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In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ica, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.

ffice formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.] Ashmole.

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders." Pope.

nt called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Now call we our high court of Parliament. Shak.

tates, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is,…

ty council, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. -- Common council. See under Common. -- Council board, Council table, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation…

Alderman. [Obs.]

r hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another. They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. Macaulay. To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.

The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. [Obs.]

Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.

. -- Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar. -- Fathers of the city, the aldermen. -- Father of the Faithful. (a) Abraham. Rom. iv. Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. -- Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service.…

To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. De Quincey.

A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England. Burrill.

rity, that is, authority belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in our nature. Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary).

A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

y sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.

icers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman.