Part 335

<blockquote>O chief! in blood, and now in arms <b>allied</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.</def>

<blockquote>These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were <b>allied</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The virtue nearest to our vice <b>allied</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Ally</i> is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.</note>

<h1>Ally</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*ly"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Allies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Ally</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A relative; a kinsman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.</def>

<blockquote>The English soldiers and their French <b>allies</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.</def>

<blockquote>Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its <b>ally</b>. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Anything akin to another by structure, etc.</def>

<h1>Ally</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Alley</er>, a marble or taw.</def>

<h1>Allyl</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"lyl</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>all</ets>ium garlic + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic radical, <chform>C3H5</chform>, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.</def>

<h1>Allylene</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"ly*lene</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A gaseous hydrocarbon, <chform>C3H4</chform>, homologous with acetylene; propine.</def> <-- =propyne, <chform>CH3.C.CH</chform> -->

<mhw><h1>Alma, Almah</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"ma</hw>, <hw>Al"mah</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Alme</er>.</def>

<h1>Almacantar</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al`ma*can"tar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Almucantar</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See <er>Almucantar</er>.</def>

<h1>Almadia, Almadie</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw><hw>Al`ma*di"a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al"ma*die</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>almadie</ets> (cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>almadia</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>alma'd\'c6yah</ets> a raft, float.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bark canoe used by the Africans.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.</def>

<h1>Almagest</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"ma*gest</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>almageste</ets>, LL. <ets>almageste</ets>, Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>majist\'c6</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), the greatest composition.]</ety> <def>The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.</def>

<h1>Almagra</h1> <Xpage=42>