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

A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.

Supplying albumen.

The act rectifying spirit.

The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

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

Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to…

An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.] The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.

y existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.

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.

nse. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.…

The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]

The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

Flying high. [Obs.] Blount.

Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue. Cowper.

richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC

An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.