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Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between. [Obs.] The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew.

In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4. The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols 2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke.

of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

That which surrounds and influences. The keen, the wholesome air of poverty. Wordsworth.

In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

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

he feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

A zoöphyte of the order Alcyonaria.

One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

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

ains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

he 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.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

sease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.