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||Al"lah (&?;), n. [ contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God.] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

All`-a-mort" (&?;), a. See Alamort.

Al"lan*ite (&?;), n. [From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species.] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

Al`lan*to"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. allantoïque.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin.

{ Al*lan"toid (&?;), Al`lan*toid"al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?; shaped like a sausage; &?; sausage + &?; form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

||Al`lan*toid"e*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Al*lan"to*in (&?;), n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

{ ||Al*lan"to*is (&?;), Al*lan"toid (&?;), } n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Al"la*trate (&?;), v. i. [L. allatrare. See Latrate.] To bark as a dog. [Obs.] Stubbes.

Al*lay" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allayed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying.] [OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. lecgan; - (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See Lay.] 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.

It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

Syn. -- To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate.

Al*lay" (&?;), v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak.

Al*lay", n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]

Al*lay", n. Alloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Al*lay", v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.

Al*lay"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, allays.

Al*lay"ment (&?;), n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]

The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.

Al"le*cret (&?;), n. [OF. alecret, halecret, hallecret.] A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. Fairholt.

Al*lect" (&?;), v. t. [L. allectare, freq. of allicere, allectum.] To allure; to entice. [Obs.]

Al`lec*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. allectatio.] Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Bailey.

Al*lec"tive (&?;), a. [LL. allectivus.] Alluring. [Obs.]

Al*lec"tive, n. Allurement. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Al*ledge" (&?;), v. t. See Allege. [Obs.]

This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the prevailing one.