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   aeolian lyre
         n 1: a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind
               passes over them [syn: {aeolian harp}, {aeolian lyre},
               {wind harp}]

English Dictionary: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alan Alexander Milne
n
  1. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956) [syn: Milne, A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
n
  1. English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
    Synonym(s): Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all in all
adv
  1. with everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"
    Synonym(s): all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout ensemble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   All \All\, n.
      The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing;
      everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole;
      totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at
      stake.
  
               Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
               All that thou seest is mine.                  --Gen. xxxi.
                                                                              43.
  
      Note: All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a
               thing, all of us.
  
      {After all}, after considering everything to the contrary;
            nevertheless.
  
      {All in all}, a phrase which signifies all things to a
            person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly;
            altogether.
  
                     Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, Forever.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Trust me not at all, or all in all.   --Tennyson.
  
      {All in the wind} (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails
            are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.
           
  
      {All told}, all counted; in all.
  
      {And all}, and the rest; and everything connected. [bd]Bring
            our crown and all.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {At all}.
      (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] [bd]She is a
            shrew at al(l).[b8] --Chaucer.
      (b) A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis,
            usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and
            signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or
            to the least extent; in the least; under any
            circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any
            property at all? [bd]Nothing at all.[b8] --Shak. [bd]If
            thy father at all miss me.[b8] --1 Sam. xx. 6.
  
      {Over all}, everywhere. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      Note: All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning,
               or add force to a word. In some instances, it is
               completely incorporated into words, and its final
               consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always:
               but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to
               adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen,
               as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant,
               all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as,
               allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout,
               alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are
               now written separately.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moly \Mo"ly\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].]
      1. A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and
            white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes
            to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe. --Milton.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of garlic ({Allium Moly}) with large yellow
            flowers; -- called also {golden garlic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alonely \A*lone"ly\, adv.
      Only; merely; singly. [Obs.]
  
               This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but
               unto all his heirs and posterity.            --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alonely \A*lone"ly\, a.
      Exclusive. [Obs.] --Fabyan.

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Alammelech, God is king
  
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