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

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The feast of All Saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [ Obs. ] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. capable of being allocated.
Syn. -- allocable, apportionable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ LL. allocatus, p. p. of allocare, fr. L. ad + locare to place. See Allow. ] 1. To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To localize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation. ] 1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to allow. ] (Law) “Allowed.” The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Changeable in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; changed in color, fr. &unr_; other + &unr_; color. ] Changing color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution. ] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Allodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. allodialis, fr. allodium: cf. F. allodial. See Allodium. ] (Law) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anything held allodially. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The allodial system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds allodial land. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By allodial tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds an allodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis, of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and &unr_;t (AS. eād) possession, property. It means, therefore, entirely one's property. ] (Law) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Different in nature or kind. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; another + -graph. ] A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allograph. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; part. ] (Chem.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to allometry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + morfh` form. ] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. allonge, earlier alonge, a lengthening. See Allonge, v., and cf. Lunge. ] 1. (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [ A French usage ] Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. allonger; à (L. ad) + long (L. longus) long. ] To thrust with a sword; to lunge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. allonyme, fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; name. ] 1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Published under the name of some one other than the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ See Halloo. ] To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. allopathe. ] An allopathist. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. allopathique. ] Of or pertaining to allopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; suffering, &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. G. allopathie, F. allopathie. See Pathos. ] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; of another tribe; &unr_; other + &unr_; class or tribe. ] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. J. Prichard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alloquim, fr. alloqui. ] A speaking to another; an address. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]