v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting. ] [ OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot. See Lot. ] 1. To distribute by lot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; god. ] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement. ] 1. The act of allotting; assignment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'allo`trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie. ] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`llos other + trophic. ] (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to autotrophic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. allotropique. ] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. [1913 Webster]

n. Allotropic property or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change in physical properties but not in substance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + direction, way, &unr_; to turn: cf. F. allotropie. ] (Chem.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who allots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allotment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the official list of candidates competing in an election. There are no women on the ballot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ballot box, (a) a box for receiving ballots. (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as ballot{ 2 }. “The question will be resolved by the ballot box.” [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting. ] [ F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n. ] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. [ 1913 Webster ]

None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i. ] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballottage. ] In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. Voting by ballot. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who votes by ballot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [ Obs. ] Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul. ] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assume the calotte, to become a priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gall nutgall + tannic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr Gr. &unr_; fleecy. ] (Zool.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + E. therapy. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong allotment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot. ] (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot. [ 1913 Webster ]