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Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

alysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.

de away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

lkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

ll the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.

The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

Loss of the hair; baldness.

A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.

A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise. Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden.

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Now const. with sing. verb.] "An honorable amends." Addison. Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n.

The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [R.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.

Liable to be lost. [R.]

Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.

Causing loss of memory.