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ALTERCAND. Baiter dtivus prob. used in med. or mod.L. Cf.

Fr. alteratif, -ive.] A. adj. 1. Having the tendency to produce
alteration ; esp. applied to medicines which alter the processes of
nutrition, and reduce them to healthy action. 1605 BACON Adv.
Learn, u. x. §5 (1873) 138 Cannot be removed by medicine
alterative. i6zi BURTON Anat. Mel. u. iv. i. ii, Simples are alterative or
purgative. 1775 JOHNSON in Boswt-ll yXis.. (18471 451 My opinion
of alterative medicine is not high, but guid tentasse nocebit ? 1855
GARROD Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 23 Iodine has a powerful alterative
action. f2. passively, Liable to be changed. Obs. 1656 BLOUNT
Glossogr.^ Alterative^ changed, or that may be changed. B. sb. An
alterative medicine or treatment. 1398 TREVISA Barth. De P. R. vn.
xxi. (1495) 239 The cure is with hote alteratiues. x6ai BL-RTON Anat.
Mel. n. iv. i. i, Of alteratiues and Cordials, no man doubts. 1710
GIBSON Dispens. App. i. i. (1734' 47 Alteratives .. have a power of
changing the Constitution, without any sensible increase or decrease
of the natural evacuations. 1807 CRABBE Libr. 59 Here alt'ratives, by
slow degrees controul The chronic habits of the sickly soul. 18.. H. S.
WILSON Alpine Asc. ii. 29 Alterative and excitement are best got in
Switzerland. t Altercand, ///.«- 0/>s. rare-1. [?ad. L. altercant-em pr.
pple. of aitercd-ri (see next) with northern ppl. ending.] Disputing;
quarrelsome. 1330 R. KRUNNF, Chron. 314 J>e parties wer so felle
altercand on ilk side, pat non be soth couth telle, whedir pes or
werre suld tide. Altercate (se-ltwlwit, 9-!-). [f. L. altercat- ppl. stem
oialterca-ri to dispute with another, wrangle, f. alter another.] To
dispute vehemently, warmly, or angrily ; to contend in wordy warfare
; to wrangle. 1530 PALSGR. 421/1, 1 altercate, I
moultiplylangageorstryve in wordes. 1632 QUARLBS Diz1. Fanciest,
xl, Never fight Nor wrangle more, nor altercate agin. 1778 B.
LixcoCN m Sparks | Corr, A iner. Re^.1. (18531 U- 24Z The hard
necessity of alter- ! eating with the civil power. 1810 Ann. Reg.
333/2 To altercate with the Landlady about some threepence or
fourpence. 1837 I.VTTON Athens II. 208 It becomes us not . . to
altercate on the localities of the battle. Altercation (seUwk^'Jan, §=!
•). Forms: 4-5 altercacioun, 4-6 -cion, -cyon, 5 -tyown, altircacioune,
6 altri-, altrycacion, alterication, 6altercation, [a. Fr. altercation, ad.
L. altcrcafionem, n. of action f. alterca-ri ; see prec.] 1. The action of
disputing in warmth or anger ; wordy strife, wrangling. c 1386
CHAUCER Merch. T. 229 As a! day fallith altercacioun [v. r.
altercacion e] Bitwixe frendes in dispitesoun. 1480 i CAXTON Chron.
Eng. ccliii. 327 Therof arose a grete alterca- I cyon among wryters of
this mater pro and contra. 1509 BARCLAY Ship of t-'ooles 11570) 2
Not to fall in alternation. 1541 PAYXKLL Catiline liv. 77 Cesar & Cato,
being at altercation togyther touching the peyn & punishment of the
conspirators. 1651 BAXTER Inf. Bapt. 241 A Judicious Reader . .
looks for Arguments, and loathes altercation. 1773 KKANKLIN Lett.
Wks. 1840 VI. 379, I have an extreme aversion to public altercation
on philosophic points. 1856 E. BOND Russia in i6M C. Introd. 21 This
monopoly . . was a pregnant cause of altercation between the two
courts. b. The conduct of a case in a court of justice by means of
question and answer. (L. altercatio Quint.) 1779 JOHNSON A", of
Prussia Wks. 1787 IV. 553 In the discussion of causes, altercation
must be allowed ; yet to altercation some limits must be put. There
are therefore allowed a bill, an answer, a reply, and a rejoinder. 1875
POSTK Gains jv. led. 2) 497 An oral pleading or altercation. 2. A
vehement or angry dispute, a noisy controversy, a wrangle. 1553
HULOET, Altricacion, /?*>tf. 1582 X.T. (Rhelms) Jnde 9 When
Michael . . made altercation for the body of Moyses. 1665
GLANVILLE Seeps. Set. 74 Which excites men to endless bawlings
and altercations. 1753 RICHARDSON Grandison (1781) II. xxv. 241
An altercation cannot end in your favour. 1840 MACAULAY Clh
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ALTERNATE. King having done all that was possible .. about

Alliances, and claimed the Alternate. Alternate ^se'ltainfit, 9!-), v. [f.
prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed ; formerly accented
alte'rnate] 1. trans. To arrange, do, or perform (two sets of things)
each after the other continuously ; to do (a. thing) in two ways
alternately ; to cause to occur or succeed in alternation. 1599
SANDYS Eurof. Spec. (1632) 239 Their Liturgy is intermedled much
with singing . . grave, alternated, and braunched with divers parts.
1667 MILTON P. L. \. 657 Who in their course Melodious Hymns
about the sovran Throne Alternate all night long, a 1711 GREW (J.),
The most High God . - alternates the disposition of good and evil. 2.
To interchange (one thingT by turns with, or to cause (a thing) to
succeed and be succeeded by, another continuously. 1850 MERIVALE
Rom.Emp. IV. xxxviii. 317 The Envoys of Maroboduus were
instructed to alternate a tone of respect and deference . . with the
boldest assertions of equality. 1859 MRS. SCHIMMELPENNINCK
Princ. Beauty i. xi. 39 Always alternating an Active by a Passive style.
*t* 3. To change the other way, to reverse. Obs. rare. 1595
MARKHAM Sir R. Grinvile xliii, Yet may thy power alternat heauens
doome. 4. intr. Of two or more things : To succeed each other by
turns, in time or space. 1700 DRYDEN Pal. s.- ° [f. as prec. + -
NESS.] 1. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice
between two. 1847 In CKAIG. f 2. The quality of being alternate ;
alternateness. Of>s. 1731 BAILEY, Alti'rnath'cness^ a succession by
course. t Alte'rnement. Obs. rare-1, [a. OFr. a!ternementj n. of
action f. altcrnert ad. L. alternare : see ALTERNATE a.~\ =
ALTERNATION. 1413 LYDC, Pylgr. Soit>lc\. vi. 11859 '77 None
alterncmentes of dayes, neyther of monethes; but one contynuell
day. Alte rni-, combining form of L. altern-tis (see ALTEKN) ; =
ALTERNATE or ALTERNATELY, as in alterni-foliate, alternate-leaved,
alterni-pinnate, -sepalous, etc. 1857 HENFREY Bot. § 95. 59 If the
leaflets are not in pairs, but alternate with each other, the leaf is
alterni-pinnate. Alternity la-ltsuniti, ol-). rare. \i.\*.altem-us (see
ALTERS) + -ITY. Cf. eternity] "\ 1. Alternateness, alternation. Obs.
1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseud. /•.)». in. i. 105 In a continual! motion,
without . . alternity and vicissitude of rest. 1755 in JOHNSON ; and
in mod. Diets. 2. In Welsh prosody : 1856 J. WILLIAMS Gram.
Edeyrn § 1758 What is alternity? The counterchange of vowels, and
correspondency of consonants, occurring in the rhymes of the
systich . . When an alternity ends in vowels not followed by
consonants, the same is called semi-alternity. tA'lternize, v- Obs.
rare-'1, [f. ALTERN + -IZE : cf. modernize^ To alternate. a 1840
MDME. D'ARBLAY/?MfW'VII.355(D.)I only saw him once, but that
was in a tete-a-tete, alternized with a trio by my son that lasted a
whole afternoon. t Alte'SS. Obs. rare-1, [a. Fr. attest* highness.]
Highness, nobility. 1660 WATERHOUSE Arms $ Arm. 25 Standing
dishes of altess . . are not to be touched. llAlteza (altrjft). Obs. (Sp.)
and Altezza (alte-ttsa). Obs. [It.] Highness. (Used also as an Italian
title. 1599 NASHE/-^«/fK Stitffe (D.) To chaunt and Carroll forth the
alteza and excelsitude of this monarchall fludy induperator. 1616
BEAUM. & FL. Faith/. Friends iv. iv, The altezzas and their
souereigns, Must this night do you service, (I Althaea (atlff a). Bot.
[L. alth&a, a. Gr. &\0aia marsh mallow, f. aWea* to heal.] A genus of
plants (N.O. Malvacese] of which the Marsh Mallow and Hollyhock
are species ; by florists often extended to the genus Hibiscus. 1669
WJORLIDGE] Syst. Agric. (1681! 125 Grafting is principally used in . .
Gessamins, Althea-frutex, and such like. 1785 COWPER Task\\. 170
Altheea with the purple eye. 1866 MASTERS in Treas. Bot. 46
Several species of Althaea are in cultivation, but the gay flowering
shrub commonly called Althaea frutex is, properly speaking, a
Hibiscus (H. Syriac«s). x88a Contemp. Rev. Jan. 8 Althaeas of many
colours. t A'ltheodi, a. and sb. Obs. 1-3; in i aelj>e6dis. [f. sel-
foreign +ptod nation, people + -ig : see -T i. Cf. OHG. alithiotic.]
Foreign ; a foreigner. 33
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ALTHEODISC. e 880 K. ALFRED Bottk. xxvii. § 3 On zIMdis

folc. c 1000 Ags. (7._ Matt, xxiii. 15 3e don anne £el-^eodixne. c
1160 //«//OH C. ibid., jfcnne ealoeodigene. « 1200 Glass, in Wright
_K0r. 89 PeregrinHS, albeodi. 1205 LAYAM. 2327 Heo nolden i)>olian
'. for aljjeodene gold, J>at Jw>os laSde weore. t Altheodisc, a. Ol>s.
2-3. [f. OE. sel-feoJ: see prec. and -ISH.] Of a foreign nation, alien.
1105 LAYAM. 79 Elene was ihoten, al5eodisc wif. Ibid. 2301 PU_. .
bi-leafest . . mine dohter Guendoleine for alj^eodisc meiden. Alther,
var. aller, gen. pi., ' of all* : see ALL D 3. Althing. Oh. Everything.
See ALL A 3, C 2 b. I! Althing (p-l]>in). [ON. al-ping whole
assembly.] (See quot.) 1873 STL-BBS Const. Hist. I. iii. 57 The
general assembly of the island [Iceland] was called the Althing.
Comb, althing-man : a member of the Icelandic parliament. 1863
BARiNG-Gofi.pAtYrtHrt'Iiitrod. 35 1'he interests of the people are
invested in Althingmen. Althionic (a-lbi^-nik), a. Chem. [f.
AL(COHOL) + Gr. OtTov sulphur -t- -ic.] In Althionic Acid, CjH.SO,,
produced, according to Regnault, by heating alcohol with an excess
of strong sulphuric acid. 1858 in Penny Cycl. 2nd Supp. 126/2. 1863
WATTS Diet. Ckem. I. 149 The barium-salt of althionic acid. Although
(ylSJn-). foil/. Forms: 4 al pas, al pau;, al pe3, 4-5 al thogh, al
though e, al they, al thouh, 4-6 althogh, 5 alle thoje, all paw, alle,
pawe, 5-6 althof, althow, 4- although. [Orig. two words, see ALL C
10. All though was originally more emphatic than though, but by
1400 it was practically only a variant of it, and all having thus lost its
independent force, the phrase was written as one word. See also
THOUGH.] Even though, though . . even ; though ; be it that,
granting that, supposing that. c 1325 E. E.Allit.P. A. 758 My dere
destyni: Me ches tq hys make al^a^ vnmete. [1330 R. BRI/NXE
Chrcil. 23 J>of alle bat he werred in wo.] c 1360 Merty in E. E.
Poems (1862) !23Albau5ikoube, yfbati wolde. c 1386 CHAUCER f'ral.
737 He may not spare, although he were his brother [z'.r. al thogh,
althogh, al they, al though, al bouhe]. c 1420 Chron. I'ilod. 883 All
baw bay hadde bis gold bus y stole. 1440 SHIRLEY Dethe of James-]
Althofe he fonde colourabill wais to serve his entent. 1577 VAUTROL-
LLIER Lntfu'r's Ep. Gal. 7 Although I am a sinner by the lawe . . yet I
despaire not. 1676 HALE Coniemp. I. 87 Although that this was the
very end for which he came into the World. 1692 E.WALKER
Epicletus .Mar. xlii. Your Head but weak, altho' your Lungs be strong.
1795 SOUTHEY Joan of Arc iii. 474 Wks. I. 47 Although thy life Of
sin were free. 1881 N. T. (revised! Mark xiv. 29 Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I. Alti-, comb, form of L. alto-, alia-, (allns)
high, and altc highly ; occurring as first element in many derivatives.
Alticomous (ilti-komes), a. rare-", [f. late L. alticom-ns (f. alti- high +
coma head of hair or foliage) + -OU3.] Having leaves on the higher
parts only. 1870 in Syd. Sac. Lex. t A Itifica'tion. Olis. rare-1. [f. L.
alti- high -r-FiCATiox making.] Making high; ?sublimation. (? Mispr.
for albification.) 1652 in Ashm. Theat. Chem. 97 Notablyserving for
Seperation Of dividents, and for Altification. t A'ltify, v. Obs. ? nonct-
ivd. [f. L. alti- high + -FV, after magnify.] To make high, exalt. 1662
FULLER Worthiest 217 Every County is given to magnify (not to say
altify) their own things therein. A'ltigTade, a. Obs.-" [ad. L. altigr ad-
us high-stepping, f. alti- high + grad-i to step.] 'Going on high,
ascending aloft.' Bailey 17:51 ; whence in J. T A:ltila-titude. Obs.
rare-1. (Prob. in jest.) 1628 SHIRLEY Witty Fair One n. i, These
circles, degrees, and altilatitudes, you speak of. Altiloquence (*lti-
Ukwens). [f. next ; see -NCE.] 'High speech, pompous language.' J.
1731 in BAILEY. 1755 in JOHNSON. 1808 J. MACDONALD Telegr.
Co»nn. 59 Its elegant archaisms . . containing an altisonant
altiloquence. t Alti'loquent, ,«. O6t.-9[LL.aiti- high,loftily -t- loquent-
ein speaking, pr. pple. of loqui to speak, on analogy of altiloquium:
see ALTILOQDY.] Using high or pompous language. 1656 in
BLOLrNT6y<9W<7g-r. 1711 in BAILEY. [Not in JOHNSON.) t
Altilo'quious, a. Obs.-° [f. late L. altiloqui-uin (see next)+-ous.]
'Talking loud; also of high matters.' Bailey 1731. t Alti'loquy. Obs.-°
[ad.la.teL.afri/oym-um sublime diction, f. alti- high, loftily + -I0jiii-it»i
speaking, f. loqid to speak. Cf. soliloquy] ' Loud talk; also of high
things.' Bailey 1731. Altimeter (a-lti-m/lai). [f. L. altimeter (quoted by
Ducange from Papias), f. L. alti- high + Gr. inirpov a measure.] 'An
instrument for taking altitudes geometrically.' Craig 1847. A
Itime'trical, a. rare-" [f. prec. +-ICAL. Cf. meter, metrical^ '
Pertaining to the measurement of heights or altitudes.' Blount
Glossogr. 1681. Altinietry (a'ltrmetri). [ad. med.L. altimetria, f. L. alti-
high -f Gr. -utrpia measuring : see -MKTRY. 258 Cf. Fr. altimetrie.] *
The art of taking or measuring heights, whether accessible or
inaccessible, generally performed by a quadrant/ J. 1696 PHILLIPS,
Altimetry, the first part of Geometrical Practise, which reaches the
measuring of Lines. 1706 Ibid., A Itimetry, that part of Geometry,
which teaches the Method of taking and measuring of Heights. 1778
B. DONN (title) An Essay on the Elements of Plane Trigonometry
with their application to Altimetry and Longimetry. 1815 Encycl. Brit.
I. 750 Altimetry, the art of measuring altitudes, or heights. D Altincar
(aeltrr)kaj). [a. (ult) Arab.;l3oJl al-tinkar} f. al the +• Pers. and Hind,
tinkdr, Mai. //«£&*/:— Skr. T^f^T /««&*«p. s.v., The different
altitudes of the mercury may arise from the different states of the
air. 4. Height above the ground, or, strictly, above the level of the
sea ; height in the air, loftiness. 1535 STEWART Cron. Scot. II. 146
Ane grit montane . . of greit altitude. 1583 STANYHURST jKneis \\.
(Arb.) 58 Theare was a toure . . that in altitud euened Thee stars.
1717 SWII-T Gulliver n. i. 97 Trees so lofty, that I could make no
computation of their altitude. 1773 BRYDONE Sicily xxii. (1809) 225
The degree of altitude in the atmosphere. 1880 HAUGHTON Phys.
Geogr. ii. 43 The Himalaya chain . . has a mean altitude of about
18,000 feet. 5. Astr. The height of a body in the heavens expressed
by its angular distance above the horizon. c 1391 CHAUCER Astrol. i.
§ i 4, I wol clepe the heyhte of any thing that is taken by thy rewle,
the altitude, with-owte mo wordes. 1594 BLUNDEVIL Exerc. n. (ed.
7) 117, 55 degrees, 56' and 21" . . is the Meridian altitude of the
Sunne for that day. 1678 R, HOLME Acad. Arm. n. i. § 77 Altitude is
the height or elevation of the Pole or any other thing above the
horizon. 1764 MASKELYNE in Phil. Trans. LIV. 371, I fixed the equal
altitude instrument . . against a strong post. 1849 MRS.SOMERVILLE
Connex. Phys. -SV.xviii. 172 The apparent altitude of the heavenly
bodies is always greater than their true altitude. 6. a. sing. A point
or position at a height above the ground or sea-level; a height, b.//.
Elevated regions ; great heights. 1432-50 tr. ///£*&-« (18651 1. 112
per was a towre in the altitude of the mownte of Syon, 1704 SWIFT
T. Tub iii. Wks, 1760 1. 49 Should immediately deliver himself up to
ratsbane ALTOor hemp, or from some convenient altitude. 1853
KANE Grinnell Exp. xv. (1856) 107 No mountain altitudes to furnish
forth the increments of ice growth. 7.J%; a. High degree or
eminence of any quality or attribute, b. High or exalted position in
the scale of being, rank, power, etc.; hence His altitude = his
Highness. a 1400 Cov. Myst. 288 O ! thou altitude of al gostly ryches
! 1596 BELL Surv. Popery in. v. 279 Euen in the altitude of
popedome. 1601 DENT Pathw. Heaven 217 Oh the profoundnesse
and altitude of Gods mercy ! 1612 CHAPMAN Widdfftue's Teares
Plays 1873 III. n He comes armed with his altitudes letters. 1672
SIR T. BROWNE Let. to Friend §27 (1881) 145 He that hath taken
the true altitude of things. 1704 SWIFT T. Tub (R.) He has exalted
himself toa certain degree of altitude above them. 1850 MRS.
BROWNING Poems I. 74 Rise, woman, rise To thy peculiar and best
altitudes. 1858 (20 May) BRIGHT Speeches 39 Men of that altitude.
t8.y%".in//. Loftymood, ways, airs, phrases. Obs. 1616 BEAUM. &
¥i..Laiv$ of Candy n, This woman's in the altitudes. ^1733 NORTH
Examen 258 (D.) If we would see him in his altitudes, we must go
back to the House of Commons . . there he cuts and slashes at
another rate. 1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa (1811) V. 232 From the
nature of their conversation, there was no room for altitudes. 178*
JOHNSON Lett. 293 (1788) II. 252 While you were in all your
altitudes, at the Opera. Altitudinal (rcltiti/7-dinal), a. [f. L. altititdin-
em (see prec-^ + 'AL1.] Relating to height, or to degree of elevation
above the surface of the earth, the horizon, or the sea-level. 1778
HUTTON in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 716 The altitudinal difference
between the two given points. 1861 H. M ACMI LLAN Footn. Page
Nat. 8 The immense altitudinal range of these plants. 1883
TROMHOLT m Nature XXVII. 395 Altitudinal measurements . . for
fixing the parallax of the aurora borealis. Altitudinarian
(ce:ltiti;7dineaTian), a. andj£. [f. ALTITUDE, after latitude,
latititdinarian : see -AHIAN.] A. adj. Pertaining to, or reaching to, the
heights (of fancy, doctrine, etc.). B. sb. One who is given to lofty
thoughts or plans. 1850 LYNCH Theoph. Trhi. xii. 242 The wise
latitudinarian is also an altitudinarian : his thought spreads broadly,
but it is also high-rising, and strikes deep. 1871 Miss BOWMAN Th.
Chr. Life (18771 13 Sermons are . . altitudinarian, latitudinarian, or
platitudinarian. t Altrvolant, a. Obs. [ad. L. altivolant-em, f. alti"
(comb, form of alt-tts} high + volant-em flying ; cf. altitonantl\ '
Flying on high.' Blount Glossogr. 1656 ; whence in Bailey, J., etc. t
A'lto, J*.l Mil. Obs. Also 6 alta. [a. Sp. alto in phr. alto hacer, an
adaptation of Ger. halt machen to make a stop, f. halt hold-on, stop,
stand. Soon changed to ALT (perh. after Yr.faire alfe, also from Ger.)
and HALT.] A halt. 1591 GARRARD Art of \Varre 168 When the Armie
makes Alta to rest. 1598 BARRET Theor. Warres 34 How to make
their Alto or stand, and how to double their ranks. lbid.t How to
plant his pike in the ground, at any stand or Alto. 1622 F. MARKHAM
Decades War v. iii. § 4. 171 To make stands (which some call Altoes
or Hallts} . . whereby the souldier may be refresht when he is weary
with travel!. Alto (d'ltfl), $b2- and a. A/us. [a. It. alto high (sc. canto
singing).] A. sb. 1. strictly, The highest male voice, the countertenor
; formerly considered as restricted in compass to a sixth above and a
sixth below the ' middle C' ; also, the musical part for this voice.
1819 Pantol., Alto, in music, the highest natural tenor voice. 1883 C.
WOOLSON in Harper's Mag. Mar 567/2 He could join in with his soft
little alto. 2. Extended also to, The female voice of similar range, or
the musical part sung by it, more strictly known as contralto. 1881
A. HOPKINSON Waiting vi. 129 The Count takes the accompaniment,
Anne and Dolly the treble and alto. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 443/1
Their . . voices serving only as a foil to her powerful alto. 3. One
who has an alto voice. 1784 Europ. Mag. V. 324 Altos, — Rev. Mr.
Clark . . and 48 assistants. 1850 Illustr. Lond. Arnus XVII. 368 The
entire Choir . . is not here, there are . . ten altos, six tenors, etc.
1862 T. MARTIN Horace (1870) 265 From C in alto down to double
D. 5. The Italian name for a tenor violin. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 404
Alto . . called in England the Tenor, and by the Italians, the Viola, B.
attrib. as adj. Belonging to the alto. Alto clef: the C clef when placed
on the third line of the stave. Alto-ripieno [f. It. ripicno that which
fills up] : a tenor part, instrumental or vocal, used only occasionally
in a grand chorus. 1845 E. HOLMES Mozart 347 It was s,ung by his
visiters . . himself taking the alto part. 1871 HAWEIS Mus. % Mor. ix.
353 A quiet alto song, full of solemn pathos. 1879 CURWEN Mus.
The. 23 The Alto or Contralto Clef is . . a C Clef but it is placed in the
middle line. !l Alto- (a'lttf), It., = high-, used in various comb. 1.
Mus. as alto -clarinet, -fagotto, -viola, musical instruments similar to,
but higher in pitch than, the clarinet, fagotto, viola. See also ALTO a.
1856 BERLIOZ Instrument. 114 The alto-clarinet Is no other than a
clarinet in F or in Eb. 1802 REES Cycl. s.v., Alto T'/Wrt, the tenor
violin, in opposition to the bass viol. 2. Sculpt. (See ALTOKELIF.VO.)
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ALTOGETHER. Altogether (gltuge-Sai), a., adv., and sb.

[comb, of ALL and TOGETHER. Orig. a mere strengthening of a//,
but, like all itself, gradually becoming adverbial, in which sense alone
it is now used when written in combination.] A. adj. A strengthened
form of ALL a. f 1. The whole together, theentire; everything, the
whole, the total. (Often absol. ; cf. ALL A II.) Obs. \\^O.E.Chron.
(Laud MS. 'an. 1137 § 4& brenden sythen \>e cyrce & al te gaedere.
tiaoo ORMiNosSi Issraasle beod. . alltogeddre att Drihhtin Godd.
1526 1 IMPALE i Cor. viu 19 Circumcision is nothynge . . but the
keppynge of the commaundmentes of god is altogether. 15*8 MORE
Iferesyes iv. Wks. 1557, 285/1 Ananias & Saphyra . . made
semblance as though they brought to the apostles altogether. 1611
BIBLE Ex, xix. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke. — Ps.
cxxxix. 4 There is not a worde in my tongue : but lo, O Lord, thou
knowest it altogether. t 2. //. All united, all in a company ; all
inclusively ; all without exception. Now written separately all
together. 1330 R. BRUNSK Chron. 264 Bot alle bei were forholn, &
failed \>&m alle togider. c 1400 Yivainety Gaiv. 2955 Cumes forth,
he said, ye altogeder. 1535 COVERDALE Ezek. xxxiv. 13 Proude
wordesagaynstme, which I haue herde altogether. 1590 SHAKS.
Com. Err. v. i. 245 Then altogether They fell vpon me. 1663
GERBIER Counsel 102 Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament,
altogether to be observed in true Building. \Mod. They came
separately, but went away all together.] B. adv. [by gradual
transference from the sb. to the predicate ; cf. ALL C i.] 1.
Everything being included ; in all respects, in every particular ;
entirely, wholly, totally, quite. r 1200 Trin. Coll. Horn.
igHerefifealdemihte wasaltegeder attred. ^1330 KyngofTars 601
Whon he hedde altogedere ipreyd, And al that evere he couthe
iseyd. 1534 MORE On the Passion Wks. 1557, 1373/1 Were he as
bad as Judas altogiter. 1611 BIBLE John ix. 34 Thou wast altogether
born in sins. 1712 ADDISON Spect. No, 441 F 9 Scenes and Objects,
and Companions that are altogether new. 1782 PRIESTLEV Nat. . A
whole, a tout ensemble. 1667 WATERHOUSE Fire of Lond. 141 Her
Congregations, Her Citizens, Her altogether has been as orderly, etc.
1674 N. FAIRFAX BulkffSelv. 33 We only call .. Gods All-fillingness an
altogether, to loosen it from any thing of sundership. 1865 Pall Mall
G. 26 June 9 American fingers . . impart a finish and an altogether
(this is much better than to steal tout-ensemble fronvthe wicked
Emperor). Altogetlierness (jjltii go-flames), rare. [f. prec. + -XESS.]
"Wholeness, unity of being. 1674 N. FAIRFAX Bulk fy Selv. 60 So
Gods All-fillingness is in the world . . in an indivisible altogetherness.
1824 J. GALT Rothclan II. in. vii. 67 His courteous mildness, his
altogetherness of fraud and smiles. t Altoge'thers, adv. Obs.
[TALL+TOGETHERS a variant of TOGETHER, with genitival ending :
cf. afterward, -s, elsewhere^ -j.] = ALTOGETHER. £•1175 Lamb.
fiom. 81 \>e an is aquenched al to geSeres. c 1450 LONELICH
Grrt/'/jexxvii. 842 Now Altogederis we ben present. 1569 J. ROGERS
Glasse of Godly Lore 180 Christe only is her comfort all togethers.
1586 J. HOOKER Giraldits's Hist. Irel. in Holinshcd II. 114/1 The
present state of all Ireland, altogethers deuoured with robberies,
murders, riots. Alto-relievo (a-lto rfl/'w). PI. -os. [It. altorilicvo high
relief; this spelling is sometimes used in Eng.] High relief; sculpture
or carved work in which the figures project more than one half of
their tnie proportions from the wall or surface on which they are
carved. Hence concr. A sculpture or carving in high relief. 1717
BERKELEY in Fraser Life (1871) 550 The infinite profusion of alto-
relievo. 1762 H. WALPOLE Vertne*s A need. Paint. 1 1786} I. 276 A
fine bust of queen Elizabeth on onyx, alto relievo in profile. 1773
BRYDONE Sicily xix. (1809* 199 The representation of a boar-
hunting in alto relievo, on white marble. 1878 LADY HERBERT tr.
Hiibner'sRotindthe IVorld II. v. 342 There are no alto-relievos.
Altricate, -tion, obs. IT. ALTERCATE, -TION. Altruism (ce-ltn/|iz'm).
[a. Fr. altruism* formed by Comte on It. altnti (Fr. autrui) of or to
others, what is another's, somebody else, f. L. alteri hnic 'to this
other/ the dative afterwards passing into a general oblique case. See
-ISM. Altruisme was apparently suggested by the FT. law-phrase
Fautrui, standing according to Littre for le Men, le droit d'aiitrui.
Introd, into Eng. by the translators and expounders of Comte.]
Devotion to 259 the welfare of others, regard for others, as a
principle of action ; opposed to egoism or selfishness. 1853
l&mC'«////*. Lect. 11881.1 io6The religion of humanity, whose great
moral principle is altruism. 1879 GEO. ELIOT Theophr. Such viii. 147
The bear was surprised at the badger's want of altruism. Altruist
(se'ltrW|ist). [f. ALTRUISM : see -IST. Cf. Fr. altruiste adj.] One who
professes the principles of altruism. 1868 NETTLESHIP Brmvnwgs
Poetry vi. 167 His development as a great altruist. 1881 Daily Xeivs
27 Aug. 5/1 If they were thorough altruists, a sweet reasonableness
would induce them to avoid inflicting . . distress. Altruistic (xltr//,i-
stik), a. [f. Fr. altruiste (adj. f. altruisme}+-\v. Earlier than
ALTRUIST.] Of or pertaining to altruism ; actuated by regard for the
well-being of others ; benevolent. 1853 LEWES Comte's P kilos. Sc.
I. xxi. 221 The noble termination of the emotional series by the
group of social or altruistic instincts. 1862 HINTON/-^. in £(;/&
(1878) 194 Thu word altruistic I borrow from Comte. Is it not a
capital word ? I am resolved to naturalise it. 1873 H. SPENCER in
Contemp. Rev, Feb., LTp to a certain point altruistic action blesses
giver and receiver, beyond that point it curses giver and receiver.
Altruistically (seltn/ii'Stikali), adv. [f. prec. •(--AL + -LY.] In an
altruistic manner; benevolently. 1874 H. SPKNCER Sociol. viii. 186 A
means to furthering the general happiness altruistically. 1879 —
Data of l-'.th. xi. 197 The most altruistically-natured leave no like-
natured posterity. Altruize (se'ltn/iaiz), v. nonce-ivd. \t.\t.altrui some
one else + -i/E; suggested by ALTRUISM.] To change into some one
else. 1878 T. SINXLAIR Mount 300 Etherealiscd or converted,
altrtiised, or . . artisticised into a third world of thought. t A'ltry. Obs.
rare—1, [f. ALTER + -Y ; purely imitative ; cf. enter, entry.']
Alteration, change. 1527 A cct. of Gibson, Master of Revels, Payd to
JolinSkut, y° quenys tayler for makynge of ye ladies aparell by altry.
I! A'ltus. Miis. Obs. [L. altus high (sc. cantits singing).] = ALTO sb£
1609 DOULAND Omit hop. Microl, 86 The Base requires a third
below, and the Altus the same aboue. a 1659 CLEVELAND Coiitm.
Placedfyj) 163 A Deep Base that must reach as low as Hell to
describe the Passion, and thence rebound to a joyful Altus, the high-
strain of the Resurrection. t A'ltumal, a. Obs. ? slang, [f. L. altttm the
deep, i.e. the sea-*--AL.] (See quot.) 1711 Medleys 29 Jan. (1712)
186 His Altumal Cant, a Mark of his poor Traffick and Tar-Education.
1753 CHAMBERS Cycl. Supp.) Altmnat, a term used to denote the
mercantile style, or dialect. In this sense, we meet with atlumal cant,
to denote the language of petty traders and tars. t A'lture. Ofa. [ad.
It. altura height ; f. alto :— L. altttm height : see -UHE.] Height,
altitude. a 1547 EARL SURREY Ps, Iv. 29 From that the sun
descends, Till he his allure win. 1598 0A.RRET Theor. \\'arrcs\. i. 127
Casamats . . so low that they arriued not vnto the alture of the
ditch. tAlu'CO. Obs. rare. [f. L. alilcus an owl.] A book-name given by
some to the White, by others to the Tawny, Owl. 1753 CHAMBERS
Cycl. Supp., Aluco, the name by which authors have called the
common white owl. 1785 LATHAM Synopsis 134 Tawny Owl, Symittm
Stridula, Aluco Owl. Alud«l (ae-H«del). Chcm. [a. Yi.atu&/,in i^thc.
altttel, ad. Arab, al-uthal (quoted by Dozy with this sense in gthc.),
i.e. al the + uthal, prob. variant of ithal pi. of athla utensil,
apparatus.] A pearshaped pot of earthenware ipr glass, open at both
ends, so that a series could be fitted one above another ; used by
the alchemists in sublimation. 1559 MORWYXG Evonym. 6 Putting
wull of wode, or bombice into the upper hoole of the aludel. 1610 B.
JONSON Alchem. n. Hi. (1616) 624 Let your heat, still, lessen by
degrees, To the Aludels. 1677 HARRIS tr. Lctnetty's Chein. (1686)
Introd. 44 Aludels .. are Pots without a bottom, joyned together and
are placed over another Pot with a hole in the middle to serve for
Sublimations. 1731 HALES Stat. Ess. I. 201 We luted a Herman
retort to two or three large alodals. 1881 RAYMOND Gloss. Mining
Terms, Alndet, an earthen condenser for mercury. A-lufT, obs. form
of ALOOF. Alum (ce'lam). Forms : 4 alem, 4-5 alym, 4-8 alom, 5-7
alume, alome, 6 alme, 6-7 allume, 6-8 allom(e, allum, 4- alum. [a.
OFr. alum :— L. alfimen, the same substance : c.f.alilta tawed skin.]
1. A whitish transparent mineral salt, crystallizing in octahedrons,
very astringent, used in dyeing, tawing skins, and medicine, also for
sizing paper, and making materials fire-proof ; chemically a double
sulphate of aluminium and potassium (A1K',SO4)2+ i2Hjp water of
crystallization). Burnt Alum* A. deprived of its water of crystallization
so as to become a white powder ; Rock or Roman Alum, that
prepared from the Alum-stone in Italy; Saccharine Alnntt an artificial
composition of alum, rosewater, and egg albumen, boiled to a paste,
which hardens when cold. ALUM. c 1325 E. E. Allit. P. B. 1035 As
alum £ alka[t]ran, that angre arn bo|?c. 1366 MAUNDEV. ix. 99
About that see growethe moche Alom. c 1386 CHAUCER Chan. Yent.
Pro!. 26oTartre, alym,glas \_T.r, alum, alumglasisu, alein]. 1436 Pot.
Poems II. 172 Colon, roche-aluni, and gode golde of Jene. 1453 in
Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 422 Alum, foyle or rooch, y6 bale . .
iiijrf. 1551 TURNER Herbal n. (1568) 123 Layed to with honey and
allome. 1585 JAMES I Ess.Poesie 16 Cleare and smothe lyke glas or
alme. 1587 HOLINSHED Chron.\\\. 1199/1 Amightie great hulke,
laden with wood & allume. 1601 HOLLAND Pliny (1634) II. 559
Alume brought from Melos, is the best. 1622 HEYLYM Cosmogr. i.
(1682? 75 Well furnished with Allom, Sulphur, and Bitumen. 1660 R.
COKE Power $ Subj. 208 The Pope had excommunicated all persons
whatsoever, who had bought alume of the Florentines. 1671
SALMON Syn. Mcd, in. xxii. 437 A lotion with Honey, Alome, and
White wine. 1703 MOXON Mcc/t. Exerc. 238 AfatKarth full of Allom.
1718 MBS. EALES Receipt 38 Put in a good piece of Roach-AIlum.
1718 QUNCY CowpL Disp. 106 Alum is dug out of the earth as we
find it in the Shops. 1768 BOSWELL Corsica i. t'ed. 2! 52 There are
al>o mines of allum. 1815 BAKI-A\EI.L Introd. Gcol. 201 The
sulphuric acid uniting with the alumine, forms the well-known salt
called alum. 1855 TENNYSON Mandi. i. x, While chalk and alum and
plaster are sold to the poor for bread. 1875 URE Diet. Arts I. 105
[Alum] seems to have come to Europe in later times as alum of
Rocca, the name of Etlessa ; but it is not impossible that this name
was an Italian prefix, which has remained to this day under the
name of Rock Alnmt Allitnte di Rocca. 2. Mod. Chcm. (with//.) A
series of isomorphous double salts, including the foregoing,
consisting of aluminium sulphate in combination with the sulphate of
a monatomic metal, as potassium, sodium, ammonium, silver, etc.,
with general formula Ar'MCSO^-i- I2H.O; all of which crystallize in
octahedrons : distinguished as Common or Potash alum, Soda alum t
Ammonia alum t Silver alum, etc. 1868 WATTS Diet. Cfu'tn.V. 580
Argento-aluminic sulphate or Silver alum. Potassio-alumintC sulphate
or Potash-alum : this is the salt to which the name alum is most
generally applied. 1873 WILLIAMSON Client. § 185 These alums
cannot be separated by crystallization ; and a crystal of OTIC of
them grows regularly in a solution of another alum. 1873 FOWNI.S
Chan, 373 Sodium alum is much more soluble, 187$ L'KK Diet. Arts
I. 107 The composition of potash-, soda-, and ammonia-alums found
ready formed in nature. 3. Mod. Chcm. (with//.) Extended to a
family of compounds analogous to and including the pre'ceding
series, in which the Alumina itself is absent, and replaced by the
isomorphous sesquioxide of iron, chrome, or manganese ; whence
Iron alum (Potassio-ferric sulphate1 , Manganese alnui ( 1 'otassio-
manganic sulphate;, Chromealum • Potassiochromic sulphate),
Chrome-ammonia alum (Ammonio-chromic sulphate), etc. 1868
WATTS Dnt.Ckcni.V. 578 The dodecah yd rated double sulphates of
the alkali-metals and triatomic metals constitute the true alums. The
sulphates of ammonium, potassium, and sodium are capable of
forming alums with the alum in ic, ferric, chromic, and manganic
sulph:ite>. 1874 ROSCOL: Elem. Chew, 247 Chromium sulphate
forms a series of alums with potassium and ammonium sulphates,
which have a deep purple tint, and are isomorphous with common
alum. 4. Min. Applied to various native minerals, which are
chemically alums proper, as Native alum or Kalinite ; also to others
(pseudo-alums), which are compounds of aluminium sulphate with
the sulphate of some other base, as Magnesia alum (Magnesio-
aluminic sulphate) or Pickcringite ; or with the protoxides of iron,
manganese, etc., as Feather 01 Plume alum (Ferroso-aluminic
sulphate) or Halotrichite, J\[augancse alum or Apjohnite,
Manganoso-magnesian alum or Bosjemanite. The name Feather
atitni has been applied also to magnesia alion and alunoffttt, a 1661
HOLYDAY *ynvenal(i.fy$ 122 Pltime-alume burns the skin . . rock -
alume dissolves metals, shrivels the skin, loosens the teeth. 1868
DANA Min. 655 Hallotrichine is a silky alum from the Solfatara near
Naples. 1868 WATTS Diet. C/it-tn. V. 583 Manganoso-aluminic
sulphate, or manganese alitut . . occurs in snow-white silky fibres at
Lagoa Hay. 5. Comb., in which alum stands in obj. relation to pr.
pple. or vbl. sb., as alum-bearing^ ~makcrf -making, -manufacture ;
in instrumental relation to pa. pple., as ahtm-steeped \ in simple
attrib. relation, as alum-crystal, -liquor, -water ; or attrib. relation of
material, as alum-styptic. 1869 ROSCOB Elent, Chefti, 215
Ammonium Sulphate is largely employed for alum making. 1870
YEATS Xat. Hist, Cotnm. 381 The chief localities of alum
manufacture in this country-. 1837 SVD. SMITH Let. Wks. 1859 H*
277/T Let him drive his alum-steeped loaves a little further. 1587
HAKRISOM Engl. i. n. xxiii. 348 A last much like to allume liquor.
1875 URE Diet. Arts I. 117 Alum Liquors, — In the alum works on
the Yorkshire coast, eight different liquors are met with. 1578 LYTE
Dodoens vi. xxx. 697 Soked, or delayed in allom water. 1656 Du
CARD Lat. Unlocked § 443 Hee wetteth with allom-water every sheet
of thinner paper. 1711 POPE Rape Lock n. 131 Alom-stypticks with
contracting pow'r Shrink his thin essence like a rivelled flow'r. Also
alum cake, a massive and porous sulphate of alumina, mixed with
silica, manufactured from fine clay ; alum earth, applied to various
earthy or loose substances yielding alum ; f alumfarmer, one who
farmed the royal alum-works ; t alum -flower, alum calcined and
powdered ; t alum -glass, crystallized alum ; alum -rock, •schist, -
shale, -slate, thin-bedded rocks found 33-2
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ALUM. in various formations, from which alum Is

manufactured ; alum-stone, the mineral ALUXITE, from which the
Rock or Roman alum is made ; alumworks, the place and apparatus
for making alum. Also ALUM-ROOT, q.v. 1611 SPEED Theat. Gt. Brit.
xli. 81/1 An allum-earth of sundry colours. 1641 in $th Rep. Hist.
MSS. (1874) 71/1 Account of the sums for which the Allom farmers
left Morgan engaged. 1730 SWIFT Lady's Dress. Room Wks. 1755
IV. 1. 114 Allum-nower to stop the steams. 1386 [See under i.J a
1500 E. E. Misc. (18561 78, j dit of alome glas molte into rlere water.
1758 Phil. Trans. L. 688 What we call allumroek, a kind of black slate
that may be taken up in flakes. 1873 URE Diet. Arts I. m At Whitby,
the alum-rock. 1872 NICHOLSON Palgont. 513 Beds of so-called
'alum-schist,' which are of Upper Cambrian age. 1875 URE Diet. Arts
I. ui Such alum-shales as contain too little bitumen for the roasting
process. 1805 Ed in. f.ev. VI. 237 He also classes the alum-slate . .
among the transition rocks. 1875 URE Diet, Arts I. i ii The ustulation
of alum-slate. 1833 LVELL /*r/«c. Geol. III. 213 Hot sulphureous
vapours, which convert the trachyte into alum-stone. 1875 URE Diet.
Arts I. 109 The alum-stone appears to be confined to volcanic
districts. 1868 DANA J//«. 659 Alunite was first observed at Tolfa,
near Rome, in the 151(1 c. by a Genoese, who had been engaged in
the manufacture of alum, from an alum-stone or 'Rockalum' found
near Edessa in Syria. 1617 BACON in Fortesau Pap. 34 The offers
made .. to your Majestic of his allome workes. 1641 in tfh Re/>.
Hist. MSS. (1874* 42/2 William Turnor, and others, who farmed the
alum works of his late Majesty. 1875 UKE Diet. Arts I. 119 Boiling
the scum of the alum works. Alum (rc-lam), v. rare. [f. prec. sb.] To
treat or impregnate with alum. 1791 HAMILTON Berthollet's Dyeing
I. i. i. i. 19 Having alumed as completely as ^ssible a pound of wool.
il Alunibrado (a:l«mbra-d0). [Sp. ahimbrado illuminated, enlightened
; pa. pple. of atumbrar :— L. alluminare ; see ALLUMIXE.] One of the
Spanish Illuminati or Perfectionists, who arose about 15/5, and were
suppressed by the Inquisition ; hence sometimes applied to any one
claiming special spiritual illumination. 1671 GLASVILL Further Disc.
M. St.tbhe 33 Worthless Fanaticks, Alumbradoes in Religion. 1749
LAVISGTON Enthus. Methodists \\. 114 The Alumbrado's or Illuminati
of Spain, who were stiff Maintamers of Perfection. 1847 Brcn
Hngenbactis Hist. Dott. II. 197 The question whether he stood in
connection with the Alumbrados. Alumed (re-bmd), ///. a. [f. ALUM
v. +-ED.] Treated or impregnated with alum. 1580 BARET All1. A 330
Alumde, or mixed with alum, alujninatns. 1725 BRADLEY Fam. Diet,
s, v. Muzzle^ If it be allom'd Leather. • Ahime're. Obs. rare-1, [a.
OFr. alumere (:— L. *adluminator\ f. alumer to light :— L.
*adluminare : see ALLUMIXE.] An illuminator, lighter up. * ri3oo in
Wright's Lyric P. xxv. 68 Ihesu, nothing may be suettere, ..Then thou
so suete alumere. Alumian (al'«-mian). Min. [mod. (1858) f.
ALUMIJTA.] A white, sub-translucent mineral, a native sulphate of
aluminium ; classed by Dana among the Anhydrous Sulphates.
Aluniic (aU/rmik). Rare variant of ALUMINIC. 1869 Eng. Mech. 19
Mar. 585/3, I have obtained alumic sulphate neutral often.
Alumi'ferous, a. ; a variant of AUJMIXIFZROUS. 1853 T. Ross tr.
Humbnldfs Trav. III. xxvi. 118 The alumiferous rocks of Parad.
Alumina (alifrmina). [mod.L. ; formed, along with its Fr. equivalent
alumine (also used in Eng.) on L. alii men, alfiniin-, alum, on the
type of sodat potassa, magnesia, by the Kr. chemical nomenclators
of 1787; its character as the earth of ahtm (alaun-crdc] having been
proved by Marggraf in J754- Other proposed names were arga,
argil.] One of the earths, a white, insoluble, tasteless, amorphous
substance ; the only oxide ^Al^Oa) of the metal Aluminium, the
basis of alum, the chief constituent of all clays, and found
crystallized as the sapphire. c 1790 J. BLACK Elem. Chem. II. 150
The French chemists have given a new name to this pure earth;
alitmittem French, and alumina, in Latin. I confess I do not like this
alumina. 1801 CHENEVIX in Pkil. Trans. XCI. 197, 1 could . . discover
iron, silica, alumina, and carbonic acid. 1802 — Chem. A>fiicncl. 116
In the chapter upon Earth, we find. . Argil for Alumina. 1813 SIR H.
DAVY Agric. Chem. 156 Alumina exists in a pure and crystallized
state in the white sapphire. 1871 TYNDALL Fragm. Se. (ed. 6) I. xiL
362 These masses of slate contain silica, alumina, potash, soda, and
mica. Aluminate •^ali/Z'imn^t), sb. [f. prec. + -ATE.] A compound in
which alumina acts the part of an acid ; * a compound of alumina
with one of the stronger bases.' Watts. 1841 TRIMMER Pract. Geol.
68 They have therefore by some chemists been named aluminates.
1869 PHILLIPS Ve$m\ x. 286 Aluminates are equally limited. 1873
FOWNES Chan. 372 Spinell is an aluminate of magnesium. Aluminate
(aliw-min^t), v. [f. L. aluminat-us pa. pple. ; f. alilmin- ALUM.] To
treat or impregnate with alum ; to combine with alumina.
(Commonly in pa. pple. alurainated.) 1731 BAILEY, Aluminated^
done with alum. 1833 FVFE Chem. 'ed. 3' 474 The solution called
aluminated jx>tass is transparent and colourless. 260 Alumine
(arlianwin). Chem, arch. [a. Fr. alumine: see ALUMINA. ] =
ALUMINA. 1791 HAMILTON Bertkoilct's Dyeing I. I. I. L 22 They
unite with acids . . and some earths, principally alumine. 1798 Phil.
Tram. LXXXVIII. 16 The absorbent earths were distinguished into
calcareous, magnesia, and alumine or clay. 1805 SIR H. DAVY/Wrf.
XCV. 232, 1 have separated the alumine by solution of potash. 1852
T. Ross tr. Humboldfs Trav. I. ii. 78 The alumine, magnesia, soda,
and metallic oxides gradually disappear. 1854 F. BAKEWELL Geol. 47
Carbonate of lime . . combined with alumine. Aluming (iE-lamirj),
vbl.sb. [f. ALUM v. + -ING l.J The act of treating or impregnating
with alum. 1791 HAMILTON Kertlwllefs Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 35 Tartar is
not used in the aluming of silk and thread. Alnminic (Jcfemi-nik), a.
Chem. [f. ALUMINIUM -i- -ic.] Of or containing aluminium, as
Aluminic chloride, also called Aluminium chloride and Chloride of
aluminium. 1873 WILLIAMSON Chem. § 185 The double salt
containing alummic sulphate, combined with potassic sulphate, has
long been known by the name of alum. i8j6Hf.RLt.v Jtfat.Mfd. 369
The ash is chiefly composed of aluminic phosphate. 1880 Atfiensnm
27 Nov. 713/1 Two new aluminic compounds. Aluminiferous (al'«-
mini-feras), a. [f. L. alnmin- ALUM + -(I)FEROUS.] Alum - bearing,
yielding alum. 1849 M URCHISON Silur. viii. ^1867) 154 These rocks,
anthracite and aluminiferous, are charged with graptolites and
annelides. 1853 T. Ross tr. HiiinboUfs Trav. III. xxxii. 396 The
aluminiferous slates of Chaparuparu. Aluminiforni (al'a'minif^jm,
£e:li»mijni-), a. [f. L. altimiii- ALUM + -(I)FOIOI.] Having the form of
an alum. 1864 WEBSTER cites CHAPTAL. Alumi-nilite. Min. [f. L.
ahlmm- alum + Gr. Ai'0o! stone.] A mineral called more commonly
ALUNITE, q. v. Alumillio- (a-;li«mi-ni0), combining form of
ALUMINIUM, as in Aluminio-silicate, a salt in which the combined
oxides of Aluminium and Silicon are supposed to act as an acid. t
Altrminish, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. alilminALUM + -ISH.] = ALUMISH.
1641 FRENCH Distill, v. (1651) 167 There will distill over a certain
acid alluminish water. Aluminite (ali/P-minsit). Min. [mod. (Ger.
aluininit 1807) f. L. alfimin- ALUM -t- -ITE min. form.] An opaque,
whitish mineral, a native hydrosulphate of alumina, called also
\VKBSTERITE. 1868 WATTS Diet. Chem. (1871) V. 579 The tribasic
sulphate [of aluminium], 3AljC>3. SOj. oH_O, occurs native as
aluminite, a white, opaque earthy mineral. Aluminium
(aeJUonriudm). [a modification of ALUMINUM, the name given by its
discoverer, Sir H. Davy c 1812 (for which he had first of all used
ALUMIUM), f. ALUMINA. The termination -iiini now preferred
harmonizes best with other names of elements, as sodium,
potassium, magnesium, lithium, selenium, etc. Both alumium and
aluminum lived for some time.] A metal, white, sonorous, ductile,
and malleable, very light, not oxidized in the air, used for
instruments, ornaments, and as an alloy. In Chem. it has the symbol
Al., is tetratomic, has alumina as its oxide, and the alums as its chief
salts. 1812 Q. Rev. VIII. 72 Aluminium, for so we shall take the
liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a
less classical sound. 1835 HOBLYN Diet, filed. 6 Aluminium, the
metallic base of alumina. 1845 Vest. Creation ii. fed. 3) 34
Aluminium . . is another abundant elementary substance. n86o
FARADAY Forces of Nat. i. 195 note. Aluminium is 2i times heavier
than water. 1869 Eng. Atefh. 14 May 187/3 Some Belgian
manufacturer has just had a bell cast of aluminium. 1876 C. GEIKIE
Life in Woods xxv. 399 Science got the beautiful metal aluminium out
of the clay which ignorance trod under foot. b. attrib. in chem.
compounds, as Aluminiumchloride (also Chloride of aluminium, and
Aluminic chloride), Aluminium fluoride, sulphate (Sulphate of
alumina), silicate, etc. Also in Aluminium* Bronze, a beautiful and
important alloy (or chemical compound) of aluminium and copper.
1863 WATTS Diet. Chem. (1879) I. 154 General character and
reactions of Aluminium compounds. 1873 FOWNES Chem. 372
Aluminium Sulphate crystallises in thin pearly plates, soluble in 2
parts of water. z86a Klorn.Starzi May The specimens of aluminium-
bronze, as it is called, have a fine golden hue, which appears to
especial advantage in combination with the pure metal. Alumillize
(aliw-minaiz), v. rare. [f. L. alfimin- alum + -IZE.] To treat or
impregnate with alum, to alum. 1857 .\'af. Mag. I. 390 Our bread
was alumenised if not worse. Alumi.no- (al>«'min0), combining form
of the words ALUMINA, ALUMINUM, used in compound names
implying the union of these with another element, as Alumino-
magncsian silicate, a double silicate of aluminium and magnesium.
1864 Reader^ 18 June 784/1 An alumino-magnesian silicate allied to
chlorite in composition. Aluminose (IW*iun£«i), a. [ad. L. aluminos-
us : see ALUMINOUS.] = ALUMINOUS. 1879 in Syd. Soc. Lex.
ALUNOGEUT. Aluminosity (ali«:minp-siti). rare-1, [f. L. fl/tt ////«
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ALURE. producing.] A mineral, also called Keramohalite, a

hydrous sulphate of alumina, occurring as a feathery efflorescence,
to which, among other substances, the names hair-salt xtA feather-
alum are applied. (Halotrichite, sometimes used as a synonym, is
applied by Dana to a distinct mineral.) , 1868 DANA Min. 650 This
species was made known by Bcudant, and by him first named
Alunogen. 1868 WATTS Diet. Client. V. 579 The normal or neutral
sulphate [of aluminium] AluSOiij . . is known mineralogically as
alunagcn, hair-salt, feather-alum, and halatrichiti. 1878 LAWRENCE
Cot/as Rocks Class. 43 Alunogen is sometimes the product of
volcanic action, sometimes a result of the decomposition of pyrites in
coal districts. t A'lure, sb. Obs. Also 3-4 alour, alur, 4 aler, 5 allure,
[a. OFr. aleure, later alure, now allure, walk, gait, going ; a place to
walk in, a gallery ; f. aller to go : see -URE.] A place to walk in, a
gallery ; esp. a. a walk or passage behind the parapets of a castle,
or round the roof of a church ; b. a covered passage, a cloister ; C.
rarely a walk in a garden, a passage between the seats in a church,
an alley or ' aisle.' 1197 R. GLOUC. 192 Vpe be alurs of be castles be
ladyes banne stode. 1:1300 A". Alls. 7210 The touris to take, and
the torellis, Vawtes, alouris. c 1314 Guy Want}. 85 At the alours thai
defended hem. 1381 WYCLIF i Kings vii. 2 Foure aluris betwixe the
cedre pilers [ L. deambidacra ; 1388 aleis], 1388 — 2 Kings i. 2
Ocozie felde thorou the aleris of his soler [L. per cancellos canaadi
sui; 1381 wyndowes). 1430 LYDG. Chron. Troy n. xi, Freshe alures
with lusty hye pynacles . . That called were deambulatoryes. c 1430
— Star. Thebes 1267 In this gardyn . . In the allures walking to and
fro. 1440 Promf. Parv., Alure or alurys of a towre or stepylle, Canal.
[Test.Ebor. 197 In allura inter fontem et introitum chori.] 1776 T.
WARTON Eng. Poetry (1840) II. xxiii. 300 The sides of every street
were covered with fresh alures of marble, or cloisters. 1851 TURNER
Dorn. Archil, i. 8 And alures of stone were to be raised above the
roof timbers. t Alnred, ppl. a. Obs. In 5 alourde. [f. prec.] Furnished
with an alure or alures. 1412 Catlerick Contr. Parker Gl. Archil. III.
128 The ele sail be alourde accordant with the quere. t Aluring, vbl.
sb. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] Provision or construction of alures ;
alure-work. 1412 Catterick Co. (as above! A botras rising into the
tabill that sail here the aloryng. ibid. The hight of the walks of the
quere sail be . . xx fote with a naluryng abowne. t AluTk, adv., prop.
phr. Obs. [A prcf> -tLUKK.] Out of place, awry. 1572 LAWSON
Orchft, MS. Lansd. No. 208, 4 His heed in shappe as by natures
worke, Not one haire amisse, or lyeth a loorke. AlutaceOUS
(ritetp'JSS), a. [f. L. alutiici-us (f. aluta soft leather) -t- -ous : see -
ACEOUS.] Of the quality or colour of tawed leather. 1873 Trans.
Amer. Phil. Soc. XIII. 122 Striae coarsely punctured, intervals flat,
finely alutaceous. f Aluta'tion. Obs.—° [f. L. aluta prepared leather +
-ATION ; as if f. a L. *alfita-re to prepare leather.] ' A tanning or
dressing of leather.' Cockeram 1623 ; whence in Blount, Bailey, etc.
II Alvara'do. Obs. [Sp. alvoraiia, alborada, 'musicke giuen at the
breake of day" (Minsheu) f. albor, alvor, dawn, f. L. «//ON. Alveolate
(a-lvrolcit, oc-lvwU-it), a. [ad. I,. alveoldt-us, f. alveolus: see
ALVEOLE.] Honeycombed ; pitted with little cavities. 1839 HoorKR
Med. Diet., Alveolalus, Alveolate, having small cavities. 1846 DANA
Zovpk. (1848)508 Corallum profoundly alveolate. 1870 HOOKER
Stud. 1'lora 266 Digitalis pitrpurea . . seeds alveolate. Alveole
(se'lvj|0»l). [s..fr. alveole, &&.\^.alvcolus a little hollow, dim. of
alveus'^ hollow channel.] = ALVEOLUS (which is more often used).
1845 Penny Cycl. Sitppl. I. 364/1 The receplacle naked, alveolate,
the alveoles with elevated dentate margins. Alveoliform (a-lvftflif/im,
rvlw',/rlif/.im), a. [f. L. alveol-tts + -(l)FORM.] ' Celled like a
honeycomb, as in the case of certain corals.' Craig 1^471847-9
TODD Cycl. Anat. % Phys. IV. 65 Alcyonellum . . polygonal,
alveoliform. Alveolite (selvnHait, re-lwtflait). Zool. [f. mod. L. ah-
colitcs, f. L. alvcol-us + -ITE.] A genus of fossil Zoophytes found in
the chalk. 1846 DANA Zooph. (1848) 537 Lamarck's name Alveolites
might be extended to the Stenoporje. 1847 in CKAIG. Alveolo- (selvf
a:t hi ealne wex naeron on wite, & ic be s.-cde ealne wes IMS' bi
narfre ne biob buton wite. 1340 Ayenb. 136 pe wel couaytouse
wrechche bet alneway heb bet e}e to (>e guodes bet obre habbeb
and do)) alneway and makeb alneway semblont bet he ne heb na5t.
c 1374 CHAUCER A nel. ff waye thanke we God therefore. 1473
WARKW. Chron. 4 Alwey he promysed he wuld do. 1513 MORE Edw.
^(1641) 7 Not alway for ill will, but oflner for ambition. 1535
COVERArc. 236 For to love him Alweye \t:r, alwey, ahvayl neveithe
lesse. 1798 TRF.VISA Barth, De P. K, v. xx. (1495) 126 Yf lyfe duryd
a thousande yere alwaye shold growe teeth more and more. 1611
BIBLE Matt, xxviii. 20 And I,oe, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world. 1845 NF.ALE Hymns for Sick 36 Whoso receiveth
them, receiveth Thee, With them alway. fli858MfHLENBKRG//j'w/«, I
would not live alway I ask not to siiiy. 2. = ALWAYS i ; every time, at
all times, on all occasions. Opposed to sometimes, occasionally. 1410
Sir Clcgcs 221 Welhyr wee have les or more, All'VAKKW.C/mm.4
AlORE Edw. 1^(1641) 7 „._.„__ , bition. 1535 COVERDALE 2 Sam.
xv. 2 Absalom gat him vp allwaye early in the mornynge, and stode
in the waye by the porte. 1611 BIBLE John vii. 6 My time is not yet
come : but your time is alway read)-. 1851 TRKNCH roents 46 And
boldly use the children's prayer alway. 1868 Miss J. E. BROWN Lights
thro' Lattice 56 For he Ithe foe] doth mark each open door alway. f
3. In any case, after all, still. ~ ALWAYS 3. Obs. (11400 in Hallam
Alid. Ages (1872) III. 91 Savyng alwey to our liege lord his real
prerogntif. 1413 LYDG. Pylgr. Strwte iv. xx. (1483) 67 He a disciple
is, thou arte a lord Thou al awey art greter than he is. 1475 Kk.
Noblesse 34 Notwithestanding so oft tymes trewes and alliaunces
taken and made . . alle waye whan the Frenshe partie coude have
and fynde any avauntage or coloure . . they did make new werre. t
Alwayness. Obs. [f. prec. + -NESS.] Kverlastingness, eternal
existence, sempiternity. 1674 N. FAIRFAX Hulk e uttre vor hire .sake.
1375 BARBOI/R Jiruce n. 92 James off dowglns, that ay-quhar AlT-
wayis befor the byschop scliar. ci$QQJ\t»n. Rese^iy A bach elere,
That he made alleweyes with hym he. c 14x5 WVNTOUN Cron. \\\,
vi.io In justicelawchfulhewesallwayis, iv$^¥o\\*.\. Lloyd's Cuni^r. 91
And alwaise returned with great spoils. 1593 SHAKS. 3 Hen. /-'/, iv.
iii. 45 Kdward will alwayes beare himselfe as King. 1600 THVNNK
Kf'isr. in Animadv, 1'ref. 57 Thy wife allwaies is but a netdfull ill, And
beste is bad. 1611 BIULF Rom. \, 9, I make mention of you, alwayes
in my prayers. 1711 Anuisos Spcct. No. 7^4 She ts always seeing