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e better; that is, better by the whole difference. -- All the same, nevertheless. "There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not." J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.

Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny.

e 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.

A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

en herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

rged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they wenChaucer.

With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly. They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

Same as Amalgam. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.

etals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue. Cowper.

ysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

ows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.

To walk; to move about. [R.] Southey.

ies, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton.

of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

with, both land and water. The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

armless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.