Part 309

<h1>Alimentiveness</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*men"tive*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.</def> <mark>[Chiefly in Phrenol.]</mark>

<h1>Alimonious</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*mo"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affording food; nourishing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Alimonious</i> humors."

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Alimony</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*mo*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>alimonia</ets>, <ets>alimonium</ets>, nourishment, sustenance, fr. <ets>alere</ets> to nourish.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Maintenance; means of living.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.</def>

<i>Wharton. Burrill.</i>

<h1>Alinasal</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`i*na"sal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + E. <ets>nasal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.</def>

<h1>Aline</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*line"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Alineation</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lin`e*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Allineation</er>.</def>

<h1>Alinement</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*line"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Alignment</er>.</def>

<note>[The Eng. form <i>alinement</i> is preferable to <i>alignment</i>, a bad spelling of the French].</note>

<i>New Eng. Dict. (Murray).</i>

<h1>Aliner</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>A*lin"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Alioth</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*oth</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>aly\'bet</ets> the tail of a fat sheep.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.</def>

<h1>Aliped</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"i*ped</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>alipes</ets>; <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot: cf. F. <ets>alip\'8ade</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Wing-footed, as the bat.</def> -- <wordforms><tt>n.</tt> <def>An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.</def>

<h1>Aliquant</h1> <Xpage=39>