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The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.

To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]

A giver of alms. [R.] Halliwell.

self; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin.

In company; together. He to England shall along with you. Shak. All along, all trough the course of; during the whole time; throughout. "I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper." Addison. -- To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. "She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I." Mrs.…

Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29.

em. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.

The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. Bp. Hall.

cy, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. De Quincey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.…

nish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. Spenser.

er for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.

A word used to describe the character Halliwell.

, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose." Whately.

An embrace. [Obs.] An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall.

the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.

nutely or carefully; to analyze. If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume.

to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

mpounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.