Part 316

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

<hw>Al*lay"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Alleviation; abatement; check.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<hw>Al*lay"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Alloy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>Al*lay"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Allayer</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lay"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, allays.</def>

<h1>Allayment</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lay"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The like <b>allayment</b> could I give my grief. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Allecret</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al"le*cret</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>alecret</ets>, <ets>halecret</ets>, <ets>hallecret</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Allect</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lect"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>allectare</ets>, freq. of <ets>allicere</ets>, <ets>allectum</ets>.]</ety> <def>To allure; to entice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Allectation</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al`lec*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>allectatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Enticement; allurement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Allective</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lec"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>allectivus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Alluring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Allective</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lec"tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Allurement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Alledge</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*ledge"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Allege</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>