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A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.

The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton.

An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.] The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12.

So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.

The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to…

sure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by

A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

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

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

One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#),…

An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.

Solely; only. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.