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The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

(Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

ile. "Charm ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.]

The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey.

excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

The state of being winged.

The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]

by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

Quality of being alible.

Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

The state or legal condition of being an alien.

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.