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A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

Along the shore or coast.

See Longshoreman.

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

Along. [Obs.]

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

State of being aloof. Rogers (1642). The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

Loss of the hair; baldness.

A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

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

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1.

Below; in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." Dryden.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

Lofty speech; pompous language. [R.] Bailey.

High-sounding; pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey.

Doubtful or ambiguous language. [Obs.] Bailey.

Tending to cause abortion.

Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.