alliteration 
more or less open and easy of utterance, might alliterate 
with one another. In Churchill's Hue "Apt alliteration's 
artful aid," given above, the initial vowel-sounds are dif- 
ferent (a, a or a, ii, a), though spelled with the same letter. 
The following is an example of Middle English alliteration : 
Hire robe was fill rielie'of red scarlet engreyned, 
With ribanes of red gold' and of riehe stones ; 
Hire arraye me ravysshed* such richesse saw I nevere ; 
I had woudre what she uwand wbas >yf she were. 
Piers Plowman (B), ii. lf>. 
Chaucer's verse is cast on the Romance model with final 
rime, but he often uses alliteration as an additional orna- 
ment : 
Ther e/iyveren scAaftes upon sc/ieeldes thykke; 
He feeleth thurgh the herte-spon the prikke. 
Up springen *peres twenty foot on highte ; 
Out goon the xwerdes as the silver brighte. 
The Aelines to-Aewen and to-schrede 
out &rest the Mood, with (erne *<reemes reede, 
With mighty maces the 6ones thay to-&rest, 
He t/mrgh the (Mkkeste of the throng gan (Arest (etc.). 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1747. 
Such alliteration is much affected by Spenser and his imi- 
tators, and occurs witli more or less frequency in all mod- 
ern poetry. 
alliterative (a-lit'e-ra-tiv), a. [< alliterate + 
-ife.] Pertaining to or consisting in allitera- 
tion ; characterized by alliteration. 
A few verses, like the pleasantly alliterative one in 
which he [Dryden] makes the spider, "from the silent 
ambush of his den," "feel far off the trembling of his 
thread," show that he was beginning to study the niceties 
of verse. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 40. 
alliteratively (a - lit ' e - ra - tiy - Ii), adv. In an 
alliterative manner ; with alliteration. 
Vowels were employed alliteratively much less often 
than consonants. Trans. Amer. Philol. An., XV. 64. 
alliteratiyeness (a -lit ' e -ra-tiv-nes), . The 
quality of being alliterative, 
alliterator (a-Ht'e-ra-tor), n. One who uses 
alliteration. 
We all know Shakspere's jokes on the alliterators. 
5. Lanier, Sci. of Eng. Verse, p. 312. 
Allium (al'i-um), n. [L., more correctly alium, 
garlic ; perhaps related to Gr. d/Udf, sausage : 
see allantois.] The largest genus of plants of 
the natural order Uliacece, of about 300 species, 
natives, with few exceptions, of the northern 
temperate zone. They are bulbous plants, with a pe- 
culiar pungent odor, and bear their flowers in an umbel 
at the summit of a scape. Several species have been 
largely cultivated for food from very early times, includ- 
ing the onion (A. Cepa), leek (A. Porrum), shallot (A. As- 
calonicum), garlic (A. satirnm), chives (A. Schcenrii/ra- 
ttum), rocambole (A. Scorodoprawm), etc. 
allmouth (al'mouth), n. [< all + mouth.] A 
name of the fish otherwise known as the com- 
mon angler, Lophius piscatorius. 
allness (al'nes), n. [< all + -ness.'] Totality ; 
entirety; completeness; universality. 
The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, 
supremacy, and eternity. . R. TurnbiM. 
The science of the universal, having the ideas of oneness 
and allness as its two elements. 
Coleridge, Lay Sermons, p. 339. (A". E. D.) 
allo-. [NL., etc., < Gr. aUo-, combining form 
of dA/tof = L. alias, other, another: see alias, 
alien, and else."] An element in compound 
words of Greek origin, meaning other, another. 
Allobrogical (al-o-broj'i-kal), a. An epithet 
applied in the seventeenth century to Presby- 
terians or Calvinists, in allusion to the fact that 
Geneva, the chief stronghold of the sect, was 
anciently a town of the Allobroges. N. E. D. 
allocate (al'o-kat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. allocated, 
ppr. allocating. [< ML. allocatus, pp. of allo- 
care, allot, < L. ad, to, + locare, place, < loom, a 
place: see locus. Alloc-ate is a doublet of allowi, 
q. v.] 1. To assign or allot; set apart for a 
particular purpose; distribute: as, to allocate 
shares in a public company. 
The court is empowered to seize upon and allocate, for 
the immediate maintenance of such child or children, any 
sum not exceeding a third of the whole fortune. 
Burke, Popery Laws. 
He [Wolseley] can inspire his subordinates, he can allo- 
cate them to duties in the fulfilment of which they earn 
credit and contribute to the success of him their master. 
,Arch. Forbes, Souvenirs of Some Continents, p. 112. 
2. To fix the place of ; locate ; localize. [Rare.] 
It is the duty of the heritors to allocate the churchyard. 
Eneyc. Brit., IV. 587. 
allocation (al-o-ka'shon), n. [< ML. alloca- 
tio(n-), < allocare: see allocate.] 1. The act of 
allocating, allotting, or assigning: allotment; 
assignment ; apportionment : as, the allocation 
of shares in a public company. 
Under a juster allocation of his rank, as the general 
father of prose composition, Herodotus is nearly related 
to all literature whatsoever, modern not less than ancient. 
De Quincey, Herodotus. 
2f. An allowance made upon accounts in the 
exchequer. 3. The act of locating or fixing in 
place; the state of being located or fixed; dis- 
position; arrangement. 
149 
How easy it is to bear in mind or to map such an allo- 
cation of lines, so that when produced from an unknown 
body the existence of either [sodium or magnesium) can 
be detected by such spectral examination. 
J. S. Lockyer, Spect. Anal., p. 40. 
allocator (al-o-ka'ter), n. [ML., it is allowed, 
3d pers. sing. pros. ind. pass, of allocare : see 
allocate.] In law, the allowance of something 
by a judge or court : commonly used to signify 
the indorsement of a document, by which the 
judge certifies that it is approved by him. 
allochiria (al-o-ki'ri-a), . [NL., < Gr. dA/>.of, 
other, -f- x e 'f>, nand.] Inpathol., the confusion 
of sensations in the two sides of the body, as 
when a patient with locomotor ataxia locates 
in the right leg a touch on the left leg. Also 
spelled allocheiria. 
allochroic (al-o-kro'ik), a. [< Gr. a)Mxpoof, of 
another color: see allochroous.] Changeable 
in color. #;/</. Soc. Lex. 
allochroite (al-o-kro'it), . [< Gr. aU6xpoof, 
of another color (see allochroous), + -ite 2 .] A 
massive, fine-grained variety of iron garnet. 
This name is said to have been given to it as expressive of 
its changes of color before the blowpipe. 
allochromatic (al"o-kro-mat'ik), a. [< Gr. 
d/Uof, other, + ^pu/ia(T-), color.] Pertaining to 
change of color. 
allochroous (a-lok'ro-us), a. [< Gr. 
changed in color, < d^/lof , other, + ^potd, 
color.] Of various colors: generally applied 
to minerals. 
allocution (al-o-ku'shon), n. [< L. allocutio(n-), 
adlocutio(n-), < ' attoqui" aittoqw, pp. allocutus, ad- 
locutus, speak to,<ac?, 
to, + loqui, speak: see 
locution, loquacious.] 
1. A speaking to; 
an address, especial- 
ly a formal address. 
Also written adlocu- 
tion. 2. Specifical- 
ly (a) In Bom. an- 
tiq., a formal address 
by a general-in-chief 
or imperator to his 
soldiers. Such scenes 
From an imperial Roman bronze -nrat.o nftml T*orio 
coin in theBritisr. Museum. were oiien repre- 
sented in art on 
medals and reliefs. (b) In the Bom. Cath. Ch., 
a public address by the pope to his clergy, or 
to the church generally. 
Scarcely a year of his pontificate passed without his 
having to pronounce an allocution on the oppression of 
the church in some country or other. 
Card. Wiseman, Last Four Popes, Greg. XVI. 
allod (al'od), H. A short form of allodium. 
allodgementt (a-loj'ment), n. [Also written 
alodgement, and allogiament after ML. allogia- 
mentum (It. alloggiamento), a lodging, < allogiare 
(It. alloggiare), lodge, < ad, to, + logiare (It. log- 
giare), lodge, < logia (It. loggia), a lodge : see 
lodge.] Lodging; in plural, soldiers' quarters. 
The allot/laments of the garrison are uniforme. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 23, 1644. 
allodia, . Plural of allodium. 
allodial (a-lo'di-al), a. and n. [= F. Pg. allodial, 
< ML. allodialis, < allodium : see allodium.] I. 
a. Pertaining to allodium or freehold; free of 
rent or service ; held independently of a lord 
paramount : opposed to 'feudal, in the United states 
all lands are deemed allodial in the owner of the fee, but 
subject, nevertheless, to the ultimate ownership or domin- 
ion of the state. In England there are no allodial lands, 
all being held of the crown. 
The lands thus presented to these [Teutonic] warriors 
[as rewards for fidelity and courage] were called allodial ; 
that is, their tenure involved no obligation of service 
whatever. Stille, Stud. Med. Hist., p. 136. 
The allodial tenure, which is believed to have been 
originally the tenure of freemen, became in the Middle 
Ages the tenure of serfs. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 341. 
II. n. 1. Property held allodially. 
The contested territory which lay between the Danube 
and the Naab, with the town of Neuburg and the allodialu, 
were adjudged, etc. Coxe, House of Austria, xxii. 
2. An allodialist. 
allodialism (a-16'di-al-izm), n. [< allodial + 
-ism.] The allodial system. See allodial. 
In order to illustrate and explain feudalism, I shall first 
illustrate its negation, allodialism. 
Sir E. Creasy, Eng. Const., p. 75. 
allodialist (a-16'di-al-ist), n. [< allodial + -4st.] 
One who owns land allodially. 
Insulated allodialixtg are of very little importance . . . 
as compared with the organic groups of agriculturists, 
which represented the primitive democracy, but were . . . 
incorporated into the feudal state. 
N. A. Ren., CXXIII. 153. 
allomorphite 
allodiality (a-16-di-al'i-ti), . [< allodial + -ity, 
after F. allodialite.] "The state or quality of 
being held in allodial tenure. 
allodially (a-16'di-al-i), adv. In an allodial man- 
ner; in allodial tenure ; as a freeholder. 
allodian (a-16'di-an), a. [< allodium + -an.] 
Allodial. [Rare.] 
allodiary (a-16'di-a-ri), n. ; pi. allodiaries (-riz). 
[< ML. allodiarius, < allodium : see allodium and 
-ary.] An allodialist. 
allodification (a-lod"i-fi-ka'shon), n. [< allo- 
ilium + -Jication.] The conversion of feudal 
into allodial or freehold tenure. 
allodium (a-16'di-um), .; pi. allodia (-a). [ML., 
also spelled alodium, alodum, alodis, alodes, also 
alaudium, alaudum, alaudes, > It. Pg. allodio = 
Sp. alodio = Pr. alodi, also aloe, alo, = OF. aleu, 
aleud, alod, alode, alodie, aloud, alien, alleu,allieu, 
alloet, alloeuf (Roquefort), F. alien. The origin 
of ML. allodiumis disputed ; prob. < OHG. *alod, 
*allod, i. e., entire property, < al, all, all, + od, 
6t, property, estate, wealth (in adj. odag, otag, 
wealthy, happy), = OS. od, estate, wealth, = 
AS. edd, wealth, happiness, = Icel. audltr, 
wealth. In this view the similarity of allodium 
in form and sense to OHG. uodal (= odal) = 
OS. odhil = Icel. ddhal, a patrimonial estate, is 
accidental.] Freehold estate; land which is 
the absolute property of the owner; real estate 
held in absolute independence, without being 
subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment 
to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud 2 . Some- 
times used, in the Anglo-Saxon period, of land which was 
alienable and inheritable, even though held of a superior 
lord. Also written allod, alody. 
The allod. in some form or other is probably as old as 
the institution of individual landed property, and we may 
regard it as equivalent to or directly descended from the 
share which each man took in the appropriated portion 
of the domain of the group to which lie belonged tribe, 
joint-family, village community, or nascent city. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 339. 
alloeogenesis (al-e-6-jen'e-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
d^/loZof, of another sort (see alloeosis), + yiveais, 
generation.] A term used by Haeckel to de- 
note a mode of reproduction supposed to char- 
acterize the Geryoniida!, but subsequently de- 
termined to be due to an error of observation. 
[Disused.] 
alloeorgan (al-e-or'gau), . [< Gr. d?,^Iof, of 
another sort (see allaiosis), + opyavov, organ.] 
Same as alloplast. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 842. 
allceosis (al-e-6'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. af-ioiucjic,, a 
change, alteration, < d/lAoiow, change, < aUoiof, 
of different kind, < d/lAoc , other, different : see 
allo-.] In med., a constitutional change. 
alloeotic (al-e-ot'ik), a. [< Gr. a).).oiuTiK6f, fit 
for changing^ < <Maiur6(, changed, changeable, 
verbal adj. of aUoiovv: see allceosis.] In med., 
capable of causing allososis or constitutional 
change. 
allogamy (a-log'a-mi), w. [< Gr. d/l/tof, other, + 
-yafiia, < yafiof, marriage.] Cross-fertilization 
in plants; fecundation of the ovules of one 
flower by pollen from another of the same 
species. Distinguished from autogamy, or self-fertiliza- 
tion, in which the ovules are fecundated by pollen from 
the same flower. 
allogeneity (al*o-je-ne'i-ti), n. [< allogeneoun 
+ -ity.] Difference of nature. Coleridge. [Rare.] 
allogeneous (al-o-je'ne-us), a. [< Gr. aUoycvf/f, 
of another kind or race, < d/i/of, other, + ykvoc., 
kind.] Of a different kind or nature. [Rare.] 
allogiamentt, . See allodgement. 
allograph (al'6-graf ), n. [< Gr. d/Uor, other, + 
ypatpetv, write.] In law, a deed not written by 
any of the parties to its execution: opposed 
to autograph. 
allomet, An old form of alum. 
allomerism (a-lom'e-rizm), . [< allomerous + 
-ism.] In chem., tfie property of retaining a 
constant crystalline form while the chemical 
constituents present or their proportions vary. 
allomerous (a-lom'e-rus), a. [< Gr. d/./.or, other, 
+ uepo'f, part.] In" chem., characterized by al- 
lomerism. Applied to bodies, as certain crystals, which 
possess the property of retaining the same form, though 
the constituents or their proportions vary. 
allomorphic (al-o-mor'fik),, a. [< Gr. aM6pop- 
0of, of strange shape (< aAAop, other, + uop<j>>/, 
form), + -ic.] Pertaining to or possessing the 
qualities of allomorphism. 
allomorphism (al-o-m6r'fizm), n. [As allomor- 
phic + -ism.] The property possessed by cer- 
tain substances of assuming a different form 
while remaining unchanged in constitution. 
allomorphite (al-o-mor'fit), . [As allomor- 
l>hic + -itc 2 .] In mineral., a variety of barite, 
or heavy-spar, having the f orin and cleavage of 
anhydrite. 
