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

Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper.

alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.

d husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

One learned about algæ; a student of algology.

The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of

uit, 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.

ee under Along. -- All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and some." Fairfax. -- All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." Macaulay. -- All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] --…

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

athers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

ection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.

nd tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.