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The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

All the saints (in heaven). [Obs.]

The feast of All Saints.

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

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.

Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

In an allowable manner.

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. Without the king's will or the state's allowance. Shak.

By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.

One who allows or permits.

Below; in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." Dryden.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

A cudgel. [Obs.] Shak.

See under 1st Bank, n.

One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.