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A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.

Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt), which is…

To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

e art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.

Alkaline. [Obs.]

Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adve…

A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.

ry other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.