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alien 
II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Al- algorist (al'go-rist), . [< alt/orixi + 4st.] A 
giers or Algeria, in Africa ; particularly, one computer with the Arabic figures ; an arithme- 
of the indigenous Berber or Arabic inhabitants tician ; a writer on algorism. 
of Algiers, as distinguished from the French 
colonists. See Algerian. Hence 2. A pirate: 
which are somewhat small in scale, but fancifully varied 
and brilliant with color and gilding. 
Alhambresque (al-ham-bresk'), a. [<AI)uim- 
bra + -csque.] Resembling the Alhambra, or 
head, found followers in Germany, England/France, aiul * ne st yl e f ornamentation peculiar to the Al- 
De Morgan, Arith. Books, xxi. hambra. See Alhambraii: 
The Italian school of alt]ori*ts, with Pacioli at their 
lead, :" 
from the fact that the people of Algiers were s P ain - 
formerly much addicted to piracy. 3. [1. c.] A algoristic (al-go-ris'tik), a. Pertaining to the alhenna (al-hen'ii), n. Same as henna. 
woolen material woven in stripes of bright col- Arabic figures. ' alhidade, ft. SDQ "KJJ- 
_ . .. . . .. ^ . **-- , ...'-'..._. . . lio/o'i; 
See alidade. 
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ors, and often with gold thread, generally too algorithm (al'go-riTHm), . An erroneous form alias (a'li-as), rtrfc. [L. alias, at another time; 
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loose and soft for ordinary wear, and made into of algorism. 
scarfs, shawls, and the like. algorithmic 
algerite (al'jer-it), n. [After P. Alger.] A algorismic, 
mineral occurring in yellow to gray tetragonal as, algorithmic logic. 
crystals at Franklin Furnace, New Jersey. It 
is probably an altered scapolite. 
algetic (al-jet'ik), a. [< Gr. as if *a.f.yijriK6c, 
(.atyeiv, have pain.] Producing or having re- 
lation to pain, 
algid (al'jid), a. [< L. algidus, cold, < algere, 
be cold.] Cold Algid cholera, in imthol., Asiatic 
cholera : so called from the fact that diminution of tem- 
perature is one of its leading characteristics. 
algidity (al-jid'i-ti), n. [< algid + -ity.] The 
state of being algid ; chilliness ; coldness. 
algidness (al'jid-nes), n. Same as algidity. 
algific (al-jif'ik), a. [< L. algificus, < algus, cold 
(\algere, be cold), + facere, make.] Producing 
cold. 
algist (al'jist), n. [< L. alga, a seaweed, + -igt.] 
A student of that department of botany which 
relates to algee or seaweeds; one skilled in 
algology. 
algpdouite (al-god'p-nit), . [< Algodones (see 
def.) + -ite 2 .] An arsenid of copper occurring 
in steel-gray masses, allied to domeykite. it 
is found at the silver-mine of Algodones, near Coquimbo, 
Chili. 
nic (al-go-riTH'mik), a. 1. Same as 
ic. 2. Pertaining to or using symbols : 
logic. 
"Symbolic," as I understand it, being almost exactly 
the equivalent of algorithmic. 
J. Venn, Symbolic Logic, p. 98. 
Algorithmic geometry, Wronski's name for analytical 
geometry. Seldom used by writers of authority, 
algous (al'gus), a. [< L. algosus, abounding in 
uniB^B. union i or one place Smith, at another Simpson, 
seaweed, < alga, a seaweed : see alga.] Per- a li as (a'li-as), n. ; pi. aliases (-ez). 
taining to or resembling algse or seaweeds; 
abounding with seaweed. 
algrimt, n. A Middle English form of algorism. 
alguazil (al-gwa-zeT), n. [< Sp. alguacil, for- 
merly alguazil, 'alvacil, = Pg. algtutsil, formerly 
alvazil, alvacil, also alvazir, alvacir, an officer 
< Ar. al-wazir, < al, the (see al- 2 ), + wazir, offi- 
cer, vizir: see vizir.] In Spain, and in regions 
settled by Spaniards, an inferior officer of jus- 
tice; a constable. 
The corregidor . . . has ordered this alywizil to appre- 
hend you. Smollett, tr. of Gil Bias, v. 1. 
There were instances in which men of the most vener- 
able dignity, persecuted without a cause by extortioners, 
died of rage and shame in the gripe of the vile alguazih 
of Impey. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
in post-Augustan period, at another time or 
place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, 
otherwise; fern. ace. pi. (cf. E. else, a gen. 
sing, form, from same original) of alivs, other: 
see alien.] At another time; in another place; 
in other circumstances ; otherwise. It is used 
chiefly in judicial proceedings to connect the different 
names assumed by a person who attempts to conceal his 
true name and pass under a fictitious one : thus, Simpson 
alias Smith means a person calling himself at one time 
,. . - - - L [.<alias, 
adv.] An assumed name ; another name. 
Outcasts . . . forced to assume every week new aliasex 
and new disguises. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xxi. 
Most [Moslem] women when travelling adopt an alias 
R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 420. 
law, a second writ or execution issued when 
the first has failed to serve its purpose. Also 
used adjectively : as, an alias execution. 
alibi (al'i-bi), adv. [L., elsewhere, in another 
place, < alias, other, + -bi, related to E. by, q. v.] 
In law, elsewhere ; at another place. 
The prisoner had little to say in his defence ; he endea- 
voured to prove himself alibi. 
algoid (al'goid), a. [< L. alga, a seaweed, + 
-oid.] Resembling alg 
Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull, ii. 
algum (al'gum), n. A tree, in the time of Solo- alibi (al'i-bi), n. [< alibi, adv.] 1 . In law, a plea 
mou and Hiram, growing on Mount Lebanon, f having been elsewhere at the time an offense 
is alleged to have been committed. Hence 2. 
The fact or state of having been elsewhere at the 
time specified : as, he attempted to prove an alibi. 
alibility (al-i-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. alibilite, < L. 
alibilis : see alible and -bility.] The capacity of 
along with cedar- and fir-trees, sought for the 
construction of the temple ; according to both 
the Septuagint and Vulgate versions, the pine. 
It was not identical with the almug-tree, which 
was brought from Ophir. See almug. 
Send me also cedar trees, flr trees, and algum trees, out 
of Lebanon. a Chron. ii. 8. 
a nutritive substance for absorption ; assimila- 
tiveness. N. E. D. 
algological (al-go-loj'i-kal), a. [< algology + 
-ical.] Relating or pertaining to algology. 
algologist (al-gol'6-jist), n. [< algology + -ist.] 
One who studies algas or seaweeds; one skilled 
in algology ; an algist. 
The arrangement of the families and genera differs but 
little from that adopted in recent floras, . . . and fairly 
represents the views held at the present time by leading alhacena (al-a-tha'na), n. FSp., < Ar T\ A cun- alible (al'i-bl), a. [< L. alibilis, nutritive/ alere, 
algologMs. Jour, of Botany, Brit, and, For., 1883, p. 2iu. board or recess of stucco, decorated in the Moor- nourish: see aliment.] Nutritive, 
algology (al-gol'o-ji), n. [< L. alga, a seaweed, ish or Spanish style. A magnificent specimen in the alicant (al'i-kant), n. [< Alicante, a town in 
+ Gr. -Aoy<a, < Mfetv, speak: see -ology.] A 
branch of botany treating of algse ; phycology. 
Algonkin, Algonquin (al-gon'kin), a. [Amer. 
Ind. Algonquin is a F. spelling.] Belongingto = --- v - ,, ... L "i. 6 . a iuioioi,niii K) w 
- " mmous plants of several reputed species, but a black-letter book, of aliebel, < Ar. at-ifibal, < 
-' "" + iqbal, advancement, progress^] In 
the situation of a planet on or follow- 
angle. 
il (al-ik-tl'zal), n. [< Ar. al-ittiqdl, < al, 
., , . H1 .,,v. i ,.. u .,. . u ,. oi u D ,.- the, + jM'fa/, contact, conjunction of planets, 
the New England^ IndluUj the Delawares, the ojibwes or Alhambraic (al-ham-bra'ik), a. [< Alhambra < wayala, join.] In astral., the conjunction of 
(< Ai.al-hamra?, lit. the red (house), with refer- two planets moving in the same direction, and 
one overtaking the other. 
alicula (a-lik'u-lii), n. [L., dim. of ala, wing, 
perhaps because it covers the upper part of the 
arm (ala).] In Bom. antiq., a short upper gar- 
ment, like a cape, worn by hunters, country- 
men, and boys. 
alidade (al'i-dad), n. [Also alidad; < F. alidade 
an important and widely spread family of North 
American Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting 
the eastern coast from Labrador down through 
the Middle States, and extending westward 
across the Mississippi valley, and even into the 
Rocky mountains. Some of its principal divisions an 
the New England Indians, the ~ 
Chippewas, and the lilackfeet. 
Persia for food and for expbrtatioiTto India" ^camel/arc alictisal (al-ik-tl'zal), n. 
very fond of i* 
1 , , / A \ rT >,_ , , . .. T V* ""/ nwlMf l* , 11 u. Ullo 1CVA 11MIUBO I, W4UU 1CJ.C1- 
algor (al gor), TO. [L., < algere, be cold.] In pa- ence to the color of the sun-dried bricks which 
tnol., an unusual feeling of coldness; rigor or 
chill in or at the onset of fever. 
algorism (al'go-rizm), n. [< ME. algorisme, 
algarism, etc., also contr. algrim, augrim, etc., 
< OF. algorisme, augorisme, augorime = Pr. algo- 
risme = Sp. alguarismo (ef. guarismo, cipher) = 
Pg. It. algorismo, < ML. algorismus (occasionally 
alchoarismus, etc.), the Arabic system of num- 
bers, arithmetic, < Ar. al-Khowaraemi, i. e., the 
native of Khwdrazm (Khiva), surname of Abu 
Ja'far Mohammed ben Musa, an Arabian math- 
ematician, who flourished in the 9th century. 
His work on algebra was translated or para- 
phrased into Latin early in the 13th century, 
and was the source from which Europe derived 
a knowledge of the Arabic numerals. His sur- 
name, given in the Latin paraphrase as Algorit- 
mi, came to be applied to arithmetic in much the 
same way that "Euclid" was applied to geom- 
etry. The spelling algorithm, Sp. It. algoritmo, 
Pg. algorithmo, ML. algorithmus, etc., simulates 
Gr. api8u6f, number.] 1. In arith., the Arabic 
system of notation ; hence, the art of computa- 
tion with the Arabic figures, now commonly 
called arithmetic. 
If ever they came to the connected mention of addition, 
subtraction, multiplication, and division, it ought to have 
been a sign that they were reading on algorism as distin- 
guished from arithmetic. De Morgan, Arith. Books, xix. 
2. Any peculiar method of computing, as the 
rule for finding the greatest common measure. 
3. Any method of notation : as, the differen- 
tial algorism. 
Also written algorithm. 
algorismic (al-go-riz'mik), a. [< algorism + 
-ic.] Pertaining to algorism ; 
N. E. D. Also algorithmic. 
Court of Lions, Alhambra 
compose the outer walls, < al, the, + hamrff, 
. 
= Sp. alhidacla, alidada = Pg. alidada, alidade, 
< ML. alhidada, < Ar. al-'idadali, the revolving 
radius of a graduated circle, < al, the (see al- 2 ), 
+ 'adad, 'adid, 'adud, the upper arm, which re- 
volves in its socket.] 1. A movable arm pass- 
ing over a graduated circle, and carrying a 
vernier or an index: an attachment of many in- 
struments for measuring angles. See cut under 
sextant. 
The astrolabe [used by Vasco da Gama] was a metal cir- 
cle graduated round the edge, with a limb called the al- 
hidada fixed to a pin in the centre, and working round 
the graduated circle. Kncyc. Brit., X. 181. 
2. A straight-edge carrying a telescope : an at- 
tachment of the plane-table for transferring to 
paper the direction of any object from the sta- 
tion occupied. 
Also written alliidade. 
alie 1 (a'li), v. t. [Shetland dial., < Icel. alati, 
nourish, = Goth, alan, nourish, grow: see all 
and aliment.] To cherish ; nurse ; pet. Edmond- 
ston, Shetland Gloss. 
fern, of ahmar, red) + -ic.] Pertaining to or a j?5 ( a , h )> " t< ' iel , ''] A pet; a favorite. 
built or decorated after the manner of the Al- ^Iniondston, Shetland Gloss. 
hambra, a Moorish palace and fortress near alie^t, . t. A former spelling of af/i/i. 
Granada in Spain, erected during the thirteenth alien ( al ' ven )j a - and [Early mod. E. also 
and the first part of the fourteenth century, and alte < altent , a^ant, alliant, < ME. alien, alyeii, 
listing specimen of Moorish archi- ?% e ". aliente, alwunt, etc., < OF. alien, allien, < 
L. alienus, belonging to another, < alias, another, 
akin to E. else.] I. a. 1. Residing under an- 
other government or in another country than 
the finest ex ' stin e specimen 
arithm' cal tecture ; in the st y le of the Alhambra. The style 
- al - of decoration characteriaHo of the Alhambra is remark- 
able for the elaborate variety and complexity of its details, 
