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A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

us; alimental; as, alimentary substances. Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

t of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

table alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. -- Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.

Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

clined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entirenes…

To salute; to greet. [Poet.] Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak.

ing the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

[From the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.] (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure.

A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay.

Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

ctice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.