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<hw>Al`be"it</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>al be</ets> although it be, where <ets>al</ets> is our <ets>all</ets>. Cf. <er>Although</er>.]</ety> <def>Even though; although; notwithstanding.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote><b>Albeit</b> so masked, Madam, I love the truth. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Albertite</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bert*ite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. <?/bert, New Brunswick.</def>

<h1>Albertype</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"ber*type</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the name of the inventor, <ets>Albert</ets>, of Munich.]</ety> <def>A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.</def>

<h1>Albescence</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bes"cence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of becoming white; whitishness.</def>

<h1>Albescent</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bes"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>albescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>albescere</ets> to grow white, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.</def>

<h1>Albicant</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bi*cant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>albicans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>albicare</ets>, <ets>albicatum</ets>, to be white, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>Growing or becoming white.</def>

<h1>Albication</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.</def>

<h1>Albicore</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bi*core</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>albicore</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>albacora</ets>, Pg. <ets>albacor</ets>, <ets>albacora</ets>, <ets>albecora</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>bakr</ets>, <ets>bekr</ets>, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article <ets>al</ets>: cf. Pg. <ets>bacoro</ets> a little pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. <spn>Orcynus alalonga</spn>. One species <spn>(Orcynus thynnus)</spn>, common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the <altname>horse mackerel</altname>; the tunny.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>albacore</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Albification</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bi*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>albification</ets>: L. <ets>albus</ets> white + <ets>ficare</ets> (only in comp.), <ets>facere</ets>, to make.]</ety> <def>The act or process of making white.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Albigenses, Albigeois</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw><hw>Al`bi*gen"ses</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al`bi`geois"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Albi</ets> and <ets>Albigeois</ets>, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.</def>

<note>The Albigenses were a branch of the <i>Catharists</i> (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.</note>

<h1>Albigensian</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bi*gen"sian</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.</def>

<h1>Albiness</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bi"ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female albino.</def>

<i>Holmes.</i>

<h1>Albinism</h1> <Xpage=36>