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ally a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium su…

all the same, whether we recognize them or not." J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.

A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.

ependent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

bject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

posed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope.

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. With no alternative but death. Longfellow.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

An alto singer. Alto clef (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.

rvals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

l, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC…