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The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. With no alternative but death. Longfellow.

t above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation. Ure.

An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure.

A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."

A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.

tom as the ship drifts. -- Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. -- The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. -- The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn i…

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.

e, one formed by two right lines. -- Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90º (measured by a quarter circle). -- Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. -- Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of g…

At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Something done before another act. [Obs.]

A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.