alloy 
admixture 
or alien e 
external prosperity 
But to alloy much of this [rejoicing], the French fleete 
rides in our Channell, ours not daring to interpose. 
I'.r, l/in, Diary, June 24, 1690. 
II. iii trans. To enter into combination, as 
one metal with another. 
One metal does not alloy indifferently with every other 
metal, but is governed in this respect by peculiar affinities. 
Ure, Diet., I. 91. 
Formerly written allay. 
alloy (a-loi'), n. [< F. aloi, earlier aloy, < OF. 
nlei, AF. aley, alay, > E. allayV, n. The sense 
has been influenced by the erroneous etymology 
from F. d loi, to law, as if ' that which is brought 
to the legal standard.'] 1. An artificial com- 
152 
Same as All Souls' i 
[<<? + spice: so called 
because supposed to combine the flavor of cin- 
namon, nutmeg, and cloves.] The fruit of 
alluvion 
He sailed for England, taking with him five of the na- 
tives whom he had decayed. lia,n;-i { n, Hist. U. S., I. 91. 
It is not the knavery of the leaders so much as the hon- 
esty of the followers they may teduee, that gives them 
power for evil. Lowell, Study Windows p nil) 
imenia, a tree of the ^Wesf Indies? "See allure^t (a-lur'), . [< allure^, r.] Allurement. 
Carolina allspice is the sweet-shrub, Caiman, "ft,?. ^ " . , T ' 
a. Japan allspice is a common name for the allurement (a-lur ment), . 
b of Japan, Chi mo muiili n* fni'imm. Wild 1. The act ot alluring or ai 
[(.allure 1 + -ment.] 
attracting. 
Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Mi/ton, P. R.,ii. 134. 
2. That which allures; any real or apparent 
pimento. 
thus floridus. 
allied shrub t __^ _ _ ^_ ti 
allspice is a name sometimes given to the aromatic Lindera 
Benzoin of the United States. 
allubescencet, allubescencyt v ~ -, . 
-en-si), n. [Also adlubescence; < L. adlubes- S ood neld fortn or operating as a motive to 
action; a temptation; an enticement: as, the 
alluremen ts of pleasure or of honor. 
Let your Scholer be ueuer afraide, to aske you any 
dout, but vse discretlie the best allurements ye can, to eii- 
coroge him to the same. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 28. 
3. Attractiveness; fascination; charm. 
______ tllurer (a-lur'er), n. One who or that which 
type-metal. The alloys are numerous, as the brasses, 
bronzes, solders, type-, gun-, and bell-metals, etc., and are 
of great importance in the practical arts. There are many 
varieties of these alloys, the character of each being de- 
termined by the proportions of its constituents. An arti- 
ficial metallic mixture containing quicksilver is termed an JJL. mirans. i. TO make an allusion; refer , rip?- "en 
r^n^'ior metal mixed with one of greater ^^ " *"*""' ' ** * ^""^ "" aEn^SlrWnes), .. The quality of 
value. The gold and silver coins of the United States SjL 8Dceche8 
are of the standard fineness of 900 parts of fine metal and itSSliS! 
100 parts of copper alloy, of which in the cose of gold not 
' " - - He alludes l 
with the hazard < 
cen(t-)s, allubescen(t-)s, ppr. of adlubescere, allu- 
bescere, be pleasing to, < ad, to, + Inhere, libere, 
please. Cf. ad libitum.] 1. Pleasantness. 2. 
___ Willingness; compliance. 
pound of two or more metals combined while allude (a-lud'), v. ; pret. and pp. alluded, ppr. 
in a state of fusion, as of copper and tin, which alluding. [< L. alludere, adludere, play with, 
form bronze, orof leadandantimony,whichform jest, speak sportively, < ad, to, + ludere, play.] 
I.t trans. 1. To play with or make game of . 
2. To compare. 
To free myselfe from the imputation of partiality, He 
at last nil n, l, her to a waterman. John Taylor. 
To make an allusion; refer 
Money, the sweet allurer of our hopes, 
Ebbs out in oceans, and comes in by drops. 
Dryden, Prol. to Prophetess, 1. 11. 
(a-lur'ing-li), adv. In an alluring 
being alluring or fascinating. 
, 
more than one tenth may be silver. In the case of silver 
coins the alloy is wholly of copper. Hence these coins are 
said to be 900 line. See alloyage. 
The British standard for gold coin is 22 parts pure gold 
2f. To pun; have a punning reference. =Byn. l 
Advert, Refer, Allude, etc. See advert. 
match, < al- 
'.] A match 
My Lord of Northumberland, . . . whose education of for lighting 
his sonne, I heare, has ben of another streine and alloy alliiminn+J.*' Co in 'mi ,,of\ . * r/ TLTT 77 
then that we have mentioned. aUUmmatet (a-lu mi-nat), V. t. [< ML. "allu- 
Evelyn, Letter to Edward Thurland. mtnatus, pp. of "alluminare: see allumine.] To 
4. Figuratively, admixture, as of good with illuminate, as manuscripts. Bailey. 
evil; a deleterious mixture or element; taint: alluminet (a-lu' 
as, no earthly happiness is without alloy. 
'min), v. t. [< OF. alluminer for 
alumer, later allumer, lighten, kindle, =Pr. alum- 
3, 110 eaniuy Happiness is wiinout (tlloif ., ngui/uu, inuiuc, =i i. uiuin- * * j**o 3*ug wi vo uc, u >ni;ni ur 
The friendship of high and sanctified spirit* loses no- "?/"> al " menar = Sp. alumbrar = Pg. alumiar, incidental mention of something, either directly 
upon words; a pun. 
The irllii*>iin holds in the exchange. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 2. 
[Said by Holofernes with reference to the jest about the 
moon's being no more than a month old when Adam was 
fivescore.] 
2f. A symbolical reference or comparison; a 
metaphor. 
Virtue, to borrow the Christian allusion, is militant here, 
and various untoward accidents contribute to its being 
often overborne. Butler, Anal. Eelig., i. 67. 
3. A passing or casual reference ; a slight or 
thing by death but its alloy. 
R. Hall. "Uuniiar = It. allumare, alluminare, < ML. "at- 
luminare, set light to, < L. ad, to, + luminare, 
Formerly written allay. luminare, set light to, < L. ad, to, + luminare, 
D'Arcetz's, Newton's, Rose's fusible alloy of bis- h S nt ) < "* (lumin-), light: see luminous, limn, 
math. See metal. Wood's fusible alloy, an alloy and cf. illumine, illuminate.] To illuminate; 
composed of_ 15 parts j>f bismuth, 8 of lead, 4 of tin, 3 of enlighten. 
Work all uminort (a-lu'mi-nqr), n. [ME. lymnour, etc. 
(see limner), < AF. alluminour, OF. alumineor, 
T^rt latev (illitmhifitr. ( AfTi na if */I//I/M^I// ...mi ,- 
cadmium. It has a brilliant luster, which does not tar- 
nish readily, and melts between 150 and 160 F. 
shop Receipts. 
alloyage (a-loi'aj), . [< alloy + -age.] The 
practice or process of alloying metals ; specifi- 
later allumineur, < ML. as if "alluminator, equiv. 
to illuminator, < "alluminare, equiv. to illumi- 
An illuminator 
cally, in minting, the practice"of adding to the nare: see allumine, illumine.'] 
precious metals a small proportion of a baser f manuscripts, 
one, to harden them, with the object of produ- 
cing a clear impression when the coins are 
struck, and of preventing or lessening abrasion 
Before the invention of printing, certain persons called 
or by implication; a hint or~reference used 
by way of illustration, suggestion, or insinu- 
ation: as, a classical allusion; an allusion to 
a person's misconduct. 
We have here an elaborate treatise on Government, from 
which, but for two or three passing allusions, it would 
not appear that the author was aware that any govern- 
ments actually existed among men. 
Macaulay, Mill on Government. 
The delicacy of touch, the circuitous allunion, with which 
[Sydney] Smith refers to things commonly received as vul- 
gar, is a study for all who wish to master the refinements 
of expression. Whipple, Ess. and Kev., I. 165. 
manuscripts in all sorts of colours, and to gild them with 
while they are'in circulation. See alloy' n"z 8 '' Ver an<f 8 ld ' ard " 1 '' Dict (1823) ' 
alloy-balance (a-loi'bal'aus), n. A balance al fUPS ( aj U PS) A mixture of all qualities 
for weighing metals which' are to be combined coa1 ' exce P tin g fine stack, raised from one 
in decimal proportions. In Robert's alloy-balance ^ eam ' Gre f e y- , [Leicestershire, Eng.] 
the point of suspension is movable, and is adjusted to the ailUTancet (ft-lur JIMS), n. [< allure'' + 
point at which the arms of the balance bear to one an- Allurement." 
other the proportion of the metals to be weighed, as for allurantt (a-lur'ant) O 
example 17 per cent, of tin to 83 of copper. The beam of A {\T. '. v " t; .; '' 
the balance is then brought to the position of equilibriun 
LUIWUMWM w* P 1 lil " 111 ft, *- c ' Lam peiuoiiB caiieu 11 . / i-/ . * - 
Alluminors made it a trade to paint the initial letters of allUSlVO (a-lu siv), a. [< L. as if "allusivus, < 
allusus, pp. of alludere: see allude.] If. Pun- 
. 2f. Metaphorical. 
mug.- 
Poetry is triply divided into narrative, representative or 
dramatic, and allusive or parabolical. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. 4. 
3. Having reference to something not fully 
expressed ; containing, full of, or characterized 
by allusions. 
The allusive but not inappropriate pseudonym of Cas- 
sandra. W. R. Greg, Misc. Essays, 1st ser., p. 1. 
Allusive arms, in her. See arm$. 
allusively (a-lu'siv-li), adv. If. Symbolically; 
by way of comparison or figure. 2. In an al- 
lure.] 1. To tempt by' the' offer of some'goocL lusive manner; by way of allusion; by sugges- 
, other, real or apparent; invite by something flatter- twn^imphcation, or insinuation. 
- - The quality of 
Alluring; enticing. 
-once.] 
[< allure* + -ant 1 .] 
B. Jonson. 
the total_ weight of the two. 
+ fuoMotf., like an animal : seezooid.] \nzodl!, ing or acceptable; drawer try to ^raw^byTome allusiveness (a-lu'siv-nes), n 
an animal bud or zooid separated by gemma- proposed pleasure or advantage : as, rewards " em & allusive, 
tion from the organism by which it is produced, allure men to brave danger, 
and differing from it in character : the opposite Allur'd to brighter worlds and led the way 
of isozoaid. Goldsmith, Des. VI 
2. To attract ; fascinate ; charm. 
She show'd him favours to allure his eye. 
Shak., Pass. Pilg., iv. alluvi , n . p lural of aUuvium . 
Sleeking her soft alluring locks. alluvial la. lii'vi 
Milton, Comus, 1. 882. aUU1 
all-round (al'round), a. [< all, adv., + round, 
adv.] Able to do many things well; many- 
sided; capable of doing anything; versatile; 
not narrow ; not too specialized. 
Let our aim be as hitherto to give a good all-round edu- 
cation fitted to cope with as many exigencies of the day 
as possible. Lowell, Oration, Harvard, Nov. 8, 1886. 
One of the usual all-round men, who considered that he 
could do most things, and vaunted his precise knowledge 
of the trails throughout the territories. 
1C. Shepherd, Prairie Experiences, p. 192. 
All-saints (al'sants), n. Same as All Saints' 
day (which see, under saint). 
allseed (al'sed), n. A name given in Great , _. . .... ._.,.. ^ ., 1Illo 
Britain to several very different plants : (a) a snare by false appearances ; this word is the one most 
7Vi7M/v/i*n/iH // /,-/,ii/, i,7/i< ni *. .......ii ,.i~~4- c 1 ;_ commonlvused in a itlivsipl npnap .Orf*/, t,, i..-,,i .,-,,.,. 
The multifarious allusiveness of the prophetical style. 
I>r. U. More, Seven Churches, ix. 
L 170 allusory (a-lu'so-ri), a. [< L. as if "allusorius, 
< allusus, pp. of alludere : see allude.] Allusive. 
Expressions . . . figurative and allusory. 
Warlntrton, Sermons, II. 100. 
I, Seduce, attract, in- 
=--=-, , e first five words im- 
ply the exercise of strong but subtle influences over the 
mind or senses. Allure, lure, to attract by a lure or bait, 
to draw by appealing to the hope of gain or the love of 
pleasure, differ but little; the former, however, seems 
to imply a more definite object than lure, which retains 
perhaps a little more of the original meaning, though 
it is less often used. Entice expresses most of skill, 
subtlety, flattery, or fair speech. Decoy is to lead into 
a snare by false appearances ; this word is the one most 
commonly used in a physical sense. Seduce, to lead astray, 
generally from rectitude, but sometimes from interest or 
truth. 
As danger could not daunt, so neither could ambition 
alluvial (a-lu'vi-al), a. [< L. alluviug, adluvius, 
alluvial (see alluvium), + -al.] Of, pertaining to, 
or composed of alluvium: as, alluvial deposits; 
alluvial soil Alluvial formations, in geol., recent 
deposits, in valleys or in plains, of the detritus of neigh- 
boring elevations, brought down chiefly by the action of 
water. Most river-plains, as those of the Mississippi, are 
alluvial, having been deposited from the waters of a river, 
a lake, or an arm of the sea. See alluvium. 
The windings of the stream in large alluinal flats are 
most numerous where the current is exceedingly slow. 
lin mi. Geology, p. 641. 
alluvian (a-lu'vi-an), a. Same as alluvial. 
[Rare.] 
alluvio (a-lu'vi-6), n. [L.] Same as alluvion. 
Polycarpon tetraphyllum, a small plant found in 
the southwest of England; (6) the knot-grass, 
Polygonum aviculare; (c) Chenopodium poly- 
spermum, found in waste places ; (d) Sadiola 
Millegrana. 
'$^l^^$gt%% Hedooth notonlyshow"thewa7;butgi,;;h;:7w"ee; flo ^ inflation, <' fuere, adluere flow to, 
remnants o? various liquors ' tgST* "*' "" *X Afift SgfltS.Sff A'Sttftfttt? I*Sfe33 
allure him. Latimer, SermonClntTp-'jSi' alluviqn(a-lu'vi-on), n. [<F. alluvion, alluvion, 
So beauty lures the full-grown child. Byron, Giaour, accretion, < L. atluvio(n-), adluvio(n-), an over- 
