AJEE, AGEE, a-j[=e]', _adv._ (_Scot._ and _prov._) aside, off the straight,
ajar. [Prep. _a_, and _gee_, to move to one side; _jee_, a call to a horse
to move to one side.]
AJUTAGE, ADJUTAGE, ad'joo-t[=a]j, _n._ a tube adjusted to an orifice
through which water is discharged. [Fr.--Fr. _ajouter_. See ADJUST.]
AKE, [=a]k, old form of ACHE.
AKEE, a-k[=e]', _n._ the fruit of a small African sapindaceous tree, now
common in the West Indies.
AKIMBO, a-kim'bo, _adj._ with hand on hip and elbow bent outward. [Ety.
uncertain; Skeat suggests the Ice. _kengboginn_, bent into a crook, from
_kengr_, a crook, twist, kink, and _boginn_, bowed. Others connect the
_-kim_ with KEEN.]
AKIN, a-kin', _adj._ of kin: related by blood: having the same properties.
[OF and KIN.]
ALABASTER, al'a-bas-t[.e]r, _n._ a semi-transparent kind of gypsum or
sulphate of lime: the fine limestone deposited as stalagmites and
stalactites.--_adj._ made of alabaster.--_adj._ ALABAS'TRIAN. [Gr.
_alabastros_, said to be derived from _Alabastron_, a town in Egypt.]
ALACK, a-lak', _interj._ an exclamation denoting sorrow.
ALACK-A-DAY, a-lak'-a-d[=a], _interj._ (_rare_) an exclamation of sadness.
[Interj. _ah_, _lak_ (LACK), and DAY.]
ALACRITY, a-lak'ri-ti, _n._ briskness: cheerful readiness: promptitude. [L.
_alacris_, brisk.]
ALALIA, a-l[=a]'li-a, _n._ loss of speech. [Gr. _a_, priv., and _lalein_,
to talk.]
ALAMEDA, a-la-m[=e]'da, _n._ a public walk or promenade between two rows of
trees. [Sp.]
ALAMODE, a-la-m[=o]d', _adv._ and _adj._ according to the mode or
fashion.--_n._ a light kind of glossy silk for scarfs, hat-bands, &c.--_n._
ALAMODAL'ITY (_rare_).--ALAMODE BEEF, beef larded and stewed with
vegetables. [Fr. _à la mode_.]
ALAMORT, a-la-mort', _adj._ half-dead: in a depressed condition: dejected.
Sometimes erroneously ALL AMORT. [Fr. _à la mort_, to death. See MORTAL.]
ALAND, a-land', _adv._ on or to land: landed.
ALAR, [=a]'lar, _adj._ of, or having, wings.--Also A'LARY. [L. _ala_, a
wing.]
ALARM, a-lärm', _n._ notice of danger: sudden surprise with fear: a
mechanical contrivance to arouse from sleep: a call to arms.--_v.t._ to
call to arms: to give notice of danger: to fill with dread.--_adv._
ALARM'INGLY.--_n._ ALARM'IST, one who excites alarm: one given to prophesy
danger.--_adj._ alarming. [Fr. _alarme_--It. _all' arme_, to arms--L. _ad_,
to, _arma_, arms.]
ALARUM, al-är'um, _n._ and _v.t._ same as ALARM--now used, except
poetically, only of an _alarum-clock_.
ALAS, a-las', _interj._ expressive of grief.--ALAS THE DAY, ALAS THE WHILE
(in old writers), ah! unhappy day, or time. [O. Fr. _ha las_, _a las_ (mod.
Fr. _hélas_); _ha!_ and _las_, _lasse_, wretched, weary--L. _lassus_,
wearied.]