 1 The metal of a baser kind mixed in coins, to harden them, that they may wear less. Hud. Any thing which, being added, abates the predominant qualities of that with which it is mingled. Newton. That which has ALLAYER, s. [from allay.] The person or 3 An excuse; a plea. To ALLEGE, v. a. [allego, Lat.] Shakespeare. 1 To affirm; to declare; to maintain. 2 To plead as an excuse, or argument. Locke. ALLE GEABLE, a. [from allege.] That may be alleged. ALLE GEMENT, s. [from allege.] ALLE GER, s. [from allege.] He that subjects to the government. ALLEGIANT, a. [from allege.] Brown. The same alleges. Boy. The duty of Loyal; con After the formable to the duty of allegiance. Shak. ALLEGORICAL, a. [from allegory. ALLEGO'RICK, } manner of an allegory; not real; not literal. Pope. ALLEGORICALLY, ad. [from allegory.] After an allegorical manner. Pope. 2 The arithmetical rule that teaches to adjust the price of compounds, formed of several ingredients of different value. ALLIGATOR, s. The crocodile. Garth. A'LLIGATURE, s. [from alligate.] The ligature by which two things are joined together. ALLI'SION, s. [allido, allisum, Lat.] The act of striking one thing against another. Woodward. ALLITERATION, s. [ed, to, and litera, a letter, Lat.] The beginning of two or more words with the same letter to make the verse run the smoother. Ash. ALLOCATION, s. [alloco, Lat.] 1 The act of putting one thing to another. ALLOCUTION, s. [allocutio, Lat.] The act of ALLO' DIAL, a. [from allodium.] Not feudal; independent. ALLO' DIUM, s. A possession held in absolute independence, without any acknowledgment of a lord paramount. There are no allodial lands in England, all being held either mediately or immediately of the king. ALLO'NGE, s. [allonge, Fr.] A pass or thrust with a rapier. A long rein in which a horse is exercised. To ALLO'O, v. a. To set on; to incite a dog, by crying alloo. Philips. A'LLOQUY, s. [alloquium, Lat.] The act of speaking to another; address; conversation. To ALLOT, v. a. [from lot.] To To A'LLEGORIZE, v. a. [from allegory.] ALLE GRO, S A word denoting in musick a ALLELUJAH, s. A word of spiritual exulta- ALLEMA'NDA, or ALLEMANDE,* s. [from To ALLEVIATE, v. a. [allevo, Lat.] To make light; to ease; to soften. ALLEVIATION, s. [from alleviate.] 1 The act of making light. 7 To make abatement, or provision. ALLOW ABLE, a. [from allow.] Shakespeare. Locke. Locke. Shakespeare. Shakespeare. Waller, Addison. 1 That may be admitted without contradiction. 2 Abatement; diminution. To ALLUDE, v. n. [allude Lat.] To have some reference to a thing, without the direct mention of it; to hint at. Burnet. ALLU'MINOR, s. [allumer, Fr. to light.] One who colours or paints upon paper or parchment. Cowell. To ALLU'RE, v. a. [leurer, Fr.] To entice to any thing. Milton. ALLURE, s. [from the verb.] Something set up to entice other things to it. Hayward. ALLUREMENT, s. (from allure.] Enticement; temptation of pleasure. Dryden. ALLUSIVE, a. [alludo, allusum, Lat.] Hinting at something. Rogers. ALLUSIVELY, ad. [from allusive.] In an allusive manner; by implication. Hammond. ALLU'SIVENESS, s. [from allusive.] The quality of being allusive. ALLUTION, s. [alluno, Lat.] 1 The carrying of any thing to something else by the motion of water. The thing carried by water to something else. To ALLY', v. a. [allier, Fr.] of which the best sort is of higher price than gold. Savory. 2 A tree which grows in hot countries. 3 A medicinal juice, extracted, not from the odoriferous, but the common aloes tree, by cutting the leaves, and exposing the juice that drops from them to the sun. ALOEDARY,* s. [from aloes.] A purgative medicine, the chief ingredient of which is aloes. Ash. ALOETICAL, a. [from aloes.] Consisting chiefly of aloes. Wiseman. ALO'FT, ad. [loffter, to lift up, Dan.] On high; above; in the air. Suckling. ALOFT, prep. Above. Milton. A'LOGY,s. [aroyos.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. ALONE, a. [alleen, Dutch.] 1 Without another; single. Bentley. 2 Without company; solitary. Sidney. ALONG, ad. [au longue, Fr.] Pope. 1 At length. Dryden. Cowell. 1 To unite by kindred, friendship, or confederacy. Dryden. Temple. To make a relation between two things, by similitude, or any other means. ALLY', s. [allie, Fr.] One united by some means of connexion. A'LMA,* a. [from the Lat.] Cherishing, fostering. Ash. ALMACANTER, s. A circle drawn parallel to the horizon. ALMACANTER'S STAFF, s. An instrument used to take observations of the sun, about the time of its rising and setting. Chambers. ALMADE,* s. A boat made of one entire piece of timber. Ash. A'LMANACK, s. [from al, Arabick, and y, a month.] A calendar Dryden. ALMANDINE, s. [Fr. almandina, Ital.] A ruby, coarser and lighter than the oriental. ALMENE, s. (In commerce.) A weight of two pounds used in the East Indies. Ash. ALMIGHTINESS, s. [from almighty.] Unlimited power; omnipotence; one of the attributes of God. Taylor. ALMIGHTY, a. [from all and mighty.] of unlimited power; omnipotent. Genesis. A'LMOND, s. [amand, Fr.] The nut of the almond-tree. Locke. A'LMONDS of the throat, or TONSILS, called improperly Almonds of the ears, are two round glands placed on the sides of the basis of the tongue, under the common membrane of the fauces. Wiseman. A'LMOND-FURNACE, 8. A peculiar kind of furnace used in refining. Chambers. ALMONER, s. [eleemosynarius, Lat.] The officer of a prince, or other person, employed in the distribution of charity. Dryden. A'LMONRY, 8. [from almoner.] The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed. ALMO'ST, ad. [from all and most.] Nearly; well nigh. away. Bentley. ALMS, . [eleemosyna, Lat.] What is given in relief of the poor. Swift. A'LMSBASKET, s. [from alms and basket.] The basket in which provisions are put to be given L'Estrange. ALMSDEED, s. [from alms and deed.] An act of charity; a charitable gift. Shakespeare. A'LMSGIVER, s. [from alms and giver.] He that supports others by his charity. Bacon. A'LMSHOUSE, s. [from alms and house.] A hospital for the poor. 2 Through any space measured lengthwise. Bacon. 3 [From allons, Fr.] Forward; onward. Pope. ALO'NGST, ad. Through the length. Knolles. ALO'OF, ad. [from all, off; that is, quite off.] At a distance; at a small distance. Dryden. ALOUD, ad. [from a and loud.] Loudly; with a great noise. Waller. ALOW, ad. [from a and low.] In a low place; not aloft. Dryden. ALPHA, s. The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to our A; therefore used to signify the first. Revelations. A'LPHABET, 8. [from apa, alpha, and fira, beta, the first two letters of the Greeks.] The order of the letters, or elements of speech. Dryden. ALPHABETICAL, a. [from alphabet.] According A'LTERAGE, s. [from alo.] The breeding, nourishing, or fostering, of a child. Davies. A'LTERANT, a. [alterant, Fr.] That has the power of producing changes in any thing. Bacon. ALTERATION, s. [from alter; alteration, Fr.] 1 The act of altering or changing. 9 The change made. A'LTERATIVE, a. [from alter.] Medicines called alterative, are such as have no immediate sensible operation, but gradually gain upon the constitution, by changing the state of the humours. Quincy. ALTERCATION, s. [altercation, Fr.] Debate; controversy; wrangle. Hakewill. ALTERN, a. [alternus, Lat.] Acting by turns. Milton. Brown. ALTERNATELY, ad [from alternate.] In reciprocal succession; by turns. Newton. ALTERNATENESS, . [from alternate.] The quality of being alternate. ALTERNATION, s. [from alternate.] The reci. procal succession of things. ALTERNATIVE, s. [alternatif, Fr.] The choice given of two things; so that if one be rejected, the other must be taken. ALTERNATIVELY, ad. [from alternative.] By turns; reciprocally. ALTERNATIVENESS, s. [from alternative.] The quality or state of being alternative; recipro cation. Young. Ayliffe. ALTERNITY, s. [from altern.] Reciprocal succession; vicissitude; turn. Brown. ALTHEA. s. [in botany, from the Gr. adew, to heal.] The marsh mallow. Ash. ALTHOUGH, conj. [from all and though.] Notwithstanding; however. Swift. ALTI'LOQUENCE, s. [altus and loquor, Lat.] High speech; pompous language. ALTIMETRY, s. [altimetria, Lat.] The art of taking or measuring altitudes or heights. ALTINČAR,* s. (In refinery.) A kind of flux powder used in the fusion and purification of metals. Ash. ALTI'SONANT, a. [altisonus, Lat.] High sounding; pompous in sound. A'LTITUDE, s. [altitudo, Lat.] 1 Height of place; space measured upward. Dry. 2 The elevation of any of the heavenly bodies above the horizon. Brown. 3 Situation with regard to lower things. Ray. 4 Height of excellence; superiority. Swift. 5 Height of degree; highest point." Shakespeare. A'LTO,* a. (In musick.) Belonging to the upper parts. Ash. ALTOGETHER, ad. [from all and together.] Completely; without restriction; without exSwift. ALU CO, s. (In ornithology.) The common white ception. owl. dsh. ALUDEL, s. [from a and lutum.] Aludels are subliming pots used in chymistry, fitted into one another without luting. Quincy. A'LUM, s. [alumen, Lat.] A kind of mineral sait, of an acid taste, leaving in the mouth a sense of sweetness, accompanied with a considerable degree of astringency. A'LUM-STONE, s. A stone or calx used in surgery, made by burning alum. Wiseman. ALUMINOUS, a. [from alum.] Relating to alum, or consisting of alum. Wiseman. ALVEA'RIUM,*s. [from the Lat.] A beehive; A'LWAYS, ad, [eallewaga, Sax.] 2 Constantly, without variation. Ash. Pope. Dryden. A. M. artium magister, or master of arts. AM. The first person of the verb to be. See To BE. Prior. A'MA, s. (In church history.) A vessel in which wine or water was kept for the service of the eucharist; a wine measure. Ash. AMABILITY, s. [from amabilis, Lat.] Loveliness; the power of pleasing. AMADETTO, ᎪᎷᎪᎠᎤᎢ, s. A sort of pear. Taylor. AMALGAM, 18. [aua and yausiv, Gr.] The AMALGAMA, mixture of metals procured Boyle. by amalgamation. To AMALGAMATE, v. n. [from amalgam.] To unite metals with quicksilver. AMALGAMATION, s. [from amalgamate.] The act or practice of amalgamating metals. Bacon. AMANDA'TION, s. [froin amando, Lat.] The act of sending on a message. AMANUENSIS, s. [Lat.] A person who writes what another dictates. A'MARANTH, s. [amaranthus, Lat.] 1 A plant. 2 In poetry, an imaginary flower, supposed never to fade. Milton. AMARA'NTHINE, a. [amaranthinus, Lat.] Con sisting of amaranths. Pope. AMA'RITUDE, s. [amaritudo, Lat.] Bitterness. Harvey. AMA'SSMENT, s. [from amass.] A heap; an accumulation; a collection. Glanville! To AMA'SS, v. a. [amasser, Fr.] Pope. 1 To collect together into one heap or mass. Atterbury. 2 To add one thing to another. AMA'SS, s. [amas, Fr.] An assemblage; an accumulation. Wotton. To AMATE, v. a. [from a and mate.] To accompany to entertain as a companion. Spenser. AMATEUR,* s. A lover of any particular pursuit Burke. or system. AMATO'RIAL,* a. [from the Lat. amatorius.] Concerning love. T. Warton. AMATO'RCULIST,* s. [from the Lat. amator.] An insignificant lover; à pretender to affection. Ash. A'MATORY, a. [amatorius, Lat.] Relating to love; causing love. Bramhall. AMAURO'SIS, s. [duxi, Gr.] A dimness of sight, not from any visible defect in the eye, but from some distemperature of the inner parts, occasioning the representations of flies and dust floating before the eyes. Quincy. To AMAZE, v. a. [from a and maze, perplexity.] To confuse with terrour. Ezekiel. 2 To put into confusion with wonder. Smith. 9 To put into perplexity. Shakespeare. 4 Astonishment; wonder at an unexpected event. Acts. AMAZING, particip. a. [from amaze.] Wonderful: astonishing. Addrson. AMA'ZINGLY, ad. [from amazing.] To a degree that may excite astonishment. Watts. AMAZON, [a and μálos, Gr.] The Amazons were a race of women famous for valour; so called from their cutting off their breasts, to use their weapons the better. A warlike woman; a virago. Shakespeare. AMBAGES, s. [Lat.] A circuit of words; a multiplicity of words. Locke. AMBA'GIOUS, a. [from ambages.] Circumlocutory: perplexed; tedious. Dryden. AMBASSA'DE, s. Embassy: not in use. Shak. AMBA'SSADOUR, s. [ambassadeur, Fr.) A person sent in a publick manner from one sovereign power to another. AMBA'SSADRESS, s. [ambassadrice, Fr.] 1 The lady of an ambassadour. 9 A woman sent on a message. A'MBASSAGE, s. [from ambassadour.] An em• bassy. Bacon. A'MBE, s. (In anatomy.) The superficial jutting out of a bone; an instrument for reducing bones that are out of joint. Ash. Rowe. |