Allowably Al·low"a·bly adverb In an allowable manner.

Allowance Al·low"ance noun [ Old French alouance .] 1. Approval; approbation. [ Obsolete] Crabbe.

2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Without the king's will or the state's allowance .
Shak.

3. Acknowledgment.

The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others.
Shak.

4. License; indulgence. [ Obsolete] Locke.

5. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

I can give the boy a handsome allowance .
Thackeray.

6. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

After making the largest allowance for fraud.
Macaulay.

7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret .

Allowance Al·low"ance transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Allowancing ] [ See Allowance , noun ] To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced .

Allowedly Al·low"ed·ly adverb By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.

Allower Al·low"er noun 1. An approver or abettor. [ Obsolete]

2. One who allows or permits.

Alloxan Al·lox"an noun [ All antoin + oxa lic, as containing the elements of allantion and oxalic acid.] (Chemistry) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

Alloxanate Al·lox"a·nate noun (Chemistry) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Alloxanic Al`lox·an"ic adjective (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Alloxantin Al`lox·an"tin noun (Chemistry) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Alloy Al·loy" noun [ Middle English alai , Old French alei , French aloyer , to alloy, alier to ally. See Alloy , transitive verb ] 1. Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam .

2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it.
Locke.

4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy . "Pure English without Latin alloy ." F. Harrison.

Alloy Al·loy" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Alloyed ; present participle & verbal noun Alloying .] [ French aloyer , Old French alier , allier , later allayer , from Latin aligare . See Alloy , noun , Ally , transitive verb , and confer Allay .] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloy Al·loy" transitive verb To form a metallic compound.

Gold and iron alloy with ease.
Ure.

Alloy steel Al"loy steel Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

Alloyage Al·loy"age noun [ French aloyage .] The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

Allspice All"spice` noun The berry of the pimento ( Eugenia pimenta ), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice ( Calycanthus floridus ); wild allspice ( Lindera benzoin ), called also spicebush , spicewood , and feverbush .

Allthing All`thing` adverb [ For in all (= every) thing .] Altogether. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Allude Al·lude" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Alluded ; present participle & verbal noun Alluding .] [ Latin alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to ; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.

These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.
Hooker.

Syn. -- To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer .

Allude Al·lude" transitive verb To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. [ Obsolete] Wither.

Allumette Al`lu`mette noun [ French, from allumer to light.] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

Alluminor Al·lu"mi·nor noun [ Old French alumineor , from Latin ad + liminare . See Luminate .] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [ Obsolete] Cowell.

Allurance Al·lur"ance noun Allurement. [ R.]

Allure Al·lure" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Alluded ; present participle & verbal noun Alluring .] [ Old French aleurrer , alurer , from a (L. ad ) + leurre lure. See Lure .] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.

With promised joys allured them on.
Falconer.

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven
Allured his eye.
Milton.

Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure , Entice , Decoy , Seduce . These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure , which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions.

Allure Al·lure" noun Allurement. [ R.] Hayward.

Allure Al`lure" noun [ F.; aller to go.] Gait; bearing.

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
Harper's Mag.

Allurement Al·lure"ment noun 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell.
Milton.

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

Allurer Al·lur"er noun One who, or that which, allures.

Alluring Al·lur"ing adjective That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly , adverb -- Al*lur"ing*ness , noun

Allusion Al·lu"sion noun [ Latin allusio , from alludere to allude: confer French allusion .] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference. [ Obsolete]

2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

Allusive Al·lu"sive adjective 1. Figurative; symbolical.

2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

Allusively Al·lu"sive·ly adverb Figuratively [ Obsolete]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

Allusiveness Al·lu"sive·ness noun The quality of being allusive.

Allusory Al·lu"so·ry adjective Allusive. [ R.] Warburton.

Alluvial Al·lu"vi·al adjective [ Confer French alluvial . See Alluvion .] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

Alluvial Al·lu"vi·al noun Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Alluvion Al·lu"vi·on noun [ French alluvion , Latin alluvio , from alluere to wash against; ad + luere , equiv. to lavare , to wash. See Lave .] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell.

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.

The golden alluvions are there [ in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains.
R. Cobden.

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion .

Alluvious Al·lu"vi·ous noun [ Latin alluvius . See Alluvion .] Alluvial. [ R.] Johnson.

Alluvium Al·lu"vi·um noun ; plural English Alluviums , Latin Alluvia [ Latin , neut. of alluvius . See Alluvious .] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.

Allwhere All"where` adverb Everywhere. [ Archaic]

Allwork All"work` noun Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork , that is, a general servant.

Ally Al·ly" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Allied ; present participle & verbal noun Allying .] [ Middle English alien , Old French alier , French alier , from Latin alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Confer Alligate , Alloy , Allay , Ligament .] 1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with .

O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied .
Pope.

2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

These three did love each other dearly well,
And with so firm affection were allied .
Spenser.

The virtue nearest to our vice allied .
Pope.

» Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

Ally Al·ly" noun ; plural Allies [ See Ally , v. ] 1. A relative; a kinsman. [ Obsolete] Shak.

2. One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

The English soldiers and their French allies .
Macaulay.

3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.

Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally .
Buckle.

4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.

Ally Al"ly noun See Alley , a marble or taw.

Allyl Al"lyl noun [ Latin all ium garlic + -yl .] (Chemistry) An organic radical, C ₃ H ₅ , existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

Allylene Al"ly·lene noun (Chemistry) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C ₃ H ₄ , homologous with acetylene; propine.

Alma Mater Al"ma Ma"ter [ Latin , fostering mother.] A college or seminary where one is educated.

Alma, Almah Al"ma, Al"mah noun Same as Alme .

Almacantar Al`ma·can"tar noun (Astron.) (a) Same as Almucantar . (b) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar .

Almadia Al`ma·di"a Al"ma*die noun [ French almadie (cf. Spanish & Portuguese almadia ), from Arabic alma'dīyah a raft, float.] (Nautical) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

Almagest Al"ma·gest noun [ French almageste , Late Latin almageste , Arabic al-majistī , from Greek ... (sc. ...), the greatest composition.] The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

Almagra Al·ma"gra noun [ Spanish almagra , almagre , from Arabic al - maghrah red clay or earth.] A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

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