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The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]

ffections of quantity." Boyle. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.

ing or receive into close connection; to ally. Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion I. Taylor.

fluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle.

comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.

ety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.

roposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. Swift.

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]

reeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange.

that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.

Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of.

lock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post, a place to whi…

s of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

resident of a country in which he does not posses the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.