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A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.

One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.

A hook or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.

s sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Aloft; on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.

The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo." Irving.

The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

lso, a bugle sound to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

sunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer- ). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individu…

ese speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, co…

Without sympathy; unfavorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.

king different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker.