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To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]

The office or rank of an alderman. [R.] B. Jonson.

tival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. "At wakes and ales." B. Jonson."On ember eves and holy ales." Shak.

a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.

To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.

Joy; gladsomeness.

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

s more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

nt; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

Alluvial. [R.] Johnson.

One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.

ing to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they wenChaucer.

l. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

Always. [Archaic or Poetic] I would not live alway. Job vii. 16.

To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.