Alatern
{ Al″a‐tern (�), ‖Al′a‐ter″nus (�), } n. [L. ala wing + terni three each.] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Alation
A‐la″tion (�), n. [F., fr. L. alatus winged.] The state of being winged.
Alaunt
A‐launt″ (�), n. See Alan. Chaucer.
Alb
Alb (�), n. [OE. albe, LL. alba, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Album and Aube.] A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; — in the Roman Catholic chur...
Alb Sunday
Alb Sunday. (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the follow...
Albacore
Al″ba‐core (�), n.(Zoöl.) See Albicore.
Alban
Al″ban (�), n. [L. albus white.] (Chem.) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Albanian
Al‐ba″ni‐an (�), a. Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. — n. A native of Albania.
Albata
‖Al‐ba″ta (�), n. [L. albatus, p. p. of albare to make white, fr. albus white.] A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German s...
Albatross
Al″ba‐tross (�), n. [Corrupt. fr. Pg. alcatraz cormorant, albatross, or Sp. alcatraz a pelican: cf. Pg. alcatruz, Sp. arcaduz, a bucket, fr. Ar. al-qādus the bucket, fr. Gr. κάδ...
Albe
{ Al′be″, Al′bee″ } (�), conj. [See Albeit.] Although; albeit.Albe Clarissa were their chiefest founderess.Spenser.
Albedo
‖Al‐be″do (�), n. [L., fr. albus white.] Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon ...
Albeit
Al′be″it (�), conj. [OE. al be although it be, where al is our all. Cf. Although.] Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer.Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth.Tenn...
Albert ware
Al″bert ware. A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.
Albertite
Al″bert‐ite (ăl″bẽrt‐īt), n.(Min.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of Albert, New Brunswick.
Albertype
Al″ber‐type (ăl″bẽr‐tīp), n. [From the name of the inventor, Albert, of Munich.] A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
Albescence
Al‐bes″cence (�), n. The act of becoming white; whitishness.
Albescent
Al‐bes″cent (�), a. [L. albescens, p. pr. of albescere to grow white, fr. albus white.] Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Albicant
Al″bi‐cant (�), a. [L. albicans, p. pr. of albicare, albicatum, to be white, fr. albus white.] Growing or becoming white.
Albication
Al′bi‐ca″tion (�), n. The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.
Albicore
Al″bi‐core (�), n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a l...
Albification
Al′bi‐fi‐ca″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. albification: L. albus white + ficare (only in comp.), facere, to make.] The act or process of making white.
Albigenses
{ Al′bi‐gen″ses (�), ‖Al′bi′geois″ (�), } n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of r...
Albigensian
Al′bi‐gen″sian (�), a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
Albiness
Al‐bi″ness (�), n. A female albino. Holmes.
Albinism
Al″bi‐nism (�), n. The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
Albinistic
Al′bi‐nis″tic (�), a. Affected with albinism.