Part 339

<hw>Alms"giv`er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A giver of alms.</def>

<h1>Almsgiving</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Alms"giv`ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The giving of alms.</def>

<h1>Almshouse</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Alms"house`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.</def>

<h1>Almsman</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Alms"man</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <wordforms><it>fem.</it> <er>Almswoman</er></wordforms>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A recipient of alms.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A giver of alms.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Almucantar</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al`mu*can"tar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>almucantarat</ets>, <ets>almicantarat</ets>, ultimately fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>muqantar\'bet</ets>, pl., fr. <ets>qantara</ets> to bend, arch.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same <i>almucantar</i> have the same altitude. See <er>Almacantar</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<cs><col>Almucanter staff</col>, <cd>an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.</cd></cs>

<h1>Almuce</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"muce</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Amice</er>, a hood or cape.</def>

<h1>Almude</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*mude"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>almude</ets>, or Sp. <ets>almud</ets>, a measure of grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>mudd</ets> a dry measure.]</ety> <def>A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.</def>

<h1>Almug, Algum</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw><hw>Al"mug</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al"gum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb., perh. borrowed fr. Skr. <ets>valguka</ets> sandalwood.]</ety> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).</def>

<note>&hand; Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago.</note>

<i>W. Smith.</i>

<h1>Alnage</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"nage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ety>[OF. <ets>alnage</ets>, <ets>aulnage</ets>, F. <ets>aunage</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>alne</ets> ell, of Ger. origin: cf. OHG. <ets>elina</ets>, Goth. <ets>aleina</ets>, cubit. See <er>Ell</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.</def>

<h1>Alnager</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"na*ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Alnage</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.</def>

<h1>Aloe</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al"oe</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aloes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>alo\'89</ets>, Gr. <?/, aloe: cf. OF. <ets>aloe</ets>, F. <ets>alo\'8as</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <plu>pl</plu>. <def>The wood of the agalloch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>