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The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.

One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.

One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.

Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or

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

Alto-rilievo.

High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.

By application. [R.]

He who, or that which, applies.

A workshop; a studio.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

Same as Bailie. [Scot.]

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.

Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

Some as Bas-relief.

Same as Bas-relief.

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden.

thout positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. Reid.

Having belief or faith.