Part 307

<h1>Alienor</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`ien*or"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ali\'82neur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who alienates or transfers property to another.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Aliethmoid, Aliethmoidal</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw><hw>Al`i*eth"moid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al`i*eth*moid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + E. <ets>ethomoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or <?/artilage.</def>

<h1>Alife</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*life"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>lief</ets> dear.]</ety> <def>On my life; dearly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "I love that sport <i>alife</i>."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Aliferous</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having wings, winged; aligerous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Aliform</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Wing-shaped; winglike.</def>

<h1>Aligerous</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lig"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aliger</ets>; <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>gerere</ets> to carry.]</ety> <def>Having wings; winged.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Alight</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*light"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Alighted</er> <tt>(#)</tt> sometimes <er>Alit</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Alighting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>alihten</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>\'bel\'c6htan</ets>; pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, G. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>l\'c6htan</ets>, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. <ets>l\'c6ht</ets>, <ets>leoht</ets>, light. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; <as>as, a flying bird <ex>alights</ex> on a tree; snow <ex>alights</ex> on a roof.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To come or chance (<i>upon</i>).</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Alight</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*light"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>light</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.</def> "The lamps were <i>alight</i>."

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Align</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lign"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>aligner</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>ligne</ets> (L. <ets>linea</ets>) line. See <er>Line</er>, and cf. <er>Allineate</er>.]</ety> <def>To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.</def>

<h1>Align</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lign"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form in line; to fall into line.</def>

<h1>Alignment</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lign"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>alignement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.</def>