Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ALUTATION

ALUTA'TION, noun [Latin aluta, tanned leather.] The tanning of leather.

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ALVEARY

AL'VEARY, noun [Latin alvearium, alveare, a bee hive, from alvus, the belly.] The hollow of the external ear, or bottom of the concha.

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ALVEOLAR

AL'VEOLAR,AL'VEOLARY, adjective [Latin alveolus, a socket, from alveus, a hollow vessel.] Containing sockets, hollow cells or its; pertaining to sockets.

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ALVEOLARY

AL'VEOLARY, a. [L. alveolus, a socket, from alveus, a hollow vessel.] Containing sockets, hollow cells or its; pertaining to sockets.

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ALVEOLATE

AL'VEOLATE, adjective [Latin alveolatus, from alveus, a hollow vessel.]pitted, so as to resemble a honey comb.

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ALVEOLE

AL'VEOLE,AL'VEOLITE, noun [Latin alveolus, and Gr.]In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular or hemispherical shape; formed by numerous concentric beds, each ...

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ALVEOLITE

AL'VEOLITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr.]In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular or hemispherical shape; formed by numerous concentric beds, each composed of a ...

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ALVEOLUS

AL'VEOLUS, noun [Latin dim of alveus.]1. A cell in a bee hive, or in a fossil.2. The socket in the jaw, in which a tooth is fixed.3. A sea fossil of a conic figure, composed of ...

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ALVINE

AL'VINE, adjective [from alvus, the belly.] Belonging to the belly or intestines.

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ALWARGRIM

ALWAR'GRIM, noun The spotted plover.

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ALWAY

AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adverb [all and way]

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ALWAYS

AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adverb [all and way]1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is ALWAYS the same.2. Continually; without variation.I do alway those things which please him...

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AM

AMB, AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb.

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AMA

A'MA, or HA'MA, n.In church affairs, a vessel to contain wine for the eucharist; also, a wine measure, as a cask, a pipe, &c.

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AMABILITY

AMABIL'ITY, noun [Latin amabilis, from to love.]Loveliness; the power of pleasing, or rather the combination of agreeable qualities which win the affections.

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AMADAVAD

AMAD'AVAD, noun A small curious bird of the size of the crested wren; the upper part of the body is brown, the prime feathers of the wings black.

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AMADETTO

AMADET'TO, noun a sort of pear, so called, it is said, from a person who cultivated it.

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AMADOGADE

AMAD'OGADE, noun a small beautiful bird in Peru; the upper part of its body and wings are of a lively green, its breast red, and its belly white.

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AMADOT

AM'ADOT, noun A sort of pear.

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AMADOU

AM'ADOU, noun A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees.This is written also amadow, and called black match, and pyrotechnical spunge, on account of i...

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AMAIN

AMA'IN, adverbWith force, strength or violence; violently; furiously; suddenly; at once.What, when we fled amainLet go amain in seamen's language or strike amain is to let fall ...

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AMALGAM

AMAL'GAM, noun [Gr. to soften. Its usual derivation is certainly erroneous.]1. A mixture of mercury or quicksilver with another metal; any metallic alloy, of which mercury forms...

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AMALGAMATE

AMAL'GAMATE, verb transitive1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize.2. To mix different things, to make a compound; to unite.AMAL'GAMATE, verb intransi...

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AMALGAMATED

AMAL'GAMATED, participle passive Mixed with quicksilver; blended.

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AMALGAMATING

AMAL'GAMATING, participle present tense Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding.

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AMALGAMATION

AMALGAMA'TION, noun1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal.2. The mixing or blending of different things.

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AMALOZK

AM'ALOZK, noun A large aquatic fowl of Mexico.