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AL'KANET,/! in botany. See Anchusa. 
AL'KEKENtyI, f. in botany. See Atropa and 
Physalis. 
ALKER'MES, f. [of al, the Arabic particle, and 
hermcs, certain red or fcarlet infetts. ] A celebrated reme¬ 
dy, of the confidence of a confection; whereof the kerrnes 
berries are the bafis. The other ingredients are pippin- 
cyder, rofe-water, fugar, ambergreafe, mufk, cinnamon, 
aloes-wood, pearls, and leaf-gold ; but the fweets are ufu- 
ally omitted. The confcclio alkermts is chiefly made at 
Montpelier; the grain which gives it the denomination 
being no where found fo plentifully as there. 
AL-KO'RAN. See Alcoran. 
ALKMA'AR. See Ai.CMAtB. 
ALL, adj. [ cell, real, calk, alU, Sax. till, Welfh ; al, Du. 
alU, Germ. oA©-, Gr.] Being the whole number; every 
one.—The great encouragement of all, is the afiiiranceof 
a future reward. Tillotjon. —Being the whole quantity; 
every part.—Political power, I take to be a right of ma¬ 
king laws with penalties, and of employing the force of 
the community in the execution of Inch laws, and in the 
defence of the commonwealth ; and all this only for the 
public good. Locke.- —The whole extent of place. The 
whole quantity, applied to duration of time: 
On thofe paftiires cheerful fpring 
All the year doth fit and fing; 
And, rejoicing, fmiles to fee 
Their green backs wear his livery. Crnjhaw. 
All, adv. Qjaite; completely.—Juftice may be furnifh- 
ed out ot fire, as far as her fword goes ; and courage may 
be all over a continued blaze. Addifon. 
If e’er the mifer durft his farthings fpare. 
He thinly fpreads them through the public fquare. 
Where, all befide the rail, rang’d beggars lie, 
And from eacli other catch the doleful cry. Gay. 
Altogether; wholly; without any other confideration.— 
1 am of the temper of mod kings, who love to be in debt, 
are all for prefent money, no matter how they pay it af¬ 
terward. Drydcn. —Only; without adrniflion of anything 
elfe : 
Sure I fliall never marry like my fifter, 
To love my father all. Shakefpcare. 
Although : this fenfe is truly Teutonic, but now obfolete. 
It is fometimes a word of emphafis, nearly the fame witli 
jujl. It was anciently in Englilh what it is now in the other 
Teutonic dialects, a particle of mere enforcement. 
All, f. The whole; oppofed to part, or nothin°\ 
Everything: 
The youth fhall ftudy, and no more engage 
Their flatt’ring wifhes for uncertain age; 
No more with fruitlefs care, and cheated ftrife, 
Chace fleeting pleafure through the maze of life; 
Finding the wretched all they here can have, 
But prefent food, and but a future grave. Prior. 
The phrafe, and all, is of the fame kind.—A torch, fnuff 
and all, goes out in a moment, when dipped in the vapour. 
Addifon.—All is much ufed in compofition ; but, in mod 
infiances, it is merely arbitrary; as, all-commanding. Some¬ 
times the words compounded with it are fixed and clafli- 
eal; as, Almighty. When it is connected with a partici¬ 
ple, it feems to be a noun; as, all-furrounding In other 
cafes an adverb; as, all-accomplijhed, or completely ac- 
complifhed. 
Proverbs. In the grave all are alike. Lat. JEqua tellus 
pauper i regnumquepueris horat. And therefore, as vve are 
all to be reduced to the fame date in fo fiiort a time, what 
a folly it is for us to puff ourfelves up with prrde and va¬ 
nity, on account of any fuperiority in this world, either 
ef body, mind, or edate; when we do not know but the 
very next moment may, and a very fliort time will, put us 
upon a level with thofe, who, for their inferiority, we ef- 
teem the mo.ft mean and defpicable.—What all fay. is as 
ALL 3+3- 
good as fealed; that is, as good as confirmed, and may be 
reafonably fuppofed to be true.—yf//can not do all. Lat. A 'on 
omnes pojfumus omnrs. H. Ger. Gin jeder kaunicht alles. We 
ought not therefore to defpife or think meanly of thole 
who may not be mailers jud of the fame (kill and know¬ 
ledge we ourfelves are, when perhaps they have fomev 
qualifications fuperior to our own, or at lead that are of 
fome ufc to mankind. 
All-bearing, adj. That which bears every thing; 
omniparous: 
Thus while he fpoke the fovereign plant he drew, 
Where on th’ all-hearing earth unmark’d it grew. Pope. 
All-cheering, adj. That which gives gaiety and 
cheerfulnefs to all: 
Soon as the all-cheering fun 
Should, in the farthed ead, begin to draw 
The diady curtains from Aurora’s bed. Shakcfpearc . 
All-commanding, adj. Having the fovereigntyover 
all.—He now Lets before them the high and lliining idol of 
glory, the all-commanding image of bright gold. Raleigh. 
All-composing, adj. That which quiets all men, or 
every thing: 
Wrapt in embovv’ring fliades Ulyffes lies. 
His woes forgot!, but Pallas now addred, 
To break the bands of all- compofng reft. Pope. 
All-conquering, adj. That which fubdues every 
tiling: 
Second of Satan fprung,. all-conquering death! 
What think’ft thou of our empiie now > Milton. 
All-consuming, adj. That which confumes every 
thing: 
By age unbroke—but all-can fuming care 
Deftroys perhaps the ftrength that time would fpare. Pope. 
All-devouring, adj. That wliicheats upevery thing: 
Secure from flames, from envy’s fiercer rage, 
Deftrnfiive war, and all-devouring age. Pope. 
All-fours, f. A low game at cards, played by two ^ 
fo named from the four particulars by which it is reckon¬ 
ed, and which, joined in the hand of either of the parties, 
are faid to make all-jours. 
All-good, / in botany. See Chenopodium.. 
All Hail,/ [from all, and hail for health f AH health'* 
This is therefore not a compound, though perhaps ufu- 
ally reckoned among them; a term of faiutation- Salve ,, 
or falvete : 
All hail, ye fields, where conftant peace attends! 
All hail , ye facred folitary groves ! 
All hail, ye brooks, my true, my real, friends,- 
Whofe converfation pleafes and improves! Walfh. 
All-halloWs, or All-saints, f. in the calendar, 
denotes a feftival celebrated on the ftuft of November, in 
commemoration of all the faints,, or holy men. The num¬ 
ber of faints being fo exceflively multiplied, it was found 
too burthenfome to dedicate a feaft-day to each. Hence 
an expedient was had recourfe to, by commemorating, fuch. 
in a lump as had not their own days. Boniface IV. in the 
ninth century, introduced the feaft of All-Saints in Italy, 
which was foon after'adopted into the other churches. 
ALLHALXOWTiD-E,yi The term near AIN Saints*-—Cut 
off the bough about Atlhallowtide, in the bare place, and 
fet it in the ground, and- it will grow to be a fair tree in 
one year. Bacon. 
All-heal,/! in botany.. See Staciiys. 
All-judging., adj. That which has the fovereign right 
of judgment: , 
I look with horror back, 
That I deteft my wretched felf, and curfe 
My paft polluted life. All-judging heaven,. 
Who knows my crimes, fyas feen my forrow for them-. 
Jlozoe, 
