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e United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n.…

; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.

t; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

pecific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow. Brande.

A race of giants living in Palestine.

us cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

e of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] Paley.

A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.

or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.

[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty." Paley. "Each article of time." Habington. The articles which compose the blood. E. Darwin.

Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller.

The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. Byron. In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. -- Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone o…

Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak. Ashy pale, pale as ashes. Shak.