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garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

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. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

anthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

Everywhere. [Archaic]

A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

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

Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity. A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.

sed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. Cheever.

Even as; as; so. [Obs.] Chaucer.

a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. My decided preference is for the fourth and last of thalternatives. Gladstone.

ndicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level.