ALMA
AL'ME, or AL'MA, noun Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ALMACANTAR
AL'MACANTAR, noun [See almucantar.]
ALMADIE
ALMADIE, noun A bark canoe used by the Africans; also a long boat used at Calicut, in India, eighty feet long, and six or seven broad; called also cathuri.
ALMAGEST
AL'MAGEST, nounA book or collection of problems in astronomy and geometry, drawn up by Ptolemy. The same title has been given to other works of the like kind.
ALMAGRA
ALMA'GRA, noun a fine deep red ocher, with an admixture of purple, very heavy, dense but friable, with a rough dusty surface. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. it is auster...
ALMANACK
AL'MANACK, nounA small book or table, containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, with the times of the rising of the sun and moon, changes of the moon, eclipses, hours of ...
ALMANACK-MAKER
ALMANACK-MAKER, noun A maker of almanacks.
ALMANDINE
AL'MANDINE, noun In mineralogy, precious garnet, a beautiful mineral of a red color, of various shades, sometimes tinged with yellow or blue. It is commonly translucent, sometim...
ALME
AL'ME, or AL'MA, noun Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing.
ALMENA
ALME'NA, noun A weight of two pounds, used to weigh saffron in several parts of Asia.
ALMIGHTINESS
ALMI'GHTINESS, noun Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; an attribute of God only.
ALMIGHTY
ALMI'GHTY, adjective [all and mighty. See Might.]Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited might; being of boundless sufficiency; appropriately applied to the Supreme...
ALMOND
AL'MOND, noun1. The fruit of the almond tree; an ovate, compressed nut, perforated in the pores. It is either sweet or bitter. [It is popularly pronounced ammond.]2. The tonsils...
ALMOND-FURNACE
ALMOND-FURNACE, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining silver, are reduced to lead, by the help of charcoal; that is, according to modern ...
ALMOND-TREE
ALMOND-TREE, noun The tree which produces the almond. The leaves and flowers resemble those of the peach, but the fruit is longer and more compressed, the green coat is thinner ...
ALMOND-WILLOW
ALMOND-WILLOW, noun A tree with leaves of a light green on both sides.
ALMONER
AL'MONER, noun [See Alms.]An officer whose duty is to distribute charity or alms. By the ancient canons, every monastery was to dispose of a tenth of its income in alms to the p...
ALMONRY
AL'MONRY, noun [Corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aumery.]The place where the almoner resides, or where the alms are distributed.
ALMOST
ALMO'ST, adverb [all and most.] Nearly; well nigh; for the greatest part.Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. Acts 26:28.
ALMS
'ALMSnoun, 'amz. [Eng. almesse; Latin eleemosyna; Gr. to pity.]Any thing given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing, otherwise called charity.A lame man...
ALMS-DEED
'ALMS-DEED, noun An act of charity; a charitable gift.
ALMS-FOLK
'ALMS-FOLK, noun Persons supporting other by alms. [Not used.]
ALMS-GIVER
'ALMS-GIVER, noun One who gives to the poor.
ALMS-GIVING
'ALMS-GIVING, noun The bestowment of charity.
ALMS-HOUSE
'ALMS-HOUSE, noun A house appropriated for the use of the poor, who are supported by the public.
ALMS-MEN
'ALMS-MEN,'ALMS-PEOPLE, noun Persons supported by charity or by public provision.
ALMUCANTAR
AL'MUCANTAR, noun A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon. It is synonymous with a parallel of altitude, w...