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The tunny. See Albicore.

See Inulin.

See Alarm. [Now Poetic]

See Alan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Albicore.

ic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

cies. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.

sible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

See Alkalimeter.

A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.

See Alcoholometry.

See Halcyon.

A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

hannel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

See Alectryomancy.

See under Lace.

One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.