Webster's Dictionary 1913

2647

Alferes

‖Al‐fe″res (�), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. al-fārs knight.] An ensign; a standard bearer. J. Fletcher.

2648

Alfet

Al″fet, n. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat.] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocenc...

2649

Alfilaria

‖Al‐fil′a‐ri″a (�), n.(Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

2650

Alfileria

{ ‖Al‐fil′e‐ri″a, ‖Al‐fil′e‐ril″la } (?), n. [Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin.] Same as Alfilaria.

2651

Alfione

‖Al′fi‐o″ne (�), n.(Zoöl.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).

2652

Alforja

‖Al‐for″ja (?), n. [Also alfarga, alforge.] A saddlebag.

2653

Alfresco

‖Al‐fres″co (�), adv. & a. [It. al fresco in or on the fresh.] In the open-air. Smollett.

2654

Alga

‖Al″ga (�), n.; pl.Algæ (�). (Bot.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuc...

2655

Algal

Al″gal (�), a., (Bot.) Pertaining to, or like, algæ.

2656

Algaroba

‖Al′ga‐ro″ba (�), n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr�bah. Cf. Carob.] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, calle...

2657

Algarot

{ Al″ga‐rot (�), Al″ga‐roth (�), } n. [F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti.] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound o...

2658

Algarovilla

‖Al′ga‐ro‐vil″la (�), n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

2659

Algate

{ Al″gate (�), Al″gates (�), } adv. [All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate.] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere.Ulna now he algates must forego.Spenser.☞ Still used ...

2660

Algazel

Al″ga‐zel′ (�), n. [Ar. al the + ghazāl.] (Zoöl.) The true gazelle.

2661

Algebra

Al″ge‐bra (�), n. [LL. algebra, fr. Ar. al-jebr reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers, fr. jabara to bind together, consolidate; al-jebr w'almuqābalah red...

2662

Algebraic

{ Al′ge‐bra″ic (�), Al′ge‐bra″ic‐al (�), } a. Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebrai...

2663

Algebraically

Al′ge‐bra″ic‐al‐ly, adv. By algebraic process.

2664

Algebraist

Al″ge‐bra′ist (�), n. One versed in algebra.

2665

Algebraize

Al″ge‐bra‐ize (�), v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

2666

Algerian

Al‐ge″ri‐an (�), a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. — n. A native of Algeria.

2667

Algerine

Al′ge‐rine″ (�), a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

2668

Algerine (2)

Al′ge‐rine″, n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

2669

Algid

Al″gid (�), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly. Bailey.Algid cholera(Med.), Asiatic cholera.

2670

Algidity

Al‐gid″i‐ty (�), n. Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and collapse.

2671

Algidness

Al″gid‐ness (�), n. Algidity.

2672

Algific

Al‐gif″ic (�), a. [L. algificus, fr. algus cold + facere to make.] Producing cold.

2673

Algin

Al″gin (?), n.(Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain algæ.