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Alehouse (�), n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.
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Ale-knight (�), n. A pot companion. [Obs.]
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Alem (?), n. [Turk. 'alem, fr. Ar. 'alam.] (Mil.) The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.
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Alemannic (�), a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
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Alemannic, n. The language of the Alemanni.
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The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc.
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Alembic (ȧlĕmbĭk), n. [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anbīq, fr. Gr. 'ambix cup, cap of a still. The cap or head was the alembic proper. Cf. .] An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
Used also metaphorically.

The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.
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Alembroth (-brŏth), n. [Origin uncertain.] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C.
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Alençon lace (�). See under .
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Alength (ȧlĕngth), adv. [Pref. a- + length.] At full length; lengthwise. Chaucer.
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Alepidote, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + �, �, a scale.] (Zoöl.) Not having scales. -- n. A fish without scales.
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Alepole (�), n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]
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Aleppo n. 1. a city in Syria.
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{ Aleppo boil, Aleppo button, or Aleppo evil }. (Med.) A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.
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Aleppo grass. (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See , below.
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Alert (ȧlẽrt), a. [F. alerte, earlier à l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See .] 1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
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2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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An alert young fellow. Addison.
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Syn. -- Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.
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Alert, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. “We have had an alert.” Farrow.
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Coloq. On the alert , on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.
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alerting n. (Physiol.) a state of readiness to respond. alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
Syn. -- alertness
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2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger.
Syn. -- alert
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Alertly, adv. In an alert manner; nimbly.
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Alertness, n. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
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Ale silver (�). A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
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Alestake (�), n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a “bush.” [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Aletaster (�), n. See . [Eng.]
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Alethiology (�), n. [Gr. � truth + -logy.] The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Alethoscope (�), n. [Gr. � true + � to view.] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
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Aleuromancy (�), n. [Gr. � wheaten flour + -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie.] Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.
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Aleurometer (�), n. [Gr. � flour + -meter.] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.
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Aleuronat (?), n. [See .] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.
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Aleurone (�), n. [Gr. � flour.] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
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Aleuronic (�), a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton.
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Aleut n. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. Same as , n.
Syn. -- Aleutian.
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{ Aleutian (�), Aleutic (�), } a. [Said to be from the Russ. aleut a bold rock.] Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.
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Aleutian n. 1. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands.
Syn. -- Aleut
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Aleutians n. 1. an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska.
Syn. -- Aleutian Islands.
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Alevin (�), n. [F. alevin, OF. alever to rear, fr. L. ad + levare to raise.] Young fish; fry.
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Alew (�), n. Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Alewife (�), n.; pl. Alewives (�). A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
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Alewife, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zoöl.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
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Alexander n. 1. 1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.
Syn. -- Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley
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2. 1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).
Syn. -- Alexander the Great
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Alexanders n. 1. same as ; Smyrnium olusatrum.
Syn. -- Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum
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Alexanders (�), Alisanders (�), n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
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Alexandria n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn. -- El Iskandariyah
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Alexandrian (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
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2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See , n.
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Alexandrine (?; 277), a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft.
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Alexandrine (�), n. [F. alexandrin.] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
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The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.
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Alexia (?), n. [NL.; a- not + Gr. � speech, fr. � to speak, confused with L. legere to read.] (Med.) (a) As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease. (b) More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.
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{ Alexipharmac (�), Alexipharmacal (�), } a. & n. [See .] Alexipharmic. [Obs.]
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{ Alexipharmic (�), Alexipharmical (�), } a. [Gr. � keeping off poison; � to keep off + � drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque.] (Med.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
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Alexipharmic (�), n. (Med.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
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Alexipyretic (�), a. [Gr. � + � burning heat, fever, � fire.] (Med.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n. A febrifuge.
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{ Alexiteric (�), Alexiterical (�), } a. [Gr. � fit to keep off or help, fr. � one who keeps off, helper; � to keep off: cf. F. alexitère.] (Med.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
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Alexiteric, n. [Gr. � a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. alexitère, LL. alexiterium.] (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.
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Alfa (�) or Alfa grass (�), n. A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
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Alfalfa (�), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
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Alfenide (�), n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
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Alferes (�), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. al-fārs knight.] An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
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Alfet, n. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat.] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
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Alfilaria (�), n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
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{ Alfileria , Alfilerilla } (?), n. [Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin.] Same as .
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Alfione (�), n. (Zoöl.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
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Alforja (?), n. [Also alfarga, alforge.] [Sp.] A saddlebag. [Sp. Amer.]
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Alfresco (�), adv. & a. [It. al fresco in or on the fresh.] In the open-air. Smollett.
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Alga (�), n.; pl. Algæ or algae (�). [L., seaweed.] (Bot.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervæ, etc. The algae are primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
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algae n. plural of .
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Algal (�), a., (Bot.) Pertaining to, or like, algæ.
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Algaroba (�), n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr�bah. Cf. .] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. (b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.
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{ Algarot (�), Algaroth (�), } n. [F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti.] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
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Algarovilla (�), n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.
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{ Algate (�), Algates (�), } adv. [All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See .] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.]
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Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.
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☞ Still used in the north of England in the sense of “everywhere.”
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2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Algazel (�), n. [Ar. al the + ghazāl.] (Zoöl.) The true gazelle.
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Algebra (�), n. [LL. algebra, fr. Ar. al-jebr reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers, fr. jabara to bind together, consolidate; al-jebr w'almuqābalah reduction and comparison (by equations): cf. F. algèbre, It. & Sp. algebra.] 1. (Math.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
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2. A treatise on this science.
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{ Algebraic (�), Algebraical (�), } a. 1. Of or pertaining to algebra; using algebra; according to the laws of algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings; algebraic geometry.
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2. progressing by constant multiplicatory factors; -- of a series of numbers. Contrasted to arithmetical. algebraic progression
Syn. -- algebraic
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Coloq. Algebraic curve , a curve such that the equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; -- opposed to a transcendental curve.
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Algebraically, adv. By algebraic process.
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Algebraist (�), n. One versed in algebra.
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Algebraize (�), v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.
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Algerian (�), a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. -- n. A native of Algeria.
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Algerine (�), a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
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Algerine, n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
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Algid (�), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly. Bailey.
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Coloq. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.
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Algidity (�), n. Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and collapse.
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Algidness (�), n. Algidity. [Obs.]
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Algific (�), a. [L. algificus, fr. algus cold + facere to make.] Producing cold.
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Algin (?), n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain algæ.
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Algoid (�), a. [L. alga + -oid.] Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.
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Algol (�), n. [Ar. al-ghūl destruction, calamity, fr. ghāla to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
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Algological (�), a. Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.
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Algologist (�), n. One learned about algæ; a student of algology.
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Algology (�), n. [L. alga seaweed + -logy.] (Bot.) The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.
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Algometer (?), n. [Gr. � pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Algometry (#), n. -- Algometric (#), metrical (#), a. -- Algometrically, adv.
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Algonkian (?), a. 1. Var. of .
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2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n. The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems.
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Algonquian (?), a. Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n. An Algonquian Indian.
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{ Algonquin (�), Algonkin (�), } n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.
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Algor (�), n. [L.] (Med.) Cold; chilliness.
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{ Algorism (�), Algorithm (�), } n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al-Khowārezmī of Khowārezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Musā, author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. � number.] 1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero; computation with Arabic figures.
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2. the Arabic system of numeration.
Syn. -- decimal system
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3. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
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algorithm n. a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.
Syn. -- algorithmic rule, algorithmic program
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algorithmic adj. 1. of or pertaining to an algorithm. recursive
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2. definitively solvable by a finite number of steps; -- said of mathematical or logical problems. Contrasted with heuristic.
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Algous (�), a. [L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed.] Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
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Alguazil (�) (�), n. [Sp. alguacil, fr. Ar. alwazīr the vizier. Cf. .] An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.
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Algum (�), n. Same as (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.
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Alhambra (�), n. [Ultimately fr. Ar. al the + hamrā red; i. e., the red (sc. house).] The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
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{ Alhambraic (�), Alhambresque (?; 277), } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
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Alhenna (�), n. See .
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Alias (�), adv. [L., fr. alius. See .] (Law) (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. (b) At another time.
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Alias, n.; pl. Aliases (�). [L., otherwise, at another time.] (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name.
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Alibi (�), n. [L., elsewhere, at another place. See .] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
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Alibility (�), n. Quality of being alible.
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Alible (�), a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.] Nutritive; nourishing.
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Alicant (�), n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.
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Alicyclic (?), a. (Org. Chem.) pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare aliphatic and aromatic.
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Alidade (�), n. [LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idāda a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade.] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.
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Alien (�), a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See .] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
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2. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
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An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth.
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Coloq. Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.
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Alien, n. 1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See .
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2. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
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Aliens from the common wealth of Israel. Ephes. ii. 12.
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Alien, v. t. [F. aliéner, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale.
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The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon.
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Alienability (�), n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke.
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Alienable (�), a. [Cf. F. aliénable.] Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
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Alienage (�), n. [Cf. OF. aliénage.] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.
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☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton.
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Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story.
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2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.
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