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Utterance abroad; publicity; vent. You gave it air before me. Dryden.

An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.

oluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, whic…

. . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

n a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

ut within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.

Below; in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." Dryden.

terchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew.

A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] Dryden.

s or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise. Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden.

A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds.

d Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden.

at is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces. An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden.

rted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

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

cting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.

An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden.

. . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.

Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.