Search the Dictionary

ow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. Cowper.

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. Cowper.

a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.

Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.

An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.

ade of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern. -- Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads. -- Brusse…

ifficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown. Swift.

A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.

he United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the ermy.

nter, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More. Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden.

ecomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake. J. Burroughs.

tain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

nion hath light with darkness 2 Cor. vi. 14. Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. South.

bbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. L'Estrange. Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. Dryden.

The state of accompanying; accompaniment. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne.