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One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

lest rudiments; elements. The very alphabet of our law. Macaulay. Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.

The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be in an exalted state of mind.

stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. Gray. Alternate alligation. See Alligation. -- Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, a…

he congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation.

The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8.

See Tincal.

An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

eridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.

A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

See Aluminium.

The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be. God said unto Moses, I am that am. Exod. iii. 14.

See Embassy, the usual spelling. Helps.

See Ambergris.

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

d by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something. I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. Evelyn. Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain. Cowper.

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.

angement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.