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A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight.

In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; fippantly.

According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beef shops." Macaulay.

e in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

The warden, or keeper of a jail.

A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.

Cold; chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.

is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeas…

Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Bailey.

o become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. "The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.

Lofty speech; pompous language. [R.] Bailey.

High-sounding; pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey.

To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

Doubtful or ambiguous language. [Obs.] Bailey.

by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.

One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

To amplify. [Obs.] Bailey.