v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluding. ] [ L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play. ] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. [ Obs. ] Wither. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from allumer to light. ] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. alumineor, fr. L. ad + liminare. See Luminate. ] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring. ] [ OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure. ] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven
Allured his eye. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F.; aller to go. ] Gait; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf. F. allusion. ] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Figurative; symbolical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Figuratively [ Obs. ]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being allusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Allusive. [ R. ] Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion. ] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave. ] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden alluvions are there [ in California and Australia ] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alluvius. See Alluvion. ] Alluvial. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia [ L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious. ] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as balls-up. [ British ]
Syn. -- balls-up, cockup, mess-up, foul-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus having only one species.
Syn. -- genus Calluna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. See Callous. ] 1. (Med.) (a) Same as Callosity. (b) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Zool.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + 'e`rgon work. ] Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hallux. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream. ] 1. To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: To perceive a non-existent object or phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing something which in reality does not exist; to experience a hallucination{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

v. t. To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

adj. Experiencing hallucinations.
Syn. -- delirious. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination. ] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. N. Brit. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of, having the character of, or tending to produce, hallucinations; as, hallucinatory visions. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A substance capable of producing hallucinations when ingested; a hallucinogenic substance; as, LSD is a powerful hallucinogen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. capable of producing hallucinations; as, LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic drug. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. hallex, allex. ] (Anat.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores. -- Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy. ] The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Intervallums L. Intervalla [ L. ] An interval. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. merithallus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, or &unr_;, a part + &unr_; a young shoot. ] (Bot.) Same as Internode. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. métallurgique. ] Of or pertaining to metallurgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. métallurgiste. ] One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. métallurgie, fr. L. metallum metal, Gr. &unr_; a mine + the root of &unr_; work. See Metal, and Work. ] The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phalli [ L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr. fallo`s. ] 1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pre-, and Hallux. ] (Anat.) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prothalli [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; a young shoot. ] (Bot.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Thalli [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; young shoot or branch, frond. ] (Bot.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Valla E. Vallums [ L. See Wall. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. [ 1913 Webster ]