Part 294

<h1>Aldebaran</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al*deb"a*ran</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>al-debar\'ben</ets>, fr. <ets>dabar</ets> to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the <i>Hyades</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Now when <b>Aldebaran</b> was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aldehyde</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al"de*hyde</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>al</ets>cohol <ets>dehyd</ets>rogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>aldehydes</i> are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common <i>aldehyde</i> (called also <altname>acetic aldehyde</altname> or <altname>ethyl aldehyde</altname>), <chform>C2H4O</chform>; methyl <i>aldehyde</i>, <chform>CH2O</chform>.</note>

<cs><col>Aldehyde ammonia</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a compound formed by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aldehydic</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al`de*hy"dic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to aldehyde; <as>as, <ex>aldehydic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<i>Miller.</i>

<h1>Alder</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al"der</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aldir</ets>, <ets>aller</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>alr</ets>, <ets>aler</ets>, <ets>alor</ets>, akin to D. <ets>els</ets>, G. <ets>erle</ets>, Icel. <ets>erlir</ets>, <ets>erli</ets>, Swed. <ets>al</ets>, Dan. <ets>elle</ets>, <ets>el</ets>, L. <ets>alnus</ets>, and E. <ets>elm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus <spn>Alnus</spn>. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.</def>

<cs><col>Black alder</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A European shrub <spn>(Rhamnus frangula)</spn>; Alder buckthorn.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An American species of holly <spn>(Ilex verticillata)</spn>, bearing red berries.</cd></cs>

<h1>Alder, Aller</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw><hw>Al"der</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al"ler</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>ealra</ets>, <ets>alra</ets>, gen. pl. of AS. <ets>eal</ets>. The <ets>d</ets> is excrescent.]</ety> <def>Of all; -- used in composition; <as>as, <ex>alder</ex>best, best of all, <ex>alder</ex>wisest, wisest of all</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Alder-liefest</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al`der-lief"est</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>allerliefest</ets> dearest of all. See <er>Lief</er>.]</ety> <def>Most beloved.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Alderman</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al"der*man</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aldplwmen</er> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[AS. <ets>aldormon</ets>, <ets>ealdorman</ets>; <ets>ealdor</ets> an elder + <ets>man</ets>. See <er>Elder</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called <i>Alderman</i> of all England; and there were <i>aldermen</i> of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.</def>

<h1>Aldermancy</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al"der*man*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of an alderman.</def>

<h1>Aldermanic</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al"der*man"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.</def>

<h1>Aldermanity</h1> <Xpage=37>