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2. The German language. J. Foxe.

3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.

Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.

||Al"ma Ma"ter (&?;). [L., fostering mother.] A college or seminary where one is educated.

Al"ma*nac (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin.] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.

Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.

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Al"man*dine (&?;), n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L. alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F. almandine.] (Min.) The common red variety of garnet.

{ ||Al"me, ||Al"meh } (&?;), n. [Ar. 'almah (fem.) learned, fr. 'alama to know: cf. F. almée.] An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.

The Almehs lift their arms in dance. Bayard Taylor.

||Al`men*dron" (&?;), n. [Sp., fr. almendra almond.] The lofty Brazil-nut tree.

Al"mer*y (&?;), n. See Ambry. [Obs.]

Alm"esse (&?;), n. See Alms. [Obs.]

{ Al*might"ful (&?;), Al*might"i*ful (&?;), } a. All-powerful; almighty. [Obs.] Udall.

Al*might"i*ly, adv. With almighty power.

Al*might"i*ness, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.

Al*might"y (l*mt"), a. [AS. ealmihtig, ælmihtig; eal (OE. al) all + mihtig mighty.] 1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1.

2. Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]

Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey.

The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8.

Alm"ner (&?;), n. An almoner. [Obs.] Spenser.

Alm"ond (ä"mnd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.] 1. The fruit of the almond tree.

The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick- shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia.

2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.

3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One of the tonsils.

Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds. -- Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. -- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. -- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

Al"mond fur`nace (&?;). [Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain.] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.