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<hw>Al"bi*nism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.</def>

<h1>Albinistic</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bi*nis"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with albinism.</def>

<h1>Albino</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bi"no</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Albinos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. or Pg. <ets>albino</ets>, orig. whitish, fr. <ets>albo</ets> white, L. <ets>albus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.</def>

<i>Amer. Cyc.</i>

<note>&hand; The term was originally applied by the Portuguese to negroes met with on the coast of Africa, who were mottled with white spots.</note>

<h1>Albinoism</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bi"no*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.</def>

<h1>Albinotic</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bi*not"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with albinism.</def>

<h1>Albion</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bi*on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from the same root as Gael. <ets>alp</ets> a height or hill. "It may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul. <ets>Albany</ets>, the old name of Scotland, means probably the "hilly land." <ets>I</ets>. <ets>Taylor</ets>.]</ety> <def>An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.</def>

<blockquote>In that nook-shotten isle of <b>Albion</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Albite</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See <er>Feldspar</er>.</def>

<h1>Albolith</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bo*lith</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>albus</ets> white + <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also <altname>albolite</altname>.</def>

<h1>Alborak</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bo*rak</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>bur\'beq</ets>, fr. <ets>baraqa</ets> to flash, shine.]</ety> <def>The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.</def>

<h1>Albugineous</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al`bu*gin"e*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Albugo</er>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.</def>

<h1>Albugo</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al*bu"go</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Albugines</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., whiteness, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Leucoma</er>.</def>

<h1>Album</h1> <Xpage=36>

<hw>Al"bum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., neut. of <ets>albus</ets> white: cf. F. <ets>album</ets>. Cf. <er>Alb</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.</def>