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Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

ronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

stantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

g air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.

According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beef shops." Macaulay.

rehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay.

A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.

A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.

ribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.

g; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

cely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." Macaulay. -- All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] -- All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. -- All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mo…

nsidered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.

Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working)

otality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.

ree passage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay.

ke allowance for the inexperience of youth. After making the largest allowance for fraud. Macaulay.