Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Alkargen

Al‐kar″gen (�), n. [Alkarsin + oxygen.] (Chem.) Same as Cacodylic acid.

2783

Alkarsin

Al‐kar″sin (�), n. [Alkali + arsenic + -in.] (Chem.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; — called ...

2784

Alkazar

Al‐ka″zar (�). See Alcazar.

2785

Alkekengi

Al′ke‐ken″gi (�), n. [Cf. F. alkékenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kākanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis ...

2786

Alkermes

Al‐ker″mes (�), n. [Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See Kermes.] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal in...

2787

Alkoran

Al″ko‐ran (?; 277), n. The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

2788

Alkoranic

Al′ko‐ran″ic (�), a. Same as Alcoranic.

2789

Alkoranist

Al′ko‐ran″ist, n. Same as Alcoranist.

2790

All

All (�), a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, ...

2791

All (2)

All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. “And cheeks all pale.” Byron.☞ In the ancient phrases, all t...

2792

All (3)

All (�), n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our al...

2793

All (4)

All, conj. [Orig. all, adv., wholly: used with though or if, which being dropped before the subjunctive left all as if in the sense although.] Although; albeit.All they were won...

2794

All Fools' Day

All″ Fools' Day′ (�). The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.The first of April, some do say,Is set apart for All Fools' Day.Poor Robin's Alma...

2795

All fours

All′ fours″ [formerly, All four.] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.To be, go, orrun, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to cor...

2796

All hail

All′ hail″ (�). [All + hail, interj.] All health; — a phrase of salutation or welcome.

2797

All Saints

{ All″ Saints′ (�), All″ Saints' (�), } The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this f...

2798

All Souls' Day

All″ Souls' Day′ (�). The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

2799

All-a-mort

All′–a–mort″ (�), a. See Alamort.

2800

All-hail

All′–hail″, v. t. To salute; to greet.Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me “Thane of Cawdor.”Shak.

2801

All-possessed

All′–pos‐sessed″ (�), a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

2802

Alla breve

‖Al′la bre″ve (�). [It., according to the breve.] (Old Church Music) With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; — ind...

2803

Allah

‖Al″lah (�), n. [contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God.] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

2804

Allanite

Al″lan‐ite (�), n. [From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species.] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is ...

2805

Allantoic

Al′lan‐to″ic (�), a. [Cf. F. allantoïque.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin.

2806

Allantoid

{ Al‐lan″toid (�), Al′lan‐toid″al (�), } a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

2807

Allantoidea

‖Al′lan‐toid″e‐a (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

2808

Allantoin

Al‐lan″to‐in (�), n.(Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; — formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.