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e species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton.

The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

f furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.

An alterative. [R.] Chambers.

time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. J. Philips. Different species alternating with each other. Kirwan.

rought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.

fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

Oölite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]

One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.

lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

r understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton.

Running in a contrary direction. Hammond.

The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham.