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The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

spects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. "The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.

y intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

quently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

t for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]

At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled amain." Holinshed.

An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay.

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

f power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

d throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.

The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.

onsistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. Th…

Practicing or siding with both parties. All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.