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Aldebaran
n 1: the brightest star in Taurus

English Dictionary: Althea officinalis	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-devouring adj (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Althea officinalis n European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers Synonym(s): marsh mallow, white mallow, Althea officinalis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broom rape \Broom" rape`\ (Bot.) A genus ({Orobanche}) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as {Aphyllon uniflorum}and {A. Ludovicianum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aldebaran \Aldeb"aran\, n. [Ar. al-debar[be]n, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades.] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive. 2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. --Gay. {All to}, [or] {All-to}. In such phrases as [bd]all to rent,[b8] [bd]all to break,[b8] [bd]all-to frozen,[b8] etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in [bd]all forlorn,[b8] and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, [bd]The vail of the temple was to rent:[b8] and of Judas, [bd]He was hanged and to-burst the middle:[b8] i. e., burst in two, or asunder. {All along}. See under {Along}. {All and some}, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] [bd]Displeased all and some.[b8] --Fairfax. {All but}. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. [bd]The fine arts were all but proscribed.[b8] --Macaulay. {All hollow}, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] {All one}, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. {All over}, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [Colloq.] {All the better}, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference. {All the same}, nevertheless. [bd]There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not.[b8] --J. C. Shairp. [bd]But Rugby is a very nice place all the same.[b8] --T. Arnold. -- See also under {All}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Better \Bet"ter\, a.; compar. of Good. [OE. betere, bettre, and as adv. bet, AS. betera, adj., and bet, adv.; akin to Icel. betri, adj., betr, adv., Goth. batiza, adj., OHG. bezziro, adj., baz, adv., G. besser, adj. and adv., bass, adv., E. boot, and prob. to Skr. bhadra excellent. See {Boot} advantage, and cf. {Best}, {Batful}.] 1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. Could make the worse appear The better reason. --Milton. 2. Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect. To obey is better than sacrifice. --1 Sam. xv. 22. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. --Ps. cxviii. 9. 3. Greater in amount; larger; more. 4. Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better. 5. More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject. {All the better}. See under {All}, adv. {Better half}, an expression used to designate one's wife. My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee. --Sir P. Sidney. {To be better off}, to be in a better condition. {Had better}. (See under {Had}). Note: The phrase had better, followed by an infinitive without to, is idiomatic. The earliest form of construction was [bd]were better[b8] with a dative; as, [bd]Him were better go beside.[b8] (--Gower.) i. e., It would be better for him, etc. At length the nominative (I, he, they, etc.) supplanted the dative and had took the place of were. Thus we have the construction now used. By all that's holy, he had better starve Than but once think this place becomes thee not. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allottable \Allot"table\, a. Capable of being allotted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Altivolant \Altiv"olant\, a. [L. altivolans. See {Volant}.] Flying high. [Obs.] --Blount.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Alta Vista, IA (city, FIPS 1540) Location: 43.19568 N, 92.41713 W Population (1990): 246 (124 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50603 Alta Vista, KS (city, FIPS 1575) Location: 38.86473 N, 96.48896 W Population (1990): 477 (215 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66834
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Altavista, VA (town, FIPS 1528) Location: 37.12355 N, 79.28448 W Population (1990): 3686 (1618 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24517
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Alto Pass, IL (village, FIPS 1205) Location: 37.57287 N, 89.31926 W Population (1990): 417 (165 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62905
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ault Field, WA (CDP, FIPS 3215) Location: 48.33711 N, 122.67616 W Population (1990): 3795 (321 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 9.1 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
alt bit /awlt bit/ [from alternate] adj. See {meta bit}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
alt bit /awlt bit/ alternate bit. See {meta bit}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Alta Vista A {World-Wide Web} site provided by {Digital} which features a very fast Web and {Usenet} {search engine}. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. AltaVista is currently (June 1996) the largest Web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 {Usenet} news groups. It is accessed over 12 million times per weekday. {Home (http://www.altavista.digital.com/)}. (1996-06-10)