alinasal 
nasal aperture of the chondrocranium of the frog. l>n- 
IIMII. - Alinasal turbinal, a cartilage of the alinasal re- 
gion, connected with the alinasal or lateral cartilage. 
The nlinnnil lurhinal of [the Yunx] . . . has two turns, 
and that of Gecinus one. Eiicyc. Brit., III. 717. 
II. . A lateral cartilage of the nasal region 
of the skull of an embryonic bird, in which is 
situated the external nostril. W. K. Parker. 
aline 1 ! (a-lin'), pren. phr. as adv. [< a 3 , in, + 
/je 2 .] In a straight line. 
Take thanne a rewle and draw a strike, euene alyne fro 
the pyn unto the middel prikke. 
Chaucer, Astrolabe, ii. 38. 
aline' 2 (a-lin'), v. t.; pret. and pp. alined, 
ppr. alining. [Also spelled alline, < ML. as if 
allineare, < L. ad, to, + lineare, reduce to a 
straight line, ML. draw a straight line, < Hunt, 
a line. The reg. E. form is aline, but align, 
after F. aligner, is common.] To adjust to a 
line; lay out or regulate by a line; form in 
line, as troops. Equivalent forms are uliijii, 
alline. 
alineate (a-lin'e-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. aline- 
ated, ppr. alineating. [Also spelled allineute, 
< ML. as if "allineatus, pp. of "allitieare : see 
Same as aline%. 
The intended base line [must be] allineuted by placing 
a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities, 
so as to command them both. 
Sir J. Hertcliel, Pop. Lectures, p. 184. 
alineation (a-lin-e-a'shon), n. [Also spelled 
allineation, < ML. as if *allineatio(n-), the draw- 
ing of a line, < "allineare: see alineate.'] The 
act of bringing into line ; a method of deter- 
mining the position of a remote and not easily 
discernible object, by running an imaginary 
line through more easily recognizable interme"- 
diate objects, as the passing of a straight line 
through the pointers of the Great Bear to the 
pole-star. 
alinenient (a-lln'ment), n. [< aline 2 + -ment, 
after F. alignemen t, < ML. alineamen turn, "allinea- 
mcntuin, < "allineare : see aline 2 .] 1. The act 
of alining; the act of laying out or regulating 
by a line; an adjusting to a line. 2. The state 
of being so adjusted ; the line of adjustment ; 
especially, in milit., the state of being in line: 
as, the alinement of a battalion ; the alinement 
ofacamp. 3. In engin.: (a) The ground-plan 
of a railway or other road, in distinction from 
the gradients or profile. (6) The ground-plan 
of a fort or field-work. 
Also written allinement, alignment, alignement, 
allignment. 
aliner (a-ll'ner), n. One who alines or adjusts 
to a line. Evelyn. 
aliped (al'i-ped), a. and n. [< L. alijtes (-ped-), 
wing-footed, swift, < ala, wing, -t- pes (ped-) 
= E. foot: see pedal and foot.] I. a. 1. Wing- 
footed ; having the toes connected by a mem- 
brane which serves as a wing, as the bats. 
2f. Swift of foot. 
H. n. An animal whose toes are connected 
by a membrane serving for a wing ; a chirop- 
ter, as the bat. 
aliquant (al'i-kwant), a. [< L. aliquantus, some, 
somewhat, moderate, considerable, < alius, 
other (see alien), + qttantus, how great: see 
quantity.'] Contained in another, but not di- 
viding it evenly : applied to a number which 
does not measure another without a remainder: 
thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16, for 3 times 5 
are 15, leaving a remainder 1. 
aliquot (al'i-kwot), a. and . [< L. aliquot, 
some, several, a few, < alius, other, + quot, how 
many: see quotient.'] I. a. Forming an exact 
measure of something: applied to a part of a 
number or quantity which will measure it with- 
out a remainder : thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. 
II. . That which forms an exact measure ; 
an aliquot part : as, 4 is an aliquot of 12. 
alisandert (al-i-san'der), n. An old form of 
alexanders. 
aliseptal (al-i-sep'tal), a. and n. [< L. ala, wing, 
+ sasptum, septum, septum.] I. a. Appellative 
. of a cartilage which forms a partition in the 
lateral part of the nasal passage of the skull of 
an embryonic bird ; pertaining to or connected 
with this cartilage. 
Behind the alinasal comes the alineptal region. 
W. K. Parker. 
II. . The aliseptal cartilage. 
alish (a'lish), a. [< ale + -&A1.] Like ale; hav- 
ing some quality of ale: as, "the sweet alish 
taste [of yeast]," Mortimer, Husbandry. 
Alisma (a-liz'ma), n. [NL., < Gr. a/j-a/ia, plan- 
tain. ] A small genus of aquatic plants, natural 
order Alismacea: The common water-plantain, 
142 
A. Plantago, is the principal species. See water- 
plantain. 
Alismaceae (al-iz-ma'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < .!//*- 
tint + -aeca:"] An endogenous order of aquatic 
or marsh herbs, mostly natives of the northern 
temperate zone. Apart from a few species of Ati*ma 
and Siiiiittiiriti furnishing edible tubers, the order is of 
little importance. 
alismaceous (al-iz-ma'shius), a. In bot., relat- 
ing or belonging to the Alismacea;. 
Tlit-ru is a thinl species of the new AlimtMcsoiw genus 
Weisneria, hitherto known in India and Central Africa. 
Jour, of Botany, lint, and For., 1883, p. 100. 
alismad (a-liz'mad), n. [< Alisma + -ad*.] In 
bot., one of the Alismaceai. 
alismal (a-liz'mal), a. Relating or pertaining 
to the genus Alisma (which see). 
alismoid (a-liz'moid), a. [< Alisma + -oid.~\ 
In bot., resembling an alismad; like plants of 
the genus Alisma. 
alison, . See ali/sson. 
alisphenoid (al-i-sfe'noid), a. and n. [< L. 
ala, wing, + sphenoid, q. v.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to the greater wing of the sphenoid 
bone. Alisphenoid canal, an osseous canal through 
which the external carotid artery runs for some distance 
at the base of the skull of the dog and sundry other car- 
nivorous quadrupeds. 
II. n. One of the bones of the skull, forming 
by fusion with other cranial bones, in adult life, 
a great part of the compound sphenoid bone. 
In man the alisphenoid is the greater wing of the sphe- 
noid, minus the so-called internal pterygoid process. See 
cuts under Crocodilia and skull. 
alisphenoidal (al'i-sfe-noi'dal), a. [< alisphe- 
noid + -a/.] Same as alispltenoid. 
alisson, n. See alysson. 
alist (a-lisf), prep. phr. as adv. or a. [< a 3 
+ list, inclination.] Naut., listed, or canted 
over to one side ; inclined. 
alitrunk (al'i-trungk), n. [< L. ala, wing, + 
truncus, trunk.] The segment of the posterior 
thorax of an insect to which the wings and two 
posterior pairs of legs are attached. 
-ality. [< -al + -%.] A compound suffix of 
Latin origin, also in reduced form -alty, as in 
reality, realty, legality, loyalty, etc. See -al and 
-ity, -ty. 
aliunde (a-li-un'de), adv. [L... from another 
place, < alius, other, + unde, whence.] From 
another place Evidence aliunde, evidence from 
another source, as from without a will, to explain some 
ambiguity in it. 
alive (a-liv'), prep. phr. as a. or adv. [Early 
mod. E. also alyfe, on lyve, on lyfe, < ME. alive, 
alyfe, o live, earlier on live, on life, < AS. on life, 
in life: on, in; life, dat. case of lif, life: see a 
and life. Hence abbrev. live, a.] 1. In life; 
living; in the state in which the organs of the 
body perform their functions: opposed to dead: 
as, the man is alire. 
Nor well olive, nor wholly dead they were, 
But some faint signs of feeble life appear. 
Drydtn, Pal. and Arc., 1. 151. 
2. In a state of action; in force or operation; 
unextinguished; undestroyed; unexpired: as, 
keep the suit alive. 
Sweet Liberty inspires 
And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires. 
Cowper, Table-Talk. 
3. Full of alacrity; active; sprightly; lively: 
as, the company were all alive. 4. Enlivened; 
animated ; strongly aroused. 
This perpetual intercommunication . . . keeps us al- 
ways alive with excitement. 
O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 7. 
The special quality of the song is that, however care- 
lessly fashioned, it seems alive with the energy of music. 
Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 101. 
5. Attentive; open to impressions (from) ; sen- 
sitive ; susceptible : used with to : as, he is suf- 
ficiently alive to the beauties of nature, but yet 
more alive to his own interests. 
Awakening to the consciousness of evils which had long 
existed, and which had escaped notice only because no 
one was alive to them. Fronde, Sketches, p. 142. 
6. Filled as with living things; swarming; 
thronged : as, the city was all alive when the 
general entered. 
The thick roof 
Of green and stirring branches is alive 
And musical with birds. 
Bryant, Entrance to a Wood. 
The coarser wheat that rolls in lakes of bloom, 
Its coral stems and milk-white flowers alive 
With the wide murmurs of the scattered hive. 
O. W. Holmes, Bed. of Pittsfleld Cemetery. 
7. Of all living, by way of emphasis. 
The Earl of Northumberland . . . was the proudest man 
alive. Clarendon. 
8. In printing. See live. 
aLkalify 
alizari (al-i-za'ri), n. [F., Sp., etc. ; also called 
i:ari, azala; prob. < Ar. al, the, -I- 'aqdrnli, juice 
pressed out, extract, < 'aqara, press out, ex- 
tract.] The commercial name of madder in 
the Levant. 
alizaric (al-i-zar'ik), a. In chem., of orpertain- 
ing to alizari, or madder: as, alisaric acid. 
alizarin (al-i-za'rin), . [< F. alizarine, < ali- 
zari: see alieari.~\ A peculiar red coloring 
matter (C^HgO^) formerly obtained from mad- 
der, and extensively used as a dyestuff. it was 
discovered in 1824 by Kobiquet and Colin, who obtained it by 
digesting madder-root with alcohol and treating this with 
sulphuric acid, thus producing a black mass which they 
called charbon de iiarance. On heating, this yielded a 
sublimate of alizarin in long, brilliant, red, needle-shaped 
crystals. It is now artificially prepared on a large scale 
from anthracene (CiiHjo), a produat of the distillation of 
coal-tar. Itfornisyellowisli-red crystals insoluble in water, 
difficultly soluble in alcohol, bnt readily soluble in alkalis, 
giving to the solution a purplish-red color and beautiful flu- 
orescence. It has acid properties and unites with bases. 
Alizarin red. See red, n. 
alk 1 (alk), n. [E. dial., = E. auk, < Icel. afka = 
Sw. alka = Dan. alk, alke.] A provincial Eng- 
lish name for the razor-billed auk, Alca or Vta- 
mania torda. Montagu. See Alca, Alcida?, and 
auk. 
alk 2 (alk), n. [<Ar. '?*.] A resin obtained in 
northern Africa from the terebinth-tree, Pista- 
cia Terebinthus. The best in quality is obtained from 
the terebinth ; but in Arabia it is also derived from the 
senauber Quniper), the 'arzeh (cedar), the fistaq or pistacio- 
tree (Pintado, vera), the earu (cypress), and the yenliut. In 
liquid form it is the Chio turpentine of commerce. 
alkahest (al'ka-hest), n. [F. alcahest; a word 
of Arabic appearance, but not traceable to that 
language ; supposed to have been invented by 
Paracelsus in imitation of other alchemical 
terms.] The pretended universal solvent or 
menstruum of the alchemists. Also spelled 
alcahest. 
alkahestic (al-ka-hes'tik), a. Pertaining to 
the alkahest. Also spelled alcahestic. 
alkahestical (al-ka-hes'ti-kal), a. Same as 
alkahestic. Also spelled alcdhestical. 
alkalamide (al-kal'a-mid or -mid), . [< alkali 
+ amide.] An amide which has resemblance 
to an amine, containing both acid and alcohol 
radicals. Also spelled alkalimide. 
alkalescence (al-ka-les'ens), . [< alkalescent.'] 
The process of becoming alkaline; alkales- 
cency. 
alkalescency (al-ka-les'en-si), n. A tendency 
to become alkaline ; the quality of being slightly 
alkaline ; the state of a substance in which al- 
kaline properties begin to be developed or to be 
predominant. Ure. 
alkalescent (al-ka-les'ent), a. [< alkali + -es- 
cent.'\ Becoming or tending to become alka- 
line. 
alkali (al'ka-li or -li), n. ; pi. alkalis or alkalies 
(-liz or-liz). K ME. alkaly, alcaly, < OF. F. al- 
cali = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. alcali = D. G. Sw. Dan. al- 
kali, < Ar. al-qaliy, < al, the, + qaliy, the ashes 
of saltwort and glasswort, which abound in 
soda, hence applied to the plant itself; < qalay, 
roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Originally, the soluble 
part of the ashes of plants, especially of sea- 
weed; soda-ash. 2. The plant saltwort, Sal- 
sola kali. Also called kali. 3. Now, any one 
of various substances which have the following 
properties in common: solubility in water; 
the power of neutralizing acids and forming 
salts with them; the property of combining 
with fats to form soaps; corrosive action on 
animal and vegetable tissue; the property of 
changing the tint of many vegetable coloring 
matters, as of litmus reddened by an acid to 
blue, or turmeric from yellow to brown, in its 
restricted and common sense the term is applied only to 
the hydrates of potassium, sodium, lithium, caesium, ru- 
bidium, and ammonium. In a more general sense it is 
applied to the hydrates of metals of the alkaline earths, 
barium, strontium, calcium, and magnesium, and to a large 
number of organic substances, both natural and artificial, 
described under alkaloid. Alkalis unite with saponinable 
oils to form soap. 
Sometimes spelled alcali. 
Fixed alkalis, potash, soda, and lithia, in contradistinc- 
tion to ammonia, which is called volatile alkali. See ant- 
monia. 
alkaliferous (al -ka -lif ' e -rus), a. [< alkali + 
-ferous."] Containing or producing alkalis ; al- 
kaline: as, alkaliferous clays. 
alkaliflable (al'ka-li-fi"a-bl), a. [< alkalify + 
-able.] Capable of being alkalified or converted 
into an alkali. 
alkalify (al'ka-li-fi), r. ; pret. and pp. alkalified, 
ppr. alkalifying. [< OMBM + -fy.] I. trans. To 
form or convert into an alkali ; alkalize. 
H. intrans. To become an alkali. 
