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   A-list
         n 1: a list of names of specially favored people; "the boss gave
               me his A-list of people we should try to recruit"

English Dictionary: Alcidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aalst
n
  1. a town in central Belgium
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Aelius Donatus
n
  1. Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century)
    Synonym(s): Donatus, Aelius Donatus
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Aeolic dialect
n
  1. the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis
    Synonym(s): Aeolic, Aeolic dialect, Eolic
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al-Jihad
n
  1. an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
    Synonym(s): al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest
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al-Qa'ida
n
  1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
    Synonym(s): al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
al-Qaeda
n
  1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
    Synonym(s): al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
al-Qaida
n
  1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
    Synonym(s): al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alastrim
n
  1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
    Synonym(s): alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
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Alca torda
n
  1. black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
    Synonym(s): razorbill, razor-billed auk, Alca torda
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Alcedinidae
n
  1. kingfishers
    Synonym(s): Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alcedo
n
  1. type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: Alcedo, {genus Alcedo}]
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Alcedo atthis
n
  1. small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
    Synonym(s): Eurasian kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
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Alcidae
n
  1. web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
    Synonym(s): Alcidae, family Alcidae
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Alcides
n
  1. (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
    Synonym(s): Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alcott
n
  1. United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)
    Synonym(s): Alcott, Louisa May Alcott
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Alectis
n
  1. a genus of Carangidae
    Synonym(s): Alectis, genus Alectis
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Alectis ciliaris
n
  1. fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
    Synonym(s): threadfish, thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris
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Alecto
n
  1. one of the three Furies
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Alectoria
n
  1. lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
    Synonym(s): Alectoria, genus Alectoria
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Alectoris
n
  1. a genus of Perdicidae
    Synonym(s): Alectoris, genus Alectoris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alectoris graeca
n
  1. of mountainous areas of southern Europe [syn: {Greek partridge}, rock partridge, Alectoris graeca]
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Alectoris ruffa
n
  1. common western European partridge with red legs [syn: {red- legged partridge}, Alectoris ruffa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alectura
n
  1. brush turkeys
    Synonym(s): Alectura, genus Alectura
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Alectura lathami
n
  1. black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
    Synonym(s): brush turkey, Alectura lathami
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
algid
adj
  1. chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
algidity
n
  1. prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure
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algoid
adj
  1. of or resembling algae
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alight
adj
  1. lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire"
    Synonym(s): ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)
v
  1. to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
    Synonym(s): alight, light, perch
  2. come down; "the birds alighted"
    Synonym(s): alight, climb down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aliquot
adj
  1. signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
n
  1. an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is an aliquot part of 12"
    Synonym(s): aliquot, aliquot part
    Antonym(s): aliquant, aliquant part
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aliquot part
n
  1. an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is an aliquot part of 12"
    Synonym(s): aliquot, aliquot part
    Antonym(s): aliquant, aliquant part
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alistair Cooke
n
  1. United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alkyd
n
  1. a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints
    Synonym(s): alkyd, alkyd resin
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alkyd resin
n
  1. a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints
    Synonym(s): alkyd, alkyd resin
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all get out
n
  1. an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
    Synonym(s): billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allegation
n
  1. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice"
  2. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
    Synonym(s): allegation, allegement
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alleged
adj
  1. declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal
  2. doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
    Synonym(s): alleged(a), so-called, supposed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allegedly
adv
  1. according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alley cat
n
  1. a homeless cat
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allgood
n
  1. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
    Synonym(s): good-king- henry, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, Chenopodium bonus-henricus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator
n
  1. leather made from alligator's hide
  2. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
    Synonym(s): alligator, gator
v
  1. crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator clip
n
  1. a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws [syn: bulldog clip, alligator clip]
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alligator grass
n
  1. prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
    Synonym(s): alligator weed, alligator grass, Alternanthera philoxeroides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator lizard
n
  1. slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alligator mississipiensis
n
  1. large alligator of the southeastern United States [syn: American alligator, Alligator mississipiensis]
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alligator pear
n
  1. a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    Synonym(s): avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alligator sinensis
n
  1. small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits
    Synonym(s): Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator snapper
n
  1. large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
    Synonym(s): alligator snapping turtle, alligator snapper, Macroclemys temmincki
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alligator snapping turtle
n
  1. large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
    Synonym(s): alligator snapping turtle, alligator snapper, Macroclemys temmincki
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator weed
n
  1. prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
    Synonym(s): alligator weed, alligator grass, Alternanthera philoxeroides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligator wrench
n
  1. a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator)
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alligatored
adj
  1. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
    Synonym(s): alligatored, cracked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alligatorfish
n
  1. small very elongate sea poachers [syn: alligatorfish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alligatoridae
n
  1. alligators; caimans [syn: Alligatoridae, {family Alligatoridae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allis shad
n
  1. European shad [syn: allice shad, allis shad, allice, allis, Alosa alosa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allocatable
adj
  1. capable of being distributed [syn: allocable, allocatable, apportionable]
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allocate
v
  1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
    Synonym(s): allocate, apportion
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allocation
n
  1. a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment, allocation]
  2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
    Synonym(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
  3. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
    Synonym(s): allocation, storage allocation
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allocation unit
n
  1. a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
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allocator
n
  1. a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
    Synonym(s): allocator, distributor
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allochthonous
adj
  1. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed
    Antonym(s): autochthonous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allocution
n
  1. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alloy steel
n
  1. steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aloha State
n
  1. a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
    Synonym(s): Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alsatia
n
  1. a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
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Alsatian
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Alsace
  2. breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
    Synonym(s): German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alstonia
n
  1. genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia
    Synonym(s): Alstonia, genus Alstonia
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Alstonia scholaris
n
  1. evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
    Synonym(s): dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alstroemeria
n
  1. any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
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Alstroemeria pelegrina
n
  1. an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily- like flowers
    Synonym(s): Peruvian lily, lily of the Incas, Alstroemeria pelegrina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Alstroemeriaceae
n
  1. one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
    Synonym(s): Alstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aulostomidae
n
  1. trumpetfishes
    Synonym(s): Aulostomidae, family Aulostomidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aulostomus
n
  1. type genus of the Aulostomidae [syn: Aulostomus, {genus Aulostomus}]
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Aulostomus maculatus
n
  1. tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
    Synonym(s): trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alackaday \A*lack"a*day`\, interj. [For alack the day. Cf.
      Lackaday.]
      An exclamation expressing sorrow.
  
      Note: Shakespeare has [bd]alack the day[b8] and [bd]alack the
               heavy day.[b8] Compare [bd]woe worth the day.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A species of auk ({Alca torda}) common in the Arctic
            seas. See {Auk}, and Illust. in Appendix.
      (b) See {Cutwater}, 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alcade \Al*cade"\, n.
      Var. of {Alcaid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alcade \Al*cade"\ ([acr]k*k[amac]d"), n.
      Same as {Alcaid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alcaid \[d8]Al*caid"\, Alcayde \Al*cayde"\ ([acr]k*k[amac]d";
      Sp. [aum]l*k[aum]*[esl]"d[asl]), n. [Sp. alcaide, fr. Ar.
      al-q[be][c6]d governor, fr. q[be]da to lead, govern.]
      1. A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards,
            Portuguese, and Moors.
  
      2. The warden, or keeper of a jail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kingfisher \King"fish`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family
      {Alcedinid[91]}. Most of them feed upon fishes which they
      capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed
      only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty
      species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the
      world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
  
      Note: The belted king-fisher of the United States ({Ceryle
               alcyon}) feeds upon fishes. It is slate-blue above,
               with a white belly and breast, and a broad white ring
               around the neck. A dark band crosses the breast. The
               common European species ({Alcedo ispida}), which is
               much smaller and brighter colored, is also a fisher.
               See {Alcedo}. The wood kingfishers ({Halcyones}), which
               inhabit forests, especially in Africa, feed largely
               upon insects, but also eat reptiles, snails, and small
               Crustacea, as well as fishes. The giant kingfisher of
               Australia feeds largely upon lizards and insects. See
               {Laughing jackass}, under {Laughing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alcedo \[d8]Al*ce"do\, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. [?]. See
      {Halcyon}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher
      ({Alcedo ispida}). See {Halcyon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alcoate \Al"co*ate\, Alcohate \Al"co*hate\, n.
      Shortened forms of {Alcoholate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alcoate \Al"co*ate\, Alcohate \Al"co*hate\, n.
      Shortened forms of {Alcoholate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alecithal \A*lec"i*thal\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] yelk.] (Biol.)
      Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have
      little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
      --Balfour.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alectoromachy \A*lec`to*rom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. [?] cock + [?]
      fight.]
      Cockfighting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alectoromancy \A*lec"to*ro*man`cy\, n.
      See {Alectryomancy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alectryom'achy \A*lec`try*om'a*chy\, n. [Gr. [?] cock + [?]
      fight.]
      Cockfighting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alectryomancy \A*lec"try*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] cock + -mancy.]
      Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on
      the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together
      in the order in which the grains were eaten. --Amer. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.
      eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
            have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
            staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
            called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
            scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
            recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
            fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
            Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
            barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
            Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
            proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
            hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
            rays, forming the silver grain.
  
      2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
  
      Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
  
      {Barren oak}, or
  
      {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.
  
      {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.
  
      {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
            {quercitron oak}.
  
      {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
            {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.
  
      {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.
  
      {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.
  
      {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
            called {enceno}.
  
      {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
            for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
           
  
      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.
  
      {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.
  
      {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.
  
      {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.
  
      {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.
  
      {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.
  
      {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.
  
      {Swamp Spanish oak}, or
  
      {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.
  
      {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.
  
      {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.
  
      {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.
  
      {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
            are:
  
      {Bitter oak}, [or]
  
      {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).
  
      {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.
  
      {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.
  
      {Evergreen oak},
  
      {Holly oak}, [or]
  
      {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.
  
      {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.
  
      {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.
  
      Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
               {Quercus}, are:
  
      {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
            Africana}).
  
      {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
            {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).
  
      {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).
  
      {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.
  
      {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
            excelsum}).
  
      {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alestake \Ale"stake\, n.
      A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an
      alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly
      suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a [bd]bush.[b8]
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alexiteric \A*lex`i*ter"ic\, Alexiterical \A*lex`i*ter"ic*al\,
      a. [Gr. [?] fit to keep off or help, fr. [?] one who keeps
      off, helper; [?] to keep off: cf. F. alexit[8a]re.] (Med.)
      Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom;
      alexipharmic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alexiteric \A*lex`i*ter"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] a remedy, an amulet:
      cf. F. alexit[8a]re, LL. alexiterium.] (Med.)
      A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases,
      and the effects of poison in general. --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alexiteric \A*lex`i*ter"ic\, Alexiterical \A*lex`i*ter"ic*al\,
      a. [Gr. [?] fit to keep off or help, fr. [?] one who keeps
      off, helper; [?] to keep off: cf. F. alexit[8a]re.] (Med.)
      Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom;
      alexipharmic.

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   Algate \Al"gate\, Algates \Al"gates\, adv. [All + gate way. The
      s is an adverbial ending. See {Gate}.]
      1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.]
  
                     Ulna now he algates must forego.         --Spenser.
  
      Note: Still used in the north of England in the sense of
               [bd]everywhere.[b8]
  
      2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
  
      3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Algate \Al"gate\, Algates \Al"gates\, adv. [All + gate way. The
      s is an adverbial ending. See {Gate}.]
      1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.]
  
                     Ulna now he algates must forego.         --Spenser.
  
      Note: Still used in the north of England in the sense of
               [bd]everywhere.[b8]
  
      2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
  
      3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Algid \Al"gid\, a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf.
      F. algide.]
      Cold; chilly. --Bailey.
  
      {Algid cholera} (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

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   Algid \Al"gid\, a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf.
      F. algide.]
      Cold; chilly. --Bailey.
  
      {Algid cholera} (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

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   Algidity \Al*gid"i*ty\, n.
      Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and
      collapse.

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   Algidness \Al"gid*ness\, n.
      Algidity. [Obs.]

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   Algoid \Al"goid\, a. [L. alga + -oid.]
      Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

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   Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alighted}sometimes
      {Alit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alighting}.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
      [be]l[c6]htan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
      meaning out) + l[c6]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
      to remove a burden from, fr. l[c6]ht, leoht, light. See
      {Light}, v. i.]
      1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
            or from a carriage; to dismount.
  
      2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
            bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
  
      3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]

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   Alight \A*light"\, a. [Pref. a- + light.]
      Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. [bd]The lamps were
      alight.[b8] --Dickens.

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   Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alighted}sometimes
      {Alit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alighting}.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
      [be]l[c6]htan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
      meaning out) + l[c6]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
      to remove a burden from, fr. l[c6]ht, leoht, light. See
      {Light}, v. i.]
      1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
            or from a carriage; to dismount.
  
      2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
            bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
  
      3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]

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   Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alighted}sometimes
      {Alit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alighting}.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
      [be]l[c6]htan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
      meaning out) + l[c6]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
      to remove a burden from, fr. l[c6]ht, leoht, light. See
      {Light}, v. i.]
      1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
            or from a carriage; to dismount.
  
      2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
            bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
  
      3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]

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   Aliquot \Al"i*quot\, a. [L. aliquot some, several; alius other +
      quot how many: cf. F. aliquote.] (Math.)
      An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will
      divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of
      15. Opposed to {aliquant}.

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   Allect \Al*lect"\, v. t. [L. allectare, freq. of allicere,
      allectum.]
      To allure; to entice. [Obs.]

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   Allectation \Al`lec*ta"tion\, n. [L. allectatio.]
      Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] --Bailey.

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   Allective \Al*lec"tive\, a. [LL. allectivus.]
      Alluring. [Obs.]

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   Allective \Al*lec"tive\, n.
      Allurement. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

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   Allegation \Al`le*ga"tion\, n. [L. allegatio, fr. allegare,
      allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving
      reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. {Allege} and
      {Adlegation}.]
      1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.
  
      2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive
            assertion; formal averment
  
                     I thought their allegation but reasonable. --Steele.
  
      3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to
            prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the
            charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

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   Allege \Al*lege"\ ([acr]l*l[ecr]j"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Alleged} (-l[ecr]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleging}.] [OE.
      aleggen to bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy,
      prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL.
      exlitigare; L. ex + litigare to quarrel, sue (see
      {Litigate}). The word was confused with L. allegare (see
      {Allegation}), and lex law. Cf. {Allay}.]
      1. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm;
            to assert; as, to allege a fact.
  
      2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
            [Archaic]
  
      3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he
            refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
  
      Syn: To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce;
               declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.

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   Alligate \Al*li*gate\, v. t. [L. alligatus, p. p. of alligare.
      See {Ally}.]
      To tie; to unite by some tie.
  
               Instincts alligated to their nature.      --Sir M. Hale.

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   Alligation \Al`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. alligatio.]
      1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or
            the state of being attached. [R.]
  
      2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions
            concerning the compounding or mixing of different
            ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or
            values.
  
      Note: The rule is named from the method of connecting
               together the terms by certain ligature-like signs.
               Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate;
               medial teaching the method of finding the price or
               quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients
               whose prices and qualities are known; alternate,
               teaching the amount of each of several simple
               ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which
               will be required to make a mixture of given price or
               quality.

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   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

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   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

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   Hellbender \Hell"bend`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large North American aquatic salamander ({Protonopsis
      horrida} or {Menopoma Alleghaniensis}). It is very voracious
      and very tenacious of life. Also called {alligator}, and
      {water dog}.

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   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellbender \Hell"bend`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large North American aquatic salamander ({Protonopsis
      horrida} or {Menopoma Alleghaniensis}). It is very voracious
      and very tenacious of life. Also called {alligator}, and
      {water dog}.

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   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellbender \Hell"bend`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large North American aquatic salamander ({Protonopsis
      horrida} or {Menopoma Alleghaniensis}). It is very voracious
      and very tenacious of life. Also called {alligator}, and
      {water dog}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Avocado \[d8]Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican
      ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[82], avocat, G.
      avogadobaum.]
      The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical
      America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; --
      called also {avocado pear}, {alligator pear}, {midshipman's
      butter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Avocado \[d8]Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican
      ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[82], avocat, G.
      avogadobaum.]
      The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical
      America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; --
      called also {avocado pear}, {alligator pear}, {midshipman's
      butter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the
               Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
               ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries
               Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and
               {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh
               terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most
               important American species. The diamond-back terrapin
               is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of
               the United States.
  
      {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle.
  
      {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American
            tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}.
  
      {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}.
           
  
      {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin
            ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round
            yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata,
            especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
  
      Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises
               are also called turtles.
  
      2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a
            type-revolving cylinder press.
  
      {Alligator turtle}, {Box turtle}, etc. See under {Alligator},
            {Box}, etc.
  
      {green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a marine turtle of the genus
            {Chelonia}, having usually a smooth greenish or
            olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy
            of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup.
            Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which
            ({Chelonia Midas}) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic
            Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more;
            the other ({C. virgata}) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both
            species are similar in habits and feed principally on
            seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle
            grass.
  
      {Turtle cowrie} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome cowrie
            ({Cypr[91]a testudinaria}); the turtle-shell; so called
            because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color
            and form.
  
      {Turtle grass} (Bot.), a marine plant ({Thalassia
            testudinum}) with grasslike leaves, common about the West
            Indies.
  
      {Turtle shell}, tortoise shell. See under {Tortoise}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
      lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
      lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
            family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
            snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
            jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
            notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
            States, there are allied species in South America.
  
      2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
            like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
            (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
                  ball;
            (b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
            (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
                  press}.
  
      {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
            a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
            properties. --Loudon.
  
      {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
            America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
  
      {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes
            ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
            the United States. The name is also applied to other
            species of gar pikes.
  
      {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
            {Avocado}.
  
      {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
            (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
            ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
            southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
            two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
            which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
            scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
            name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
            {Trionyx}.
  
      {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
            ({Guarea Swartzii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alligator wrench \Al"li*ga`tor wrench\ (Mech.)
      A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one
      side.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European shad ({Clupea alosa}); -- called also {allice
      shad} or {allis shad}. The name is sometimes applied to the
      American shad ({Clupea sapidissima}). See {Shad}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allocate \Al"lo*cate\, v. t. [LL. allocatus, p. p. of allocare,
      fr. L. ad + locare to place. See {Allow}.]
      1. To distribute or assign; to allot. --Burke.
  
      2. To localize. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allocation \Al`lo*ca"tion\, n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F.
      allocation.]
      1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing;
            disposition; arrangement. --Hallam.
  
      2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares
            in a company.
  
                     The allocation of the particular portions of
                     Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R.
                                                                              Stanley.
  
      3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance
            made upon an account; -- a term used in the English
            exchequer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allocution \Al`lo*cu"tion\, 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.
  
      2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a
            pope to his clergy. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alloy steel \Al"loy steel\
      Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal
      alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese,
      tungsten, or vanadium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Agalloch \Ag"al*loch\, d8Agallochum \[d8]A*gal"lo*chum\, n. [Gr.
      [?], of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl.
      ah[be]l[c6]m.]
      A soft, resinous wood ({Aquilaria Agallocha}) of highly
      aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is
      called also {agalwood} and {aloes wood}. The name is also
      given to some other species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aloes wood \Al"oes wood`\
      See {Agalloch}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Agalloch \Ag"al*loch\, d8Agallochum \[d8]A*gal"lo*chum\, n. [Gr.
      [?], of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl.
      ah[be]l[c6]m.]
      A soft, resinous wood ({Aquilaria Agallocha}) of highly
      aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is
      called also {agalwood} and {aloes wood}. The name is also
      given to some other species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aloes wood \Al"oes wood`\
      See {Agalloch}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alsatian \Al*sa"tian\, n.
      An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia
      or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in
      London.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alsatian \Al*sa"tian\, a.
      Pertaining to Alsatia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]
      1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}).
  
      2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice
            ({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried
            constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle
            gum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bromlife \Brom"life\, n. [From Bromley Hill, near Alston,
      Cumberland, England.] (Min.)
      A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between
      witherite and strontianite; -- called also {alstonite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
            shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
            called also {rest-harrow}.
  
      {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
            winged game.
  
      {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
            officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
            and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
           
  
      {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of
            the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
            as projected.
  
      {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var.
            Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
            that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
  
      {Ground hog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}).
                  See {Woodchuck}.
            (b) The aardvark.
  
      {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
            before it forms on the surface.
  
      {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}.
           
  
      {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
            sleeper.
  
      {Ground lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}.
  
      {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under
            {Arbutus}.
  
      {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
            of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
  
      {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
            flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
            radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}).
  
      {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
            churchyard.
  
      {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
            rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
            embedded.
  
      {Ground parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), one of several Australian
            parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and
            {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground.
  
      {Ground pearl} (Zo[94]l.), an insect of the family
            {Coccid[91]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants'
            nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They
            are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the
            natives.
  
      {Ground pig} (Zo[94]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
            ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to
            the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
            spines; -- called also {ground rat}.
  
      {Ground pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of
            pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the
            tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the
            Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See
            {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above).
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.)
            (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A.
                  Cham[91]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
                  {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous
                  smell. --Sir J. Hill.
            (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
                  {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club
                  moss}.
            (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
                  height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in
                  moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
                  States. --Gray.
  
      {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
            building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
            elevation or perpendicular section.
  
      {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in
            perspective drawing.
  
      {Ground plate}.
            (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
                  building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
                  ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
                  groundsel.
            (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
                  mudsill.
            (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
                  conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
                  the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
                  --Knight.
  
      {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is
            erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
            plan.
  
      {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
            caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
            and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
  
      {Ground rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground pig} (above).
  
      {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on
            another man's land.
  
      {Ground robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chewink}.
  
      {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
            --Tatler.
  
      {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
            which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
            breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
            also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}.
  
      {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above).
  
      {Ground snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing American snake
            ({Celuta am[d2]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
            tail.
  
      {Ground squirrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
                  genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek
                  pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
                  striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
                  species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
                  striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
                  Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}.
            (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to
                  {Tamias}.
  
      {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above).
  
      {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
            matrix, of tissues.
  
      {Ground swell}.
            (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
            (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
                  caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
                  remote distance after the gale has ceased.
  
      {Ground table}. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
  
      {Ground tackle} (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
            vessel at anchor. --Totten.
  
      {Ground thrush} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of
            bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[91]}.
            See {Pitta}.
  
      {Ground tier}.
            (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
                  --Totten.
            (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
                  vessel's hold.
            (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
  
      {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
            keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
            --Knight.
  
      {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground wren} (below).
  
      {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
            etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
           
  
      {Ground wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[91]a
            fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
            the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}.
           
  
      {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite},
            {Break}.
  
      {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to
            nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
  
      {To gain ground}.
            (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
                  army in battle gains ground.
            (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
                  army gains ground on the enemy.
            (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
                  influential.
  
      {To get, [or] To gather}, {ground}, to gain ground. [R.]
            [bd]Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
                     of them, but by bidding higher.         --South.
  
      {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage.
  
                     These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
  
      {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
            position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
            or reputation; to decline.
  
      {To stand one's ground}, to stand firm; to resist attack or
            encroachment. --Atterbury.
  
      {To take the ground} to touch bottom or become stranded; --
            said of a ship.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Algodones, NM
      Zip code(s): 87001

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Algood, TN (town, FIPS 640)
      Location: 36.19772 N, 85.44723 W
      Population (1990): 2399 (1016 housing units)
      Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38501

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Allgood, AL (town, FIPS 1396)
      Location: 33.90643 N, 86.51804 W
      Population (1990): 464 (188 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alligator, MS (town, FIPS 940)
      Location: 34.08981 N, 90.72020 W
      Population (1990): 187 (71 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38720

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Allston, MA
      Zip code(s): 02134

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alstead, NH
      Zip code(s): 03602

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alston, GA (town, FIPS 1808)
      Location: 32.08051 N, 82.47962 W
      Population (1990): 160 (58 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alzada, MT
      Zip code(s): 59311
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