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Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.

A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.

ve had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease.

nous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

d to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] Abbott.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

f flowing water; alluvium. The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

s; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin.

of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

Hence; A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten.

Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. Ammunition bread, shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]

for, or connected with, both land and water. The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. "All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.

Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.