alon

a. [ All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. ān one, alone. See All, One, Lone. ] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sole; only; exclusive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

To let alone or
To leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exclusive. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Only; merely; singly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [ R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See Long. ] 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In company; together. [ 1913 Webster ]

He to England shall along with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All along, all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout. “I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.” Addison. --
To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. “She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.” Mrs. Stowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across. “Along the lowly lands.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ AS. gelang owing to. ] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.) [ 1913 Webster ]

Along of,
Along on, often shortened to
Long of, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [ Obs. or Low. Eng. ] “On me is not along thin evil fare.” Chaucer. “And all this is long of you.” Shak. “This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.” London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Along the shore or coast. [ 1913 Webster ]