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no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.

See Alignment.

To align. [R.] Herschel.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

The act of dashing against, or striking upon. The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

One who alliterates.

A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

The angler.

Totality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.

Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.

To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.

"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Changeable in color.

See Garnet.