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A*lign"ment (&?;), n. [F. alignement.] 1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

A*like" (*lk), a. [AS. onlc, gelc; pref. + like.] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12.

A*like", adv. [AS. gelce, onlce.] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.

A*like"-mind`ed (&?;), a. Like- minded. [Obs.]

Al"i*ment (&?;), n. [L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See Old.] 1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.

Aliments of their sloth and weakness. Bacon.

2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]

Al"i*ment, v. t. 1. To nourish; to support.

2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]

Al`i*men"tal (&?;), a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

A`li*men"tal*ly, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.

Al`i*men"ta*ri*ness (&?;), n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

Al`i*men"ta*ry (&?;), a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.

Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

Al`i*men*ta"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. alimentation, LL. alimentatio.] 1. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

2. State or mode of being nourished. Bacon.

Al`i*men"tive*ness (&?;), n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

Al`i*mo"ni*ous (&?;), a. Affording food; nourishing. [R.] "Alimonious humors." Harvey.

Al"i*mo*ny (&?;), n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.] 1. Maintenance; means of living.

2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.

Al`i*na"sal (&?;), a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

A*line" (&?;), v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.

A*lin`e*a"tion (&?;), n. See Allineation.

A*line"ment (&?;), n. Same as Alignment.

A*lin"er (&?;), n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.

Al"i*oth (&?;), n. [Ar. alyt the tail of a fat sheep.] (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.