ALL 4. All is much used in composition; but, in most instances, it is merely arbitrary; as, all-commanding. Sometimes the words compounded with it are fixed and classical; as, almighty. When it is connected with the participle, it seems to be a noun: as, all-surrounding : in other cases an adverb; as, all-accomplished, or 'completely accomplished. Of these compounds, a small part of those which may be found is inserted. ALL-BEARING. adj. [from all and bear.] That bears every thing; omniparous. Thus while he spoke, the 'sov'reign plant he t drew, all. Soon as the all-cheering sun Should, in the farthest cast, begin to draw over all. He now sets before them the high and shining Wrapt in embow'ring shades Ulysses lies, Second of Satan sprung, all-conquering death! spare. Secure from flames, from envy's fiercer rage, Destructive war, and all-devouring age. ALL-FOURS. n. s. [from all and four.] A Pope. low game at cards, played by two; so named from the four particulars by which it is reckoned, and which, joined in the hard of either of the parties, are said to make all-fours. ALL HAIL. n. s. [from all and hail, for bealth.] All health. This is therefore not a compound, though perhaps usually reckoned among them; a term of salutation. Salve, or salvete. All bail, ye fields, where constant peace attends! All bail, ye sacred solitary groves! All bail, ye books, my true, my real friends, Whose conversation pleases and improves! Walsh. ALL HALLOW. n. s. [from all and halALL HALIOWS. low.] All saints day; the first of November. ALL ALL-HALLOWN. adj. [from all and halloa, to make holy.] The time about All saints day. A Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, ALLHALLOW TIDE n. s. [Šee ALL-HAL- Cut off the bough about Allhallowtide, in the bare place, and set it in the ground, and it will grow to be a fair tree in one year. Bac. N. Hist. ALL-HEAL. n. s. [panax, Lat.] A species of ironwort; which see. ALL-JUDGING. adj. [from all and judge.] ment. them. Shall we repine at a little misplaced charity, we, who could no way foresee the effect; when an all-knowing, all-wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and un-. ALL-MAKING. adj. [from all and make.] deserving? Atterbury's Sermons. That created all; omnifick. See ALL SEEING. ALL-POWERFUL. adj. [from all and powerful.] Almighty; omnipotent; possessed of infinite power. O all-powerful Being! the least motion of That high All-seer, which I dallied with, The same First Mover certain bounds has How long those perishable forms shall last; By that all-seeing and all-making mind. Dryden. ALL SOULS DAY. n. s. The day on which supplications are made for all souls by the church of Rome; the second of November. This is all souls day, fellows, is it not?- The testimonies of God are perfect, the testi monies of God are all-sufficient unto that end for which they were given. Hooker. He can more than employ all our powers is their utmost elevation; for he is every way perfect and all-sufficient. Norris. ALL-WISE. adj. [from all and wise.] Possest of infinite wisdom. There is an infinite, eternal, all-wise mind governing the affairs of the world. South. Prior. Supreme, all-zuise, eternal potentate! Sole author, sole disposer, of our fate! ALLANTO'IS, or ALLANTO'IDES. n. s.[from as a gut, and ad, shape.] The urinary tunick placed between the amnion and chorion, which, by the navel and urachus, or passage by which the urine is conveyed from the infant in the womb, receives the urine that comes out of the bladder. Quincy. To ALLA'Y. v. a. [from alloyer, Fr. to mix one metal with another in order to coinage it is therefore derived by some from à la loi, according to law; the quantity of metals being mixed according to law: : by others, from allier, to unite : perhaps from allocare, to put together.] 1. To mix one metal with another, to make it fitter for coinage. In this sense most authors preserve the original French orthography, and write alloy. See AL LOY. 2. To join any thing to another, so as to abate its predominant qualities. It is used commonly in a sense contrary to its original meaning, and is, to make something bad, less bad. To obtund; to repress; to abate. Being brought into the open air, Shakspeare." No friendly offices shall alter or allay that rancour, that frets in some hellish breasts, which, upon all occasions, will foam out at its foul mouth in slander and invective. South. 3. To quiet; to pacify; to repress. The word, in this sense, I think not to be derived from the French alloyer, but to be the English word lay, with a before it, according to the old form. If by your art you have Put the wild waters in this roar,allay them. Shak. ALLA'Y. n. s. [alloy, Fr.] 1. The metal of a baser kind mixed in coins to harden them, that they may wear less. Gold is allayed with silver and copper, two carats to a pound Troy; silver with copper only, of which eighteen penny-weights is mixed with a pound. Cowell thinks the allay is added, to countervail the charge of coining; which might have been done only by making the coin less. For fools are stubborn in their way, As coins are harden'd by th' allay. Hudibras. 2. Any thing which, being added, abates the predominant qualities of that with which it is mingled; in the same man ner as the admixture of baser metals allays the qualities of the first mass. 3. Dark colours easily suffer a sensible allay, by little scattering light. Newton's Opticks. Allay being taken from baser metals, commonly implies something worse than that with which it is mixed. The joy has no allay of jealousy, hope, and fear. Roscommon. ALLA'YER. n. s. [from allay.] The person or thing which has the power or quality of allaying. Phlegm and pure blood are reputed allayers of acrimony; and Avicen countermands letting blood in cholerick bodies; because he esteems the blood a frenum bilis, or a bridle of gall, obtunding its acrimony and fierceness. Harvey. ALLA'YMENT. n. s. [from allay.] That which has the power of allaying or abating the force of another. If I could temporize with my affection, Or brew it to a weak and colder palate, The like allayment would I give my grief. Shak. ALLEGATION. n. s. [from allege.] 1. Affirmation; declaration. 2. The thing alleged or affirmed. Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here With ignominious words, though darkly coucht? As if she had suborned some to swear False allegations, to o'erthrow his state? Shaksp. 3. An excuse; a plea. I omitted no means to be informed of my errours: and I expect not to be excused in any negligence on account of youth, want of leisure, or any other idle allegations. Pope. To ALLE'GE. v. a. [allego, Lat.] 1. To affirm; to declare; to maintain. 2. To plead as an excuse, or produce as an argument. Surely the present form of church-government is such, as no law of God, or reason of man, hath hitherto been alleged of force sufficient to prove they do ill, who, to the utmost of their power, withstand the alteration thereof. Hooker. If we forsake the ways of grace or goodness, we cannot allege any colour of ignorance, or want of instruction; we cannot say we have not learned them, or we could not. Sprat. He hath a clear and full view, and there is no more to be alleged for his better information. Locke. ALLE GEABLE. adj. [from allege.] That may be alleged. Upon this interpretation all may be solved that is allegeable against it. Brozen's Vulgar Errours. ALLE GEMENT. n. s. [from allege.] The same with allegation. Dict. ALLE'GER. n. s. [from allege.] He that alleges. The narrative, if we believe it as confidently as the famous alleger of it, Pamphilio, appears to do, would argue, that there is no other prin ciple requisite, than what may result from the lucky mixture of several bodies. Boyle, ALLEGIANCE. n. s [allegeance, Fr.] The duty of subjects to the government. I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths, Even in the presence of the crowned king. Shak. We charge you, on allegiance to ourselves, To hold your slaughtering hands, and keep the peace. Shakspeare. The house of commons, to whom every day petitions are directed by the several counties of England, professing all allegiance to them, govern absolutely; the lords concurring, or rather submitting, to whatsoever is proposed. Clarendon. ALLE GIANT. adj. [from allege.] Loyal; conformable to the duty of allegiance. Not used. For your great graces Heap'd upon me, poor undeserver, I Can nothing render but allegiant thanks, My pray'rs to heaven for you. Shakspeare. ALLEGORICAL. adj. [from allegory.] ALLEGO'RICK. After the manner of an allegory; not real; not literal; mystical. A kingdom they portend thee; but what kingdom, Real or allegorick, I discern not. Milton. When our Saviour said, in an allegorical and mystical sense, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you; the hearers understood him literally and grossly. Bentley. The epithet of Apollo for shooting, is capable of two applications; one literal, in respect of the darts and bow, the ensigns of that god; the other allegorical, in regard to the rays of the sun. Pope. ALLEGO'RICALLY. adv. [from allegory. After an allegorical manner. Virgil often makes Iris the messenger of Juno, allegorically taken for the air. Peacham. The placeis to be understood allegorically; and what is thus spoken by a Phracian with wisdom, is, by the poet, applied to the goddess of it. Pope. ALLEGO'RICALNESS. . . [from aliegorical. The quality of being allegorical. Dict. To AʼLLEGORIZE. v. a. [from allegory.] To turn into allegory; to form an allegory; to take in a sense not literal. He hath very wittily allegorized this tree, allowing his supposition of the tree itself to be Raleigh. true. As some would allegorize these signs, so others would confine them to the destruction of Jerusalem. Burnet's Theory. Locke. An alchymist shall reduce divinity to the maxims of his laboratory, explain morality by sal, sulphur, and mercury; and allegorize the scripture itself, and the sacred mysteries thereof, into the philosopher's stone. AʼLLÉGORY. z. s. [chanyozta ] A figurative discourse, in which something other is intended, than is contained in the words literally taken; as, wealth is the daughter of diligence, and the parent of authority. Neither must we draw out our allegory too long, lest either we make ourselves obscure, or fall into affectation which is childish. Ben Jonson. This word nympha meant nothing else but, by allegory, the vegetative humour or moisture that quickeneth and giveth life to trees and flowers, whereby they grow. Peacham. ALLEGRO. n. s. A word denoting one of the six distinctions of time. It ex presses a sprightly motion, the quickest of all, except Presto. It originally means ALLELUJAH. n. gay, as in Milton. S. [This word is falsely written for Hallelujab, and ] A word of spiritual exultation, used in hymns; it signifies, Praise God. He will set his tongue to those pious divine strains, which may be a proper præludium to those allelujabs he hopes eternally to sing. Government of the Tongue. ALLEMANDE. n. s. [Ital.] A grave kind of musick. Dict. TO ALLEVIATE. v. a‹ [allevo, Lat.] 1. To make light; to ease; to soften. The pains taken in the speculative, will much alleviate me in describing the practic part. Har. Most of the distempers are the effects of abused plenty and luxury, and must not be charged upon our Maker; who, notwithstanding, hath provided excellent medicines to alleviate those evils which we bring upon ourselves. Bentley. 2. To extenuate, or soften; as, he alieviates his fault by an excuse. ALLEVIATION. n. s. [from alleviate.] 1. The act of making light, of allaying, or extenuating. All apologies for, and alleviations of faults, though they are the heights of humanity, yet they are not the favours, but the duties, of friendship. South. 2. That by which any pain is eased, or fault extenuated. This loss of one-fifth of their income will sit heavy on them, who shall feel it, without the alleviation of any profit. A'LLEY. n.3. [allée, Fr.] 1. A walk in a garden. 2. Locke. And all within were walks and alleys wide, With footing worn, and leading inward far. Spenser. Where alleys are close gravelled, the earth putteth forth the first year knotgrass, and after spiregrass. Bacon's Natural History. Yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown. Milton. Come, my fair love, our morning's task we lose; Some labour ev'n the easiest life would choose: Ours is not great; the dangling boughs to crop, Whose too luxuriant growth our alleys stop. Dryd The thriving plants, ignoble broomsticks made, Now sweep those alleys they were born to shade. A passage in towns narrower than a Pope. street. A back friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that commands the passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lanes. Shakspeare. ALLIANCE. n. s. [alliance, Fr.] 1. The state of connection with another by confederacy; a league. In this sense, our histories of queen Anne mention the grand alliance. 2. Relation by marriage. A bloody Hymen shall th' alliance join Betwixt the Trojan and th' Ausonian line. Dryd. 3. Relation by any form of kindred. For my father's sake, And for alliance sake, declare the cause My father lost his head. Shakspeare. Ádrastus soon with gods averse shall join In dire alliance with the Theban line; Thence strife shall rise, and mortal war succeed. Pope. 4. The act of forming or contracting relation to another; the act of making a confederacy. Dorset, your son, that with a fearful soul Shakspeare. 5. The persons allied to each other. I would not boast the greatness of my father, But point out new alliances to Cato. Addison. ALLICIENCY. 7. s. [allicio, Lat. to entice or draw.] The power of attracting any thing; magnetism; attraction. The feigned central alliciency is but a word, and the manner of it still occult. Glanville. To ALLIGATE. v. a. [alligo, Lat.] To tie one thing to another; to unite. ALLIGATION. n. s. [from alligate.] 3. An allowance made upon an account; a term used in the Exchequer. Chambers, ALLOCU'TION. n. s. [allocutio, Lat.] The act of speaking to another. ALLO'DIAL. adj. [from allodium.] Held without any acknowledgment of superiority; not feudal; independent. ALLODIUM. n. s. {A word of very uncertain derivation, but most probably of German original.] A possession held in absolute independence, without any acknowledgment of a lord paramount, It is opposed to fee, or feudum, which intimates some kind of dependence. There are no allodial lands in England, all being held either mediately or imme diately of the king. ALLO'NGE. n. s. [allonge, Fr.] A pass or thrust with a rapier, so called from the lengthening of the space taken up by the fencer. 2. It is likewise taken for along rein, when the horse is trotted in the hand. 1. The act of tying together; the state of To ALLO'o. v. a. [This word is generally being so tied. 2. The arithmetical rule that teaches to adjust the price of compounds, formed of several ingredients of different value. ALLIGATOR. n. s. The crocodile. This name is chiefly used for the crocodile of America, between which, and that of Africa, naturalists have laid down this difference, that one moves the upper and the other the lower jaw; but this is now known to be chimerical, the lower jaw being equally moved by both. See CROCODILE, In his needy shop a tortoise hung, An alligator stuff'd, and other skins Of ill-shap'd fishes. Shakspeare. Aloft in rows large poppy-heads were strung, And here a scaly alligator hung. Garth's Disp. A'LLIGATURE. n. s. [from alligate.] The link, or ligature, by which two things are joined together. Dict. ALLISION. . s. [allido, allisum, Lat.] The act of striking one thing against another. spoke halloo, and is used to dogs, when they are incited to the chace or battle; it is commonly imagined to come from the French allons; perhaps from all in, look all; showing the object.] To set on; to incite a dog, by crying alloe. Alloo thy furious mastiff; bid him vex The noxious herd, and print upon their ears A sad memorial of their past offence. Philips. A'LLOQUY. n. s. [alloquium, Lat.] The act of speaking to another; address; conversation. To ALLO'T. v. 2. [from lot.] 1. To distribute by lot. Since fame was the only end of all their stu dies, a man cannot be too scrupulous in allotting Tatler. them their due portion of it. ALLO'TMENT. s. [from allɔt.] 1. That which is allotted to any one; the part, the share, the portion granted. There can be no thought of security or quiet in this world, but in a resignation to the allot ments of God and nature. L'Estrange. Though it is our duty to submit with patience to more scanty allotments, yet thus much we may reasonably and lawfully ask of God. Rogers. 2. Part appropriated. It is laid out into a grove for fruits and shade, a vineyard, and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome. ALLOTTERY. n. s. [from allot.] That which is granted to any particular per son in a distribution. See ALLOTMENT. Allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament. Shakspeare. To ALLOW. v. a. [allouer, Fr. from allaudare, Lat.] 1. To admit; as, to allow a position; not to contradict; not to oppose. The principles which all mankind allow for true, are innate; those that men of right reason, admit, are the principles allowed by all mankind. Locke. The power of musick all our hearts allow; And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. Pope: That some of the Presbyterians declared openly against the king's murder, I allow to be Swift. true. 2. To justify; to maintain as right. The pow'rs above Alloru obedience. Shakspeare. The Lord alloweth the righteous. Bible. 3. To grant; to yield; to own any one's title to. We will not, in civility, allow too much sincerity to the professions of most men; but think their actions to be interpreters of their thoughts. Locke. I shall be ready to allow the pope as little power here as you please. Swift. 4. To grant license to; to permit. Let's follow the old earl, and get the beldam To lead him where he would; his roguish madness Allows itself to any thing. Shakspeare. But, as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 1 Thess. They referred all laws, that were to be passed in Ireland, to be considered, corrected, and allowed, first by the state of England. Davies. 5. To give a sanction to; to authorize. There is no slander in an allow'd fool. Shaks. 6. To give to; to pay to. Ungrateful then! if we no tears allow To him that gave us peace and empire too. Wal. 7. To appoint for; to set out to a certain use; as, he allowed his son the third part of his income. 8. To make abatement, or provision; or to settle any thing, with some concessions or cautions regarding something else. If we consider the different occasions of ancient and modern medals, we shall find they both agree in recording the great actions and successes in war; allowing still for the different ways of making it, and the circumstances that attended Addison. it. God allervable. Hooker. I was, by the freedom allowable among friends, tempted to vent my thoughts with negligence. Boyle. Reputation becomes a signal and a very peculiar blessing to magistrates; and their pursuit of it is not only allozvable but laudable. Atterbury. ALLO'WABLENESS. n. s. [from allowe able.] The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition. Lots, as to their nature, use, and allervableness, in matters of recreation, are indeed impugned by some, though better defended by others. South's Sermons. ALLOWANCE. n. s. [from allow.] 1. Admission without contradiction. That which wisdem did first begin, and hath been with good men long continued, challengeth allortance of them that succeed, although it plead for itself nothing. Hooker. Without the notion and allervance of spirits, our philosophy will be lame and defective in one main part of it. Locke. 2. Sanction; license; authority. You sent a large commission to conclude, Without the king's will, or the state's allowance, A league between his Highness and Ferrara. Shak. 3. Permission; freedom from restraint. 4. They should therefore be accustomed betimes to consult and make use of their reason, before they give allowance to their inclinations. Locke. A settled rate, or appointment, for any use. The victual in plantations ought to be expended almost as in a besieged town; that is, with certain allowance. Bacon. And his allorvance was a continual allowance given him of the king; a daily rate for every day all his life. 2 Kings. 5. Abatement from the first rigour of a law or demand. The whole poem, though written in heroic verse, is of the Pindaric nature, as well in the thought as the expression; and, as such, requires the same grains of allowance for it. Dryden. Parents never give allowances for an innocent passion. Swift. 6. Established character; reputation. His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot Of very expert and approv'd allowance.“Shæksp, ALLO'Y. n. s. [See ALLAY.] 1. Baser metal mixed in coinage. That precise weight and fineness, by law appropriated to the pieces of each denomination, is called the standard. Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alley is baser metal mixed with it. Locke. Let another piece be coined of the same weight, wherein half the silver is taken out, and copper, or other alloy, put into the place, it will be worth but half as much; for the value of the alloy is so inconsiderable as not to be reckoned. Lacke. 2. Abatement; diminution. The pleasures of sense are probably relished by beasts in a more exquisite degree than they are by men; for they taste them sincere and pure without mixture or alloy. Atterbury. ALLUBE'SCENCY. n. s. [allubescentia, Lat.] Willingness; content. Diet. T-ALLU’DE. v. n. [alludo, Lat.] To |