adv. [ Pref. a- + late. ] Lately; of late. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. alatus, from ala wing. ] Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. ala wing + terni three each. ] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A salt of amygdalic acid. Called also mandelate. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ L. amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. 'amygda`lh, 'amy`gdalon. See Almond. ] Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bin- + oxalate. ] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus. ] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a head. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. e- + palpus. ] (Zoöl.) Without palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits. ] A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intercalated p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating ] [ L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. malum apple: cf. F. malate. See Malic. ] (Chem.) A salt of malic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mesoxalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. oxalate. See Oxalic. ] (Chem.) A salt of oxalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat. ] 1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perceive by the taste. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of phthalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of pyromalic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of tantalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of terephthalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]