almucantar 
ridian, and the time of rising of a star over the wires is 
noted ; the telescope is then pointed to west of the merid- 
ian and the time of descending; of a star is noted. In this 
way if the positions of the stars are known, the correction 
of K timepiece and the latitude may be determined; mi 
the other hand, if these are known, either the right ascen- 
sions or the declinations of the stare may be determined. 
The instrument is of great value on account of its having 
fewer instrumental errors than a meridian circle. 
almucantar-staff (al-mu-kan'tar-staf), . An 
instrument having an arc of 15, formerly 
used to take observations of the sun about the 
time of its rising or setting, to find its ampli- 
tude, and from this the variation of the com- 
pass. 
almucanter, . See almucantar. 
almuce, . Same as amice 2 . 
almud, almude (al-mod'), . [Sp. almud, Pg. 
almude, < Ar. al-mudd, a dry measure, a 'bushel.' 
Cf. Heb. mad, a measure.] A variable measure 
for liquids and grain in Spain and Portugal, 
ranging for liquids from 3| to 5i English gal- 
lons, and for grain from 3^ to 11 pints. 
almug (al'mug), . [Heb. pi. 'almug, a var. of 
algum : see algum.] The wood of a tree brought 
from Ophir by the ships of Hiram and servants 
of Solomon, wrought into the ornaments and 
musical instruments of the temple, esteemed 
for its beauty of grain or for its agreeable odor; 
probably a sandal-wood of India. 
almund (al'mund), . [Ct.almudf] A Turk- 
ish measure of capacity, equal to 1.151 imperial 
gallons. Morgan, IT. S. Tariff. 
almura, . See almirah. 
almuryt (al'mu-ri), n. [ME., < Ar. al-mu'ri, < al, 
the, + mur'i, indicator, < ra'ay, see.] A pointer 
forming a part of an astrolabe. 
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ML. also aloes, alues, alua (> AS. "aluwe, alwe, 
above), < Gr. aMr,, the aloe, i. e., prop., a plant ' > , 
of the genus Aloe, and the drug prepared there- aloft MM^piep. rtW. 
from, but used also, by confusion, in the Sep- . . J '~ J ~ 
tuagint and the New Testament (and hence in 
the LL. (Vulgate) and mod. languages) to trans- 
AM vulfaris, with Bower entire and cut longitudinally. 
late the Heb. akhdlim, akhdloth, of which the 
proper representative is Gr. ayaMox ov > NL. 
agallochum, E. agalloch, q. v., the fragrant 
resin or wood which was called in later Gr. 
%-vha.Un, whence in NL. (transposed) aloexylon, 
and (translated) lignum aloes, F. bois d'aloes, alogic (a-loj'ik), a. Same as alogical. 
lit. wood of the aloe, in E. wood-aloes and alogical (a-loj'i-kal), a. [< Gr. o- priv. + 
aloes-wood. The form aloes, as sing., is due to K 6c, reasonable : see alogy and logic.] 7 
alone 
The bittrenesse of the aloe tre distroyeth the swittenesse 
of the bony. Earl Rivers, Dictes, p. BS. (N. E. D.) 
as adv. and prep. [< 
., . ... (ace.), alofte, a lofte, o 
lofte (dat.), in fuller form on the loft, on the 
It'ij'tc, in lie the lofte, < Icel. dlopt(a,cc. of motion), 
a lopti (dat. of position), on high, aloft, lit. in 
the air: =AS. an, on, ME. a, o, on, in, on, 
to; lopt (pron. loft) = AS. lyft, ME. lyft, luft, lift 
(E. lift), the air, the sky. upper floor, loft: see 
loft and lift 1 , the air.] I. adv. 1. On high; in 
or into the air; high above the ground: as, the 
eagle soars aloft. 
Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose 
With whose sweet smell the air shall be perfum'd. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 
2. Naut., in or into the top; at the masthead, 
or on the higher yards or rigging; hence, on 
the upper part, as of a building. 
There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, 
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. 
Dibdin, Poor Jack. 
H.t prep. On the top or surface of; above. 
Now I breathe again 
Aloft the flood. Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 
Alogi (al'o-ji), n. pi. [ML. : see Alogian] The 
Alogians.' See Alogian. 
Alogian (a-16'ji-an), n. [< ML. Alogus, pi. Alogi, 
<Gr. aAoyof, witn'out logos: see alogy] One of 
a sect which arose toward the close of the sec- 
ond century, and which denied the divinity of 
Jesus Christ as the Logos, or "Word" (John i. 
1), and the authenticity of St. John's writings, 
which they ascribed to the Gnostic Cerinthus. 
il>*MA fn \..\'\\- \ n ^.11.11. ad il li n t i I'll I 
+ \oyi- 
Without 
Thin almury is cleped the denticle of Capricorne or elks y^ ML s j n g_ a l oeSt an d in part, perhaps, to the logic or reason ; illogical' 
ii; kulkulcr. CflrtMccr. Astioiflftc, i- 5 **> _ _ T . !_. . T^. t 1 /;.,., .,/,., ft TT _ _ i i*^ir.i. 
the kalkuler. 
almutent, [Corrupt for almutaz (as in OF. ), 
< Ar. al-mu'taz, < al, the, + mu'taz, prevailing, 
< 'azz, be powerful.] In astral, the prevailing 
or ruling planet in the horoscope. 
almyra, w. See almirah. 
alnage (al'naj), . [< late ME. aulnage, < OF. 
aulnage (F. aunage), < aulner, auner, measure by 
the ell, < alne, aune, ell: see aune and ell.] A 
measuring by the ell ; specifically, official in- 
spection and measurement of woolen cloth for 
the purpose of laying duties on it. Also spelled 
alenage, ulnage Alnage duties, duties formerly paid 
in England on woolen cloths at so much per ell. 
The duties of subsidy and alenage of all wollen manu- 
facto for the co* of York and Lancaster. 
Record Soc. Lancashire and Cheshire, XI. 54. 
alnager (al'na-jer), n. [< late ME. aulneger, < 
There is an immanent teleology in his [Julins Bahnsen's] 
universe; hut it is not merely alogical, but 
L gen. aloes in lignum aloes, E. lign-aloes, q. v. 
In the earliest E. (AS.) use the reference is , 
usually to the agallochum, but it is often dim- and even anti-causal. O. S. Hall 6enna Culture 
cult to tell which meaning is intended, and alogismt (al'o-jism), n. [< alogy + -ism.-] An 
even in modern writers the difference is often illogical or irrational statement. 
ignored ] The common name of the plants of alqgotrophy (al-o-gpt r 9 -fl), n. [< Gr 
without reckoning incommensurable (see ato- 
gy), + ar/ro^oc, ill-fed: see atrophy.} Unequal 
Alog . They are natives of warm climates 
of tll f, M wor i d and are especially abundant in the south- 
ern part of Africa. Among the Mohammedans the aloe is 
a symbolic plant, especially in Egypt, and every one who 
- 
, 
nutrition of different parts of the body, espe- 
c i a viy o f the bones. 
, , . 
returns from a pilgrimage to Mecca hangs it over his street- i ^. , i/ s ::N ,. r/ T, aloaia < Gr a/.ayia, < 
door, as a token that he has performed the journey. In alOgyt (.M9-JI), n. 
Africa the leaves of some species of aloe are made into 
ropes, fishing-lines, bow-strings, and hammocks. Several 
species yield aloes, the well-known bitter purgative medi- 
cine. The American aloe is the century-plant, Agave 
Americana, and the false aloe is A. Virginica. See Agave. 
Many species are cultivated for ornament, growing readily 
on very dry soil. See aloes. 
i (al'o-e), n. [NL. : see aloe] A genus of 
aAoyof, without reason, unreasoning, unreason- 
able, < a- priv. + /Wyof, speech, reason, reckon- 
ing, proportion, also Logos, the Word : see lo- 
gos.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. 
The error . . . and alor/i/ in this opinion is worse than 
ill the last. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., p. 108. 
'o-in), n. [< aloe + -in 2 .] A crystalline 
OF. aulnegeof, < aulnage : sen alnage.'] A royal iiii ace ous plants, including trees, shrubs, and a Bitter principle obtained from aloes in pale- 
few perennial herbs, with thick fleshy leaves, 
usually spinosely toothed and rosulate at the 
summit of the caudex. See aloe. 
yellow prismatic needles, grouped in stars. It 
is found to differ in constitution according to the material 
from which it is obtained, Socotrine aloes yielding localain 
officer who examined cloth, and affixed a seal 
in guaranty of its quality or measure. The 
office existed until the reign of William III 
Also written aulnager, ulnager. 
The officer whose business it was to examine into the below.] Same as aloedary. Also called alomin. ' 
assize of woolen cloths was called the alnager. aloedary (al-6-e'da-ri), n. [< NL. aloedarium, < alomancy (al'6-man-si), . Same as halomancy. 
Archibald Brown, Law Diet., p. 20. ^ aforiiapiw, < aXtri, aloe.] A compound pur- Alombrado, .' See Alumbrado. 
alnagership (al'na-jer-ship), n. The office or a ti ve medicine of which aloes is a chief ingre- alondet. prep. phr. as adv. A Middle English 
position of alnager. client. form of aland?. 
Execution of the office of deputy alnagership by the re- aloes (al'oz), n. sing, or pi. (pi. of aloe, used also a l one (a-16n'), a. and adv. [< ME. alone, al 
lators Sowerby and Brooks. ag sing.). [See aloe] 1. A drug, the inspissated on usually separated, al one (= G. allein = D. 
Record Soc. Lancashire and Cheshire, XI. 68. j uice ^f severa l S p ec ies of aloe. It is obtained " -' " ~" - J ~' : ~ 
from the leaves, sometimes by cutting them across, when 
alnascharism (al-nas'kar-izm), n. [< Alnaschar 
(see def.) -1- -ism.] Conduct or an action like 
that of Alnaschar, the hero of a story in the 
Arabian Nights; anticipation of future gran- 
deur during a day-dream or reverie. 
With maternal alnascharisin she had, in her reveries, 
thrown back her head with disdain, as she repulsed the 
family advances of some wealthy but low-born heiress. 
Miss Edgetvorth, Vivian, i. 
alnightt (al'nit), n. [<al, all, + night.] A 
c, 
out together, and in other cases by dissolving the juice 
aKee = Dan. alene): al, E. all, adv.; one, orig. 
a dissyllable, < AS. ana, alone, weak inflection 
of OH, one: see all and one. The pronuncia- 
tion given to one in al-one, at-one, on-ly, is 
great cake of wax with a wick in the midst, form by far the greater part of the supply. 
j..j *. T . n ;v,4- //,,,.,,,, henatic aloes is applied to any opaque and ] 
from Red Sea ports and Aden. Barbados and Curacoa 
aloes are produced in the West Indies from A. mlgarii, 
which has been introduced from the Mediterranean. Cape 
and Natal aloes are obtained probably from A. ferox, and 
The name 
intended to burn all night. Bacon. 
Alnus (al'nus), n. [L., alder: see oWerl.] A 
genus of shrubs and small trees, natural order ducts, which by the aid of mordants can be fixed to silk 
out of the cut leaves by boiling and then evaporating to a strictly regular; the pronunciation " wun 
proper consistency. Severalkinds are known in commerce. gj ven to the simple word is a comparatively 
abbrev. lone, as an attributive. In most in- 
stances alone may be construed equally well as 
adj. or adv. ; no separation is here made.] 1. 
Apart from another or others ; single or singly ; 
,~^~ *~~. .. _. -, -r--, solitary or solitarily; without the aid or corn- 
variety of the drug. The extract of aloes when treated pan y o f another: applied to a person or thing: 
{*li i*r,rt oi/1 iriuua viflo tn vtiriniis vplldW :il](i liruwll nro- * , -, _!--. . A- ~1U ../.,,,.. 
hepatic aloes is applied to any opaque and liver-colored 
variety of the drug. The extract of aloes when treated 
with nitric acid gives rise to various yellow and brown pro- 
Cupuliferai, growing in moist places in northern 
temperate or colder regions. There are about 15 
species, of which half are American. The wood is light 
and soft, but close-grained and compact, enduring long 
under water, valuable for cabinet-work, and making an 
excellent charcoal for gunpowder. The bark is used for 
tanning and dyeing, and as a remedy in medicine. Several 
species are cultivated for ornament. See alderi. 
alodgementt, See allodgement. 
alody (al'o-di), n. [< ML. allodium.'] 
allodium. 
aloe (al'6), n. [< ME. aloe, also, and earlier 
always, in pi. form aloes, alowes, allowes, ear- 
Same as 
and wool ; but they are seldom used in dyeing. 
2. The fragrant resin or wood of the agallochum ; 
lign-aloes; aloes-wood; wood-aloes: the usual 
meaning in the Bible. See agallochum Fetid, 
caballine, or horse aloes, a coarse, impure preparation 
of aloes. IT. S. Dispensatory. 
aloes-wood (al'oz-wud), n. Same as agallochum. 
aloetic (al-o-et'ik), a. and n. [< NL. aloeticus, 
< L. aloe: see aloe.] I. a. Pertaining to or ob- 
tained from the aloe or aloes ; partaking of the 
qualities, or consisting chiefly, of aloes. 
H. n. A medicine or preparation consisting 
chiefly of aloes. 
lier aloen, < AS. aluwan, alewan, alwan, pi. of 
unused sing, "aluwe, "alme = D. aloe = G. aloe aloetical (al-o-et'i-kal), a. Same as aloettc. 
= Sw. toe = Dan. aloe=F. aloes, earlier written aloetin (a-16'e-tin), . Same as atom. 
aloes, OF. aloe=Pr. aloa, aloe, aloes, atoeu=Sp. aloe-tree (al'6-tre), n. The plant furnishing 
Pg It atoe = Buss. a(oe=Pol. aloes, <L. aloe, the drug aloes (which see), bee aloe. 
as, to be or remain alone; to walk alone. 
It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. 
He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. 
Scott, Young Lochinvar. 
Concert fires people to a certain fury of performance 
they can rarely reach alone. 
Emerson, Society and Solitude. 
2. Only ; to the exclusion of other persons or 
things ; sole or solely : as, he alone remained. 
In this sense alone is sometimes used attributively before 
a noun. 
Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. 
It is not to rulers and statesmen alone that the science 
of government is important and useful. It is equally in- 
dispensable for every American citizen. 
Story, Misc. Writings, p. 624. 
Even one alone verse sometimes makes a perfect poeme. 
B. Jonson, Timber. 
The universal soul is the alone creator of the useful and 
beautiful. Emerson, Art. 
