Part 324

<hw>Al*li"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>allisio</ets>, fr. <ets>allidere</ets>, to strike or dash against; <ets>ad + laedere</ets> to dash against.]</ety> <def>The act of dashing against, or striking upon.</def>

<blockquote>The boisterous <b>allision</b> of the sea. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alliteral</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit"er*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.</def>

<h1>Alliterate</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit"er*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To employ or place so as to make alliteration.</def>

<i>Skeat.</i>

<h1>Alliterate</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit"er*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.</def>

<h1>Alliteration</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ad + litera</ets> letter. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <def>The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -</def>

<blockquote>Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called <i>alliteration</i>. Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it.</note>

<blockquote>In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I <b>sh</b>ope me in <b>sh</b>roudes as I a <b>sh</b>epe were. <i>P. Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alliterative</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit"er*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; <as>as, <ex>alliterative</ex> poetry</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Alliterator</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al*lit"er*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who alliterates.</def>

<h1>Allium</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>Al"li*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., garlic.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.</def>

<h1>Allmouth</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All"mouth`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The angler.</def>

<h1>Allness</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All"ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Totality; completeness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>allness</b> of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. <i>R. Turnbull.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Allnight</h1> <Xpage=41>

<hw>All"night`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>