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Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [Obs.] The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew.

In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4. The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.

lled by abbreviation; as, a general's aid. Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.

A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. To be the aim of every dangerous shot. Shak.

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow.

Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]

. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.

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

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. -- n.

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

A kind of dance. See Allemande. Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.

An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma. The Almehs lift their arms in dance. Bayard Taylor.

s or minerals alter by exposure. "The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.

holly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.