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One versed in algebra.

To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Of or pertaining to Algeria. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Cold; chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

Algidity. [Obs.]

Producing cold.

A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain algæ.

Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

One learned about algæ; a student of algology.

The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.

to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Var. of Algonquian.

linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Ir…

merly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

Cold; chilliness.

The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.