‖n. (Zool.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

or n. (Zool.) The tunny. See Albicore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. ān one, alone. See All, One, Lone. ] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sole; only; exclusive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

To let alone or
To leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Solely; simply; exclusively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Only; merely; singly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exclusive. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [ R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See Long. ] 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In company; together. [ 1913 Webster ]

He to England shall along with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All along, all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout. “I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.” Addison. --
To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. “She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.” Mrs. Stowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across. “Along the lowly lands.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ AS. gelang owing to. ] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.) [ 1913 Webster ]

Along of,
Along on, often shortened to
Long of, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [ Obs. or Low. Eng. ] “On me is not along thin evil fare.” Chaucer. “And all this is long of you.” Shak. “This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.” London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Along the shore or coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Longshoreman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. [ Formed fr. along, like amongst fr. among. ] Along. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also influenced by blarney. ] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; -- also used as an interjection. [ Also spelled boloney. ] [ slang ] [ PJC ]

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney! Al Smith. [ PJC ]

2. informal variant of bologna{ 2 }, for bologna sausage. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. a geographical and administrative region of northeastern Spain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Zool.) The head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bed blanket. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. See Confalon. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Dia-, and Encephalon. ] (Anat.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. encephala [ NL. See Encephalos. ] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon, near + &unr_; brain. ] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere. ] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. gūð) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gūðfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon. ] 1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`lwn, "a`lwnos, a halo. ] (Biol.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; a thread.] (Zool.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. [1913 Webster]

‖ n. pl. [ F. Of unknown origin. ] (Mil.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Letting alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The let-alone principle,
The let-alone doctrine, or
The let-alone policy. (Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) A salt of malonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dicarboxylic acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Malonic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A divalent diacyl radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; it is used in preparing barbiturate drugs.
Syn. -- barbituric acid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
Syn. -- family Megalonychidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + 'o`nyx claw. ] (Paleon.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Meso- and Encephalon. ] (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Meso-, and Cephalon. ] (Anat.) The pons Varolii. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Met- + encephalon. ] (Anat.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. myelo`s marrow + E. encephalon. ] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal. (b) The metencephalon. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) The most recently evolved part of the brain of higher animals. It includes the cerebral cortex and related structures. [ PJC ]

n. The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; it includes most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
Syn. -- paleoencephalon, palaeoencephalon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Anat.) The metencephalon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; toward, near to + E. encephalon. ] [ Sometimes abbreviated to proen. ] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Rhinencephala [ NL., fr. Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + 'egke`falos the brain. ] (Anat.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Saloon. ] 1. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the
Old Salon.
New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel. ] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Thalamus, and Encephalon. ] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain. [ 1913 Webster ]