Part 321

<hw>Al"ley</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Alleys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[A contraction of <ets>alabaster</ets>, of which it was originally made.]</ety> <def>A choice taw or marble.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Alleyed</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al"leyed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.</def> "An <i>alleyed</i> walk."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Alleyway</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al"ley*way`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>An alley.</def>

<h1>All Fools' Day</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All" Fools' Day`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.</def>

<blockquote>The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for <b>All Fools' Day</b>. <i>Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Allfours</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All`fours"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[All + four (cards).]</ety> <def>A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."</def>

<h1>All fours</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All` fours"</hw> <ety>[formerly, <er>All` four"</er>.]</ety> <def>All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To be</col>, <col>go</col>, <it>or</it> <col>run</col>, <col>on all fours</col></mcol> <cd>(Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (<i>with<i>) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered.</cd> "This example <i>is on all fours<i> with the other." "No simile can <i>go on all fours<i>." <i>Macaulay.</i></cs>

<h1>All hail</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All` hail"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>All</ets> + <ets>hail</ets>, <tt>interj.</tt>]</ety> <def>All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.</def>

<h1>All-hail</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All`-hail"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To salute; to greet.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote>Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who <b>all-hailed</b> me "Thane of Cawdor." <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Allhallond</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All`hal"lond</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Allhallows.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Allhallow, Allhallows</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw><hw>All`hal"low</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>All`hal"lows</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>All the saints (in heaven).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>All Saints' Day, November 1st.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<-- All Hallows Eve = Halloween, Dec. 31 st. -->

<h1>Allhallow</h1> <Xpage=41>