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A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

ake quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]

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

or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin.

consist of positively charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.

Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. -- Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out.…

e making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair. In amours with, in love with. [Obs.]

To move or be moved; to excite. [Obs.] Spenser.

The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.

The quantity of electricity delivered in one hour by a current whose average strength is one ampère. It is used as a unit of quantity, and is equal to 3600 coulombs. The terms Ampère minute and Ampère second are sometimes similarly used.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Leucite.

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.