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

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

n by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. Spenser. The virtue nearest to our vice allied. Pope.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.

A giver of alms. [R.] Halliwell.

honsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

In addition; besides; as well; further; too. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.

A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell.

te, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition: By that sin fell the angels. Shak. The pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres. Burke.

without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

A word used to describe the character Halliwell.

as there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king. Howell.

Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. Kirby. Ampullaceous sac (Zoöl.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.

y, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [R.] Lowell.

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

the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.

An androgynous plant. Whewell.

Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.