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A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.

a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

Only; merely; singly. [Obs.] This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer.

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

first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be. God said unto Moses, I am that am. Exod. iii. 14.

h greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

ise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an ampère is said to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its ampère turns.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ.

r arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.