A*loft", prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.]

Fresh waters run aloft the sea.

Holland.

A*lo"gi*an (&?;), n. [LL. Alogiani, Alogii, fr. Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; word.] (Eccl.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

Al"o*gy (&?;), n. [L. alogia, Gr. &?;, fr. 'a priv. + &?; reason.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. [Obs.]

Al"o*in (&?;), n. (Chem.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.

Al"o*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, salt + - mancy: cf. F. alomancie, halomancie.] Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] Morin.

A*lone" (&?;), a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. n one, alone. See All, One, Lone.] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.

Alone on a wide, wide sea.

Coleridge.

It is not good that the man should be alone.

Gen. ii. 18.

2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.

Man shall not live by bread alone.

Luke iv. 4.

The citizens alone should be at the expense.

Franklin.

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