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A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. Fairholt.

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

f the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope. Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

f being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.…

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in Sout…

o praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [Obs. or Archaic] Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

antity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.

st day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

hing flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

ter; alluvium. The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.

Exclusive. [Obs.] Fabyan.

f, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] "On me is not along thin evil fare." Chaucer. "And all this is long of you." Shak. "This increase of price is all along of the foreigners." London Punch.

Without sympathy; unfavorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.

ace; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope.

A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

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.