ALI ALK
nor 167, niit 103—tithe 171, tub 172, bull 173—uil 299—Pound 313— thin 1GG, thisJCO.
ALF.HOUSEKEEPER, ile'h&use-ke-pur, s.
He that keeps ale pnhiicly to sell.ALEKNIGHT, alc'nlte, s. A pot compa-nion, a tippler. Obsolete.
ALEMBICK, il-lem'btk, s. A vessel usedin distilling.
A LENGTH, a-lingf/i', ad. At full length.ALERT, a-lerl', a. Watchful, vigilant;brisk, pert, petulant.
ALERTNESS, u-lert'ness, s . The quality ofbeing alert, pertness.
ALEWASHED, ile'wflsht, a. 359. Soaked
in ale.
ALEWIFE, ale'wlfe, s. A woman that keepsau alehouse.
ALEXANDERS, ul'legz4n'durz, s r Thename of a plant.
ALEXANDER’S FOOT, aiaegz-an'durz-fiit, s. 478. The name of an herb.
Alexandrine , iii-iegz-itn'drln, «. 150 .
A kind of verse borrowed from the French ,first used in a poem called Alexander. Thisverse consists of twelve syllables.
ALEXIPHARMICK, a-lek-se-far'mik, a.
'that which drives away poison, antidotal.
ALEXITERICAL, a-lek-sc-ter'r£- 'la.Thatkal, 509. J. which
ALEX1TERICK, a-lek-se-ter'rlk, j drives
away poison.
ALGATES, algates, ad. On any terms;although. Obsolete.
ALGEBRA , ill'je-bra , s. 84. A peculiarkind of arithmetic.
ALGEBRAICAL, al-je-br^-kdl, > a. Re-ALGEBRAICK, al-je-bra'ik, £ latingto algebra.
ALGEBRAIST, itl-j&-bra'?st, s. A personthat understands or practises the science ofalgebra.
ALGID, ai'jid, a. 84. Cold, chill.ALGIDITY, al-jld'de-te, s. 511. Cliilness,cold.
ALGIFIC, al-jlFflk, a. 509. That which pro-duces cold.
ALGOR, al'gor, $. Extreme cold, chil-ness.
The o in the last syllable of this word escapesbeing pronounced like u from its being Latin audseldom used. 4J8.
ALGORISM, M'g^-rlzm, 557, > s. Arabic ALGORITHM, al'gA-rif/im, $ w r ords usedto implv the scieni of numbers.ALIAS,la64s, ad A Latin word, signify-ing otherwise.
ALIBLE, il'e-bl, a. 405. Nutritive, nou-rishing.
ALIEN, kle'yen, a. 505. Foreign, or not ofdie same family or land ; estranged from, not
ALIEN, ale'yen, s. 113, 2S3. A foreigner,not a dei.ison, a stranger; in law, an alien isfranchised 11 & 5tran *= e countr y» and never en-
ALIENABLE, kle'yen-a-bl, a. That of
which the property may he transferred.
To ALIENATE, Me'yen -ate, v. a. To trans-fer the property of any thing to another; towithdraw the heart or affections.
There is a strong propensity in undisciplinedspeakers to pronounce this word with the accent on e
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in the peuultiinate; but this cannot be too carefullyavoided, as all the compounds ut alien have invaria.bly the accent on the first syllable. But whether thea iu this syllable be long or slioit is a dispute amongour Best Oithoepists. Mr. Perry, Mi\ Buclnman, W.Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Llphiustone, join itwith the consonant, and make it short ; but Mr. She-ridan separates it from the l, and makes it long andslender: and, though Mr. Elplunstoiic's opinion hasgreat weight with me, yet I here join with Mr. She-ridan against them all; not only because 1 judge hispronunciation of this word the most agreeable to thebest usage, but because it is agreeable to an evidentrule which lengthens every vowel with the accent onit, except i when followed by a single consonant anda diphthong. Sec Principles, Isos. 505, 5‘U.
O! alienate from Ilcav’n, O spir’t accurst!”
Milton's Par. Lost, b. v. 8,7*
ALIENATE, ale'yen-ate, a. Withdrawnfrom, stranger to.
ALIENATION, ale-yen-a'rihun, s. The actof transferring property; the state of beingalienated ; change of aifection.
To ALIGHT, a-lite', r. a. To come down;to fall upon.
ALIKE, a-llke', ad. With resemblance, inthe same manner.
ALIMENT , al'le-ment, s. Nourishment,nutriment, food.
ALIMENT A L, al-le-men'tal, a. That whichhas the quality of aliment, that which nou-rishes.
ALIMENTARINESS, al-le-men'ta-re-ness,s. The quality of being alimentary.ALIMENTARY, il-le-men'tit-ri, a. Thatwhich belongs to aliment; that which lias thepower of nourishing.
ALIMENTATION, fil-le-men-la'shun, s .The quality of nourishing.
ALIMONIOUS, iil-le-nuVne-us, a. Thatwhich nourishes.
ALIMONY, al'Ic-mun-ne, s. 556. Legal
proportion of the husband’s estate, which, bythe sentence of the ecclesiastical court, is al-lowed to the wife, upon the account of sepa-ration.—See Domestic.
ALIQUANT, al'le-qwant, a. Parts of anumber, which will never make up the numberexactly; as, Sis an aliquant of 10, thrice 3beng 9, four times 3 making 12.
ALIQUOT, al'le-qwtit, «. Aliquot parts ofany number or quantity, such as will exactlymeasure it without any remainder ; as. Sis analiquot part of 12.
ALISH, alelsh, a. Resembling ale.
ALIVE, a-llve, *t. In the state of life; notdead; unextinguished, undestroyed, active;cheerful, sprightly : it is used to add em-phasis ; as, the best man alive.
ALKAHEST, al'kadiest, s. 84. An nni-versal dissolvent, a liquor.ALKALESCENT, al-ki-les'sent, a. Thatwhich has a tendency to the properties of an
ALK ALI, al'ka-l'‘, s. 84. Any substance,which, when mingled with acid, produces fer-mentation.
ALKALINE, tll'ki-l’n, a. 150. That whichhas the qualities of alkali.
To ALKALIZATE, al-kal'le-zate, v. a. To
make alkaline.
ALKALIZATE, al-kalle-zJtte, a. Thatwhich has the qualities of alkali.
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