Webster's Dictionary 1913

2944

Allotter

Al‐lot″ter (�), n. One who allots.

2945

Allottery

Al‐lot″ter‐y (�), n. Allotment. Shak.

2946

Allow

Al‐low″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Allowed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Allowing.] [OE. alouen, OF. alouer, aloer, aluer, F. allouer, fr. LL. allocare to admit as proved, to place, use; con...

2947

Allow (2)

Al‐low″, v. i. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.Allowing still for the different ways of making it.Addison.To allow of, to permit; to admit. Shak.

2948

Allowable

Al‐low″a‐ble (�), a. [F. allouable.] 1. Praiseworthy; laudable. Hacket.2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or imp...

2949

Allowableness

Al‐low″a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

2950

Allowably

Al‐low″a‐bly, adv. In an allowable manner.

2951

Allowance

Al‐low″ance (�), n. [OF. alouance.] 1. Approval; approbation. Crabbe.2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.Wi...

2952

Allowance (2)

Al‐low″ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Allowancing (�).] [See Allowance, n.] To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as...

2953

Allowedly

Al‐low″ed‐ly (�) adv. By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.

2954

Allower

Al‐low″er (�), n. 1. An approver or abettor.2. One who allows or permits.

2955

Alloxan

Al‐lox″an (�), n. [Allantoin + oxalic, as containing the elements of allantion and oxalic acid.] (Chem.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readil...

2956

Alloxanate

Al‐lox″a‐nate (�), n.(Chem.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

2957

Alloxanic

Al′lox‐an″ic (�), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; — applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

2958

Alloxantin

Al′lox‐an″tin (�), n.(Chem.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

2959

Alloy

Al‐loy″, n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. See Alloy, v. t.] 1. Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example,...

2960

Alloy (2)

Al‐loy″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Alloyed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., and cf. Allay.] 1. T...

2961

Alloy (3)

Al‐loy″, v. t. To form a metallic compound.Gold and iron alloy with ease.Ure.

2962

Alloy steel

Al″loy steel. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

2963

Alloyage

Al‐loy″age (�), n. [F. aloyage.] The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

2964

Allspice

All″spice′ (�), n. The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It ...

2965

Allthing

All′thing′ (�), adv. [For in all (= every) thing.] Altogether. Shak.

2966

Allude

Al‐lude″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Alluding.] [L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion...

2967

Allude (2)

Al‐lude″, v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. Wither.

2968

Allumette

‖Al′lu′mette (�), n. [F., from allumer to light.] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

2969

Alluminor

Al‐lu″mi‐nor (�), n. [OF. alumineor, fr. L. ad + liminare. See Luminate.] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. Cowell.

2970

Allurance

Al‐lur″ance (�), n. Allurement.