Part 315

<h1>Allah</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al"lah</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[ contr. fr. the article <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>ilah</ets> God.]</ety> <def>The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.</def>

<h1>All-a-mort</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>All`-a-mort"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Alamort</er>.</def>

<h1>Allanite</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al"lan*ite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From T. <ets>Allan</ets>, who first distinguished it as a species.]</ety> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.</def>

<h1>Allantoic</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al`lan*to"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>allanto\'8bque</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.</def>

<cs><col>Allantoic acid</col>. <cd><fld>(Chem.)</fld> See <er>Allantoin</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Allantoid, Allantoidal</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw><hw>Al*lan"toid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al`lan*toid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ shaped like a sausage; <?/ sausage + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the allantois.</def>

<h1>Allantoidea</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al`lan*toid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.</def>

<h1>Allantoin</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lan"to*in</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called <i>allantoic acid</i> and <i>amniotic acid</i>.</def>

<h1>Allantois, Allantoid</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw><hw>Al*lan"to*is</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al*lan"toid</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, } <tt>n.</tt>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.</def>

<h1>Allatrate</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al"la*trate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>allatrare</ets>. See <er>Latrate</er>.]</ety> <def>To bark as a dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Stubbes.</i>

<h1>Allay</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lay"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Allayed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Allaying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>alaien</ets>, <ets>aleggen</ets>, to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. <ets>\'belecgan</ets>; <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, G. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>lecgan</ets> to lay; but confused with old forms of <ets>allege</ets>, <ets>alloy</ets>, <ets>alegge</ets>. See <er>Lay</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; <as>as, to <ex>allay</ex> popular excitement; to <ex>allay</ex> the tumult of the passions.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; <as>as, to <ex>allay</ex> the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It would <b>allay</b> the burning quality of that fell poison. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See <er>Alleviate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Allay</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lay"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.</def> "When the rage <i>allays</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>