Alp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Alp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alp n any high mountain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alp \Alp\, n. A bullfinch. --Rom. of R.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alp \Alp\, n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or lump: cf. F. Alpes.] 1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. --Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. --Pope. 2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. [bd]The Alps doth spit.[b8] --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ALP A {list processing} extension of {Mercury Autocode}. ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. (1995-01-24)