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al. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.

ial, light, or volatile. "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.]

According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beef shops." Macaulay.

sion of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay.

A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.] That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser.

A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.

errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.

ronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa.

e intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been rega…

red. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.

See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]

assage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay.

lowance for the inexperience of youth. After making the largest allowance for fraud. Macaulay.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

o sovereigns or states; a confederate. The English soldiers and their French allies. Macaulay.