allenarly 
147 
One who or that 
mlv < ane one : see aiicrly. Cf. ME. all-tic!i, alleviator (a-le'vi-a-tor), n 
ZZZSyStiS*, Htillonly: .ee Uj& .^S^SS^S^^^KSS 
Fitted to alle- 
having the quality of alleviating. 
allex (al'eks), . [L., also hallex, NL. hallux: 
see hallux.} Same as hallux. [Rare.] 
ilC-iflH.ll. (t(l-m, VLIL V , !*.' W" "-"V _ . . . . _'. ."_ - .v 
onlu] Only; solely; merely: a technical word alleviatory (a-le'vi-a-to-ri), 
us,' din Scotch conveyancing. Thus, where lands viate ',, the nnalitv of , 
are conveyed to a father, " for his life-rent use Wmarty, 
the force of the expression is that the father's right is re- 
stricted to a mere life-rent, or at best to a fldwiary lee. 
even 111 circumstances where, hut for the word allfiiar/n, 
the father would have been unlimited liar. 
aller 1 (al'er), H. [E. dial., < ME. alln; < AS. 
air : see alder*.] Same as alder*. [Prov. Eng.] 
aller^t, See "Me'*- r ( Mer \ & & \ f orm annareadndre, swim to, toward, or along; in 
aller-flOat (al er-tlOt), . l> **,/ am. ltlu i ^,-_. Jl- u _.l^ nn .Afy> n-nnrnnnh'; 
of aWerl, + /Zoaf.] A local English name of 
a large trout of the common species, given 
from the fact that it hides under the roots of 
the alder, or is in season when the alder is 
budding. Also called aller-trout. 
alliance 
hallows.] Same as All-hallows All-hallown sum- 
mer, formerly the name in England of a season of fine 
weather in the late autumn, corresponding to St. Martin s 
summer in France and to Indian summer in the Patted 
States. X. K. D. 
Farewell, the latter spring ! Farewell, AU-hallown sum- 
nu , r! SlMk:, 1 Ucn. IV., i. 2. 
alley 1 (al'i), . [< ME. alei, aley, < OF. alee All-hallows, All-hallow (al-hal 'oz, -6), 
, . 
(F. aW'f), a going, gallery, passage, < aler, aller 
(F. aller), go, var. of an earlier aner = Pr. anar 
= Cat. or=Sp. Pg. andar = lt. andare, dial. 
anare, go; of uncertain origin: either (1) < L. 
, , 
Cicero once used in sense of ' come to, approach 
< ad, to, + nare, swim (see natation); or (2) 
ult. < ML. "anditare for L. aditare (cf. ML. an- 
ditux for L. adittis, and ML. renders for L. red- 
dere : see adit and render), go to or approach 
often, freq. of adire, pp. aditus, go to, < ad, to, 
+ ire, go: see adit.'] A passage; especially, a 
narrow passage, (a) A passage in a building, giving 
access from one part to another; also sometimes used for 
, 
[Prop. All-hallows, pi., but in cpmp. All-hallow 
(sc. day, ere, mass, summer, tide); in early mod. E. 
and dial, also All-halloien, -hallon, -Italian, -linl- 
Icm, -hollan, -holland. etc. ; < ME. al halowes, ear- 
lier al halowen, < AS. ealle halgan, all hallows, 
i. e., all saints (see all and hallow*, n.), usually 
in gen. pi. ealra Mlgena, ME. alre (or alle) Ita- 
loioene, halewune, etc., (day, tide, feast, etc.) of 
all hallows. The term, -n, corruptly -nd, thus 
)r approach represents the AS. pi. suffix -an, and in comp. 
to, < ad, to, the gen. pi. -cna, the latter, ME. -ene, being 
!!! a p par mer ged in e'en in Allhallowe'en, q. v.J 
lllerion (a-le'ri-on), , [More correctly ale- often, frea. of ochre, pp. amtus, go 10, v a, tu, tne ee n. pi. -ra, me latter, ma. -, being 
rioH, < OF. alerion, aleiron (F. alerion), < ML. 
alario(n-), in her. a little eagle 
without beak orclaws, in form sug- ^ on ^r^ indosure'with a smooth wooden ^^ J^' NoVembe'r ""aTeasfdedicated to 
gesting L. atoriws, < ata, a wing noor for playing at bowls, skittles, etc. (c) A walk inclosed day, tnc moer. areas ,ueuicd,ue 
Fsee ofs/e) but prob. of other ori- with hedges or shrubbery, in a garden : as, " yonder alleys all the saints m general, bee All faints' any, 
i 7 . ,,, ,, green," Milton, P. L., iv. 626. under saint. 
1. All saints. It was formerly common to 
dedicate a church to A ll-hallows 2. All Saints' 
So long about the aleys is he goen. Allhallow-tide (al-hal'6-tid), n. [Early mod. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 1080. g a j go Allhallown-tide, Alhallon-tyd, Allhollan- 
O in; perhaps ult. < MHG. adefa/-, 
G. adler, an eagle.] In her. : (a) A 
P^l'pt^isriav^d 'without^fet or A naiTow passage or way in a town, as distinct from d e " e te.7see "AlLhallows~ All-hallown, and tide.] 
P heValdicaUv public street, (e) In a printing-office the space between Th ' ti near ^ Saints > day, November 1. 
(6) More rarely, an eagle neraiaicauy tv ; roW9 ( Com p 06 i ng . 8 tands, in which compositors work 
at the cases on the stands. 
Boutell. 
beak. , , 
represented, but complete. ...^ 
aller-trout (al'er-trout), n. Same as aller-float. alley 2 (al'i), n. [Said to be a contr. of alabas- 
allette . See alette. ter, from which alleys are said to have been 
allevet, ' t. [Early mod. E. spelled aleive ; < OF. made.] A choice taw or large playing-marble 
allever' alever, < L. allevare, adlevare, lift up, Also spelled ally. 
raise, lighten,' alleviate, < ad, to, + levare, lift alleyed (al'id), a. 
up, lighten: see alleviate, and cf. relieve.] To witn alleys, 
alleviate; relieve. Surrey. 
allevementt, [Early mod. E. aleavement; < 
alleve + -ment.] The act of alleviating or re- 
lieving; alleviation. 
alleviate (a-le'vi-at), v. t.; pret. and pp. allevi- 
ated, ppr. alleviating. [< LL. alleviates, pp. of 
alleviare, adleviare, for L. allevare, adlevare, 
Laid out as an alley, or 
Also called Hallow-tide. 
Apples, pears, hawthorn-quicks, oaks, set them at All- 
hollon-tide, and command them to prosper; set them at 
Candlemas, and intreat them to grow. 
Ray, Eng. Proverbs (1678), p. 350. 
lllheal (al'hel), n. [< all + heal*. Cf. panacea 
and Panax.] The name of a plant, cat's vale- 
rian, Valeriana officinalis. The clown's allheal, 
Untrimmed, undressed, neglected now or down's woundwort, is Stachys palltstris. 
Was alleyed walk and OTchar ^ough^ alliable (a-li'a-bl), a. [< ally* + -able.] Capa- 
ble of forming or of entering into an alliance. 
alley-taw (al'i-ta), n. [< alley^ + tail-.] An al- a m aceoug (al-i-a'shius), a. [< L. allimn, gar- 
._^,- * .bite. I See ^ffiro.] 1. Pertaining to 
lighten, ' alleviate, < ad, to, + levare, lift up, 
' ' vis, light, not heavy: see levity. Cf. 
ley; a large playing-marble. Sometimes writ- 
ten alley-tor, as vulgarly pronounced. 
After inquiring whether he had won any alley-tors or 
commoneys lately, he made use of this expression. 
lighten, < levis, light, not heavy: see levity. Cf. DUkens, Pickwick. 
allege 1 * and alleve.] 1. To make light, in a fig- alleyway (al'i-wa), n. A short alley; a lane 
urative sense ; remove in part ; lessen, miti- or narrow passage of small extent, as between 
gate, or make easier to be endured: as, to al- two houses. 
leviate sorrow, pain, care, punishment, burdens, By substantial walls of adobe, with narrow alleyways 
etc.: opposed to aggravate. running between. Harper's Mag., LXV. 81. 
Excellent medicines to alleviate those evils which we All-father (al'fa"ther), n. [< all, orig. gen. pi., 
bring upon ourselves. !/ + father; after Icel. Alfodhr.] The Father of 
The darkest complexion is not a little alleviated by a 
black hood. Additon. 
The little apples which it [the nebbak-tree] bears are 
slightly acid and excellent for alleviatiixj thirst. 
B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 69. 
all : a name originally of Odin, now sometimes 
applied to Jupiter and to God. 
And I told of the good All-father 
Who cares for us here below. 
Lowell, First Snowfall. 
2. To represent as less; lessen the magnitude ai.fird'), a. [Said to be a euphemism 
or heinousness of; extenuate: applied to moral all nreaja ^ denne d as 'infernal,' 
conduct : as, to alleviate an offense. [Bare.] J ^ ^ taken at itg f a(je yalue . <all + 
He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson. 
= Syn Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay, di- 
minish, soften, abate, qualify, reduce. See allayi. Where 
, , . 
these words are applied to pain, etc., alleviate is to lighten 
somewhat, and especially in a soothing way; relieve and 
allay go further than alleviate, removing in large measure 
or altogether. Mitigate is to make mild, less severe ; per- 
- 
. 
fire + -ed 2 , all intensifying the merely rhetori- 
cal fire.'] Tremendous: as, an all-fired noise; 
he was in an all-fired rage. [Colloq.] 
all-fours (al-forz'), . A game of cards played 
by from two to six persons with hands of six 
cards each, dealt from a full pack, the top one 
afcMSSa=SMsaB45 iK^Q=^S,",^ 
allay conveys similarly the idea of putting to rest. 
To alleviate the congestion of the optic nerve and retina, 
the artificial leech should be applied several times at in- 
tervals of a few days, but should then be desisted from if 
no benefit results. J. S. Wells, Dis. of Eye, p. 388. 
It [electricity] has relieved the paroxysms of angina 
pectoris. Quam, Med. Diet., p. 430. 
In the advance of civilisation, there is a constant ten- 
dency to mitigate the severity of penal codes. 
Lecky, nationalism, I. 33". 
It de- 
sists, 
trump, and the cards ranking as in whist. I 
rives its name from the four chances of which it con 
for each of which a point is scored. These chances are the 
securing of high, or the ace of trumps or next best trump 
out ; of low, or the deuce of trumps or next lowest trump 
out of jack, or the knave of trumps ; of game, or tricks 
containing cards which will make the largest sum when 
added together, an ace being counted as four, a king as 
three a queen as two, a jack as one, and a ten-spot as ten, 
the other cards not counting. The player who has all these 
is said to have all-fours. Also called old sledge, seven-up, 
and hirjh-low-jack. 
' 
lie, + -aceous. 
or having the properties of the genus Allium, 
which includes the onion and garlic. 2. Hav- 
ing the peculiar smell or taste of the onion: 
applied specifically to minerals which contain 
arsenic and emit a garlic-like odor when heated 
on charcoal before the blowpipe. 
alliance (a-li'ans), . [< ME. aliance, aliaunce, 
< OF. aliance',' < ML. alligantia, < alligare (OF. 
alier), ally, bind to: see ally* and -ance.~] 1. 
The state of being allied or connected ; the re- 
lation between parties allied or connected. Spe- 
cificallyCo) Marriage, or the relation or union brought 
about between families through marriage. 
And great alliances but useless prove 
To one that comes herself from mighty Jove. 
Dryden, Helen to Paris, 1. 55. 
(6) Connection by kindred. [Rare.] 
For my father's sake, . . . 
And for alliance' sake. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 5. 
(c) Union between nations, contracted by compact, treaty, 
or league. Such alliance may he defensive, that is, an 
agreement to defend each other when attacked ; or offen- 
sive that is, an agreement to make a combined attack on 
another nation; or it may be both offensive and defensive. 
An alliance was accordingly formed by Austria with 
England and Holland against France. 
Encyc. Brit., III. 126. 
<d) Any joining of efforts or interests by persons, families, 
states, or organizations : as, an alliance between church 
and state. 
An intimate alliance was formed between the Arian 
kings and the Arian clergy. Buckle, Civilization, II. ii. 
Lydgate . . . had . . . the conviction that the medical 
profession . . . offered the most direct alliance between 
intellectual conquest and the social good 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, I. 159. 
2. The compact or treaty which is the instru- 
ment of allying or confederating : as, to draw 
Therefore let our alliance be combin'd. 
Shak., 1. C., iv. 1. 
Foment the bruises, and the P "^J^f- , 2003 a llg O od (al'gud). An old name of the plant U p an alliance. Z. The aggregate of persons or 
.,_..,, V/ HIT ' ii^,i n Good Henry, or English mercury, Chenopodium parties allied. 
alleviation (a-le-vi-a'shon), n. [<ML. allevm- Sonm . Hen % clls . 
[See haiP, n.] To sa- 
exclamation all hail! 4, in oot., a grade intermediate between class 
and order: the equivalent in Lindley's classifi- 
Who all-hailed me, Thane of Cawdor. cation of the more recent term cohort. 5. In 
Shale., Macbeth, i. 5. 
Same as All- 
zool., a natural group of related families ; a su- 
perfamily or suborder Arms of alliance, in her., 
arms which are obtained through matrimonial alliances. 
Evangelical Alliance. See evanyelical. Holy Alli- 
ance. See AoJ;/.=Syn. Alliance, League, "~ 
act of making less by representation ; extenuation : as, 
"alleviations of faults," South. 
tSS^&SSffKSSSSZ **$ AU-nallondt, etc. 
leviation of grief. All-hallow (al-hal'6), n. See All-hallows. 
I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship Allhallowe'en (al-hal'o-en), H. [For Allhallow- fiXfi; ,,',',] ViaiionshlpT affinity" combination, federation, 
could supply. " . ^ ut see All-hallows.] See All-hallows And copartnership. The first four words have been used with- 
His sister was waiting in a state of wondering alarm, jj^,^^ out distinction to express the union or cooperation of 
two or more persons, organizations, or states. Alliance is 
the most general term. Often a confederacy and some- 
times a leaiim between states means a closer union 
than an alliance. Alliance is rarely used of a combination 
for evil but the other words are often so used, confederacy 
having specifically such a meaning in law. AlKance alor 
/(. iiau vYiiiuji nciaii/uo vi ii 1 1 ..,,...-.-. .&*.** u**w i* *< v ,, -- ,_ is used of the union of families by marriage. CoaMton i 
some cheering alleviative," Corah's Doom Allhallon, -hollon, -hollan, -holland, < Mi,, al often U8e a O f the temporary cooperation of pen 
which was not without its all 
Hallowe'en. 
O^rije' Eliot. '. Mill ..n the Floss, i. 8. Allhallowmas (al-hal'o-mas), n. [< ME. al- 
=Syn. Mitigation, palliation, relief. halowmesse, alhalwemesse, < AS. ealra nclffenn 
alleviative (a-le'vi-a-tiv), a. and n. [< alleviate mwsse-dceg, all saints' mass-day: see All-hal- 
+ -ire ] I ii Tending to alleviate or mitigate, lows.] Allhallow-tide. 
II. n. That which alleviates or mitigates : All-hallownt (al-hal'6n), n. [Also corruptly 
as, 
(1672), p. 176. 
halowen, < AS. ealle halgan, all saints: see All- ties, or states that are ordinarily opposed. 
