I would not live alway.
Job vii. 16.
Al"ways (&?;), adv. [All + way. The s is an adverbial (orig. a genitive) ending.] 1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Even in Heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts.
Milton.
2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
He always rides a black galloway.
Bulwer.
||A*lys"sum (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, name of a plant, perh. fr. 'a priv. + &?; raging madness.] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Am (&?;). [AS. am, eom, akin to Gothic im, Icel. em, Olr. am, Lith. esmi, L. sum., Gr. &?;, Zend ahmi, Skr. asmi, fr. a root as to be. &?;. See Are, and cf. Be, Was.] The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
God said unto Moses, I am that am.
Exod. iii. 14.
Am`a*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. [L. amabilitas.] Lovableness. Jer. Taylor.
The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is "usefully distinct from Amiability."
Am`a*crat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; together + &?; power.] (Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.
||Am`a*da*vat" (&?;), n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zoöl.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]
Am"a*dou (&?;), n. [F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat.] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.
A*main" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.] 1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
Milton.
That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain.
T. Parker.