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The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley.

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.

An almoner. [Obs.] Spenser.

religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.

The office of an almoner.

Lack of energy; inactivity. -- An*er"gic (#), a.

Containing no liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

A book of antiphons. Chaucer.

Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.

One who apportions.

One who arraigns. Coleridge.

One who ascertains.

One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.

One who makes atonement.

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, awakens.

Baboonish behavior. Marryat.

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.