Al"ly (&?;), n. See Alley, a marble or taw.
Al"lyl (&?;), n. [L. allium garlic + -yl.] (Chem.) An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
Al"ly*lene (&?;), n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
Al"ma, Al"mah (&?;), n. Same as Alme.
Al`ma*can"tar (&?;), n. (Astron.) (a) Same as Almucantar. (b) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
{ ||Al`ma*di"a (&?;), ||Al"ma*die (&?;), } n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'dyah a raft, float.] (Naut.) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
Al"ma*gest (&?;), n. [F. almageste, LL. almageste, Ar. al-majist, fr. Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), the greatest composition.] The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
||Al*ma"gra (&?;), n. [Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar. al-maghrah red clay or earth.] A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.
{ Al"main (l"mn), Al"mayne (- mn), Al"man (-man), } n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L. Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.] 1. A German. Also adj., German. Shak.