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An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

endelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.

Allhallows. [Obs.] Shak.

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 distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.

"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Changeable in color.

See Garnet.

Changing color.

The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

See Allodium.

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

The allodial system.