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The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

rtion; a positive as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.

The quality of being aged; oldness. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey.

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

Quality of being alible.

Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

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

The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast th…

lay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.