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Inability to swallow.

Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.

Easiness of disposition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649). Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

The letter h or H.

The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

See Ætiology.

Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

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

Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer. Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson.

A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A.

A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

ment, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.

Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.

Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.