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Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.

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

recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n.…

ion in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

nt or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

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] -- All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholl…

To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.

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

All Saints' Day, November 1st. [Archaic]

To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Joh…

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [Obs. or Archaic] Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

Everywhere. [Archaic]

reatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.

Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] Holinshed.

titude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar. [Archaic] Almucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.…

vation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.…

Always. [Archaic or Poetic] I would not live alway. Job vii. 16.

A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.

To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor.