Part 331

<blockquote>After making the largest <b>allowance</b> for fraud. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(com.)</fld> <def>A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as <i>tare</i> and <i>tret</i>.</def>

<h1>Allowance</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*low"ance</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Allowancing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Allowance</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; <as>as, the captain was obliged to <ex>allowance</ex> his crew; our provisions were <ex>allowanced</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Allowedly</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*low"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By allowance; admittedly.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>Allower</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*low"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An approver or abettor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who allows or permits.</def>

<h1>Alloxan</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lox"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>All</ets>antoin + <ets>oxa</ets>lic, as containing the elements of <ets>allantion</ets> and <ets>oxalic</ets> acid.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.</def>

<h1>Alloxanate</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lox"a*nate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.</def>

<h1>Alloxanic</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al`lox*an"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.</def>

<h1>Alloxantin</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al`lox*an"tin</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.</def>

<h1>Alloy</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*loy"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>alai</ets>, OF. <ets>alei</ets>, F. <ets>aloyer</ets>, to alloy, <ets>alier</ets> to ally. See <er>Alloy</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an <i>amalgam</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A baser metal mixed with a finer.</def>

<blockquote>Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. <b>Alloy</b> is baser metal mixed with it. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; <as>as, no happiness is without <ex>alloy</ex></as>.</def> "Pure English without Latin <i>alloy</i>."

<i>F. Harrison.</i>

<h1>Alloy</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*loy"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Alloyed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Alloying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>aloyer</ets>, OF. <ets>alier</ets>, <ets>allier</ets>, later <ets>allayer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aligare</ets>. See <er>Alloy</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Ally</er>, <tt>v.t</tt>., and cf. <er>Allay</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; <as>as, to <ex>alloy</ex> gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.</def>