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Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Rev. xxii. 13.

The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.

Altering; gradually changing. Bacon.

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

Offering a choice of two things.

The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.

The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.

A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

m bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

gamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak.

h 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

Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. Collins.

A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.

Behavior; bearing. [Obs.] Spenser.