Part 337

<h1>Almightily</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*might"i*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With almighty power.</def>

<h1>Almightiness</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*might"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Almighty</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*might"y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ealmihtig</ets>, <ets>\'91lmihtig</ets>; <ets>eal</ets> (OE. <ets>al</ets>) ail + <ets>mihtig</ets> mighty.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.</def>

<blockquote>I am the <b>Almighty</b> God. <i>Gen. xvii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Great; extreme; terrible.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<blockquote>Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an <b>almighty</b> fix. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Almighty</col>, <cd>the omnipotent God.</cd></cs>

<i>Rev. i. 8.</i>

<h1>Almner</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Alm"ner</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An almoner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Almond</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Alm"ond</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>almande</ets>, <ets>almaunde</ets>, <ets>alemaunde</ets>, F. <ets>amande</ets>, L. <ets>amygdala</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/: cf. Sp. <ets>almendra</ets>. Cf. <er>Amygdalate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fruit of the almond tree.</def>

<note>&hand; The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, <i>Amygdalus communis</i>, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The tree bears the fruit; almond tree.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the tonsils.</def>

<cs><col>Almond oil</col>, <cd>fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.</cd> -- <col>Oil of bitter almonds</col>, <cd>a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.</cd> -- <col>Imitation oil of bitter almonds</col>, <cd>nitrobenzene.</cd> -- <col>Almond tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tree bearing the almond.</cd> -- <col>Almond willow</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow <spn>(Salix amygdalina)</spn>.</cd>

<i>Shenstone.</i> </cs>

<h1>Almond furnace</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"mond fur`nace</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Prob. a corruption of <ets>Almain furnace</ets>, <it>i. e.</it>, German furnace. See <er>Almain</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Almondine</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"mon*dine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Almandine</er></def>

<h1>Almoner</h1> <Xpage=42>