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ALLEGE v.
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]
ALLHALLOW; ALLHALLOWS n.
All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic]
ALLOW v.
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [Obs. or Archaic] Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.
ALLWHERE adv.
Everywhere. [Archaic]
ALMSFOLK n.
Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] Holinshed.
ALMUCANTAR n.
titude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar. [Archaic] Almucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.…
ALWAY adv.
Always. [Archaic or Poetic] I would not live alway. Job vii. 16.
AMATE v.
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.
AMAZE v.
To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor.
AMELCORN n.
A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
AMPHISTYLIC a.
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
AMUSEMENT n.
mused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.
AMYLACEOUS a.
Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
AMYLIC a.
is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.
AMYLOGEN n.
That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.
AMYLOGENESIS n.
The formation of starch.
AMYLOGENIC a.
Forming starch; -- applied specif. to leucoplasts.
AMYLOID n.
A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
AMYLOID; AMYLOIDAL a.
Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.
AMYLOLYSIS n.
The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.
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