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Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. Burke.

Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who cabals. A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.

An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.

A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.

Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.

One who, or that which, falls.

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.

A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.

One who squalls; a screamer.

A standard bearer. obtaining Fuller.

One who builds walls.

eneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.

and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

red. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.

an, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Wordsworth.

A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

y weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal sod…

A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.