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In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward. We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. Coleridge.

A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252- 1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. l…

The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker.

The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation.

An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight.

Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.

A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.

ptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.

A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

ian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.

Of two kinds. (Bot.)

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.