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Show o AL AL e l l / ; ' j d o a h a Heav'n in a momen c r t r g h Then heav'n' aloud d o c e l g And thrice he fhook alo and to defedt, when fomething is mingled with it whic it fhould not have; or when it wants fomethin that ought to go along with it Sprat ALo'w. adv place; not aloft 5. Sometimes avith is underftood y f t u t t e f a r a u r t As born Command thy {laves: my free-born foul difdain Com then o t i e f a e a p a Greel t r f t i g f t e u o e e t it i my friend, my genius, come alorg Thou mafter of the poet and the fong Pope AvrLo'NGsT. adwv. [a corruption, as i Along ; throug feems, from along. the length 1 am alph ending, fait and which i Nor wink earthen veflel kept aloof from t'other L Efirange's Fables The ftrong may fight aloof; Ancazus try' His force too near, and by prefuming dy'd Dryden's Fables 3. In a figurative fenfe, itis ufed to impor art or cunning in converfation, by whic 2 man holds the principal queftion at diftance Wor do we find him forward to be founded But with a crafty madnefs keeps aloof When we would bring him on to fome confeffio Of his true ftate Shakefpeare's Hamlet 4 It is ufed metaphorically of perfons tha will not be feen in a defign It is neceffary the queen joinj for, if the ftan &loof, there will be ftill fufpicions: it being a received opinion, that fhe hath a great intereft in th king's favour and power Suckling 5. It is applied to things not properly belonging to each other Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that ftan _ Aloof from th' entire point Shakefpeare's K. Lear AL0'up. adv.[fromaand lud.] Loudly with a ftrong voice ; with a great noife 1 Thou fhalt not figh nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a fign But T of thefe will reft an alphabet And by ftill practice learn to know thy meaning Shakefpeare faufc according to neceflity; for our world a3, r; alf other treafures of water Burner's ‘I'bs z. Alfo is fometimes nearly the fame ‘;; and, and only conjoins the membey, God do fo to me, and more alfp 1 Sanuel, yiy Alvtar n.f ceived, with chriftianity, in al] the By ropea ufed b priate pofitio languages; and that gy, one of the Fathers, "‘approto the Chriftian worfhip, in opto the are of gentilifm, L ]The place where offerings to heayen gy aid The goddefs of the nuptial bed Tird with her vain devotions for the dead Refolv'd the tainted hand fhould be repell'd Which incenfe offer'd, and her altar held, Dryd Came to the a/tar, where fhe kneel'd, and faintlif: number o the endlef an words capable of being framed out of the alphabet either of more fyllables, or of one, are wonderful Holder Taught by their nurfes, little children ge This faying, fooner than their alpbabet Dryd. jun. Fuv [from alphabet range in the order of th U. 4 A'LPHABET noun. T alphabet ALPHABE TICAL ALPHABE TICK % adj [fro alphabet ( alphabetique, Fr.] I the order of the alphabet ; according t "the feries of letters I have digefted in an alphabetical order, all th counties corporatiops, and boroughs in Great Bri tain, with their refpe@ive tempers Saift ArruaBE'TICALLY. adv. [from alphabetical.] In an alphabetical manner according to the order of the letters 1 had once in my thoughts to contrive a grammar, more than I can now comprife in thort hints and a difionary, alphabetically containing th words of the language, which the deaf perfon is t learn Holder's Elements of Specch ALrE'apY. adv. [from a/l and ready. At this prefent time, or at fome tim paft; oppofed to futurity; as, W7l k come foon He is here already Wil i be done It has been done already Touching our uniformity, that which hath bee already anfwered may ferve for an{wer Hooker You warn'd me ftill of loving two Can I love him, already loving you Dryden's Indian Emperor See, the guards, from yon far eaftern hil Already move, no longer ftay afford High in the air they wave the flaming fword Your fignal to depart Dryden's State of Innocence Methods for the advancement of piety, are i the power of a prince, limited like ours, by a ftrié execution of the laws already in force Methinks a/ready I your tears furvey Swift Already hear the hortid things they fay Already fee you a degraded toaft And all your honour in a whifper loft Avus. adv. [als, Dutch. a word now out of ufe Alfo ~ Pope likewife Sad remembrance now the prince amove With frefh defire his voyage to purfue Als Una carn'd her travel to renew Fairy Queen by Funiuts that the word altar i of letters, and formed with al moft equal velocity [altare, Lat. It isobfen}ed The letters of the alphabet, formed by the feve fyllables compofe F of the great deluge, as according to Mofe 2, The table in Chriftian churches wher the communion is adminiftered ral motions of the mouth, and the great variety o ¥rom whence the might behold the battle's proof And elfe be fafe from danger far defcried Fairy Queen Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of fteel And make the cowards ftand alcof at bay. Shakefp Going northwards, aloof; aslong as they had an doubt of being purfued; at laft, when they wer out of reach, they turned and crofled the ocean t Spain Bacon The king would not, by any means, enter th city, until he had a/oof feen the crofs fet up upo the greater tower of Granada, whereby it becam Chriftian ground Bacon Two pots ftood by a river, one of brafs, th other of clay. The water carried them away; th The order of the letters or elements of {peech And to an hill herfelf withdraw afide 2. Applied to perfons, it often infinuate caution and circumipeétion firft letters o tw th the Greeks. Then bade the knight this lady yede aloof Miiton's Paradife Loft The noife approaches, though our palace ftoo Aloof from ftreets, encompafs'd with a wood Dryden 7./ [from inpa, alpha beta and Bire that is, quite of. the particle fiom a {mall diftance or obfervation As next in worth Came fingly where he ftood, on the bare ftrand While the promifcuous crowd frood yet alosf and omega, the beginning _and th the Lord, which ?s, and which was to come, the Almighty. Rewelations ALPHABET The Turks did keep ftrait watch and ward in al their ports alongf# the fea coaft Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks Avo'or. adv. [all off 1. At a diftance ; wit It generally implie fuch as is within vie th i lette firf Th "n. AEPH Drydcn In this fenf Forward; onward derived {rom a/lons, French Dryden In thefe two, no doubt, are contained the cau the {entence and now aloft they fly And now alow A tyrant's curb, and reftive breaks the reins Talke this alsng5 and no difpute fhall rif ('Though mine the woman) for my ravifh'd prize Ina lo [from @ and low. [from all and fo 1. In the fame manner; likewife r % h t u t f i a To warn the i j b t n t e g n t e g That of t Hence then! and Evil go with thee along Thy offspring, to the place of evil, Hell Milton Religlous zeal is fubjeét to an excefs A'vs0. adv c t e f y Strangled he lies Tyout commiflion will forthwith difpatch And he to England fhall alorg acith you Skake[peare's Hamlet & A Her grace rofe, and, with modeft paces Catft her fair eyes to heav'n, and pray'd devoutly Shakefpears A'LTARAGE. n. /. [altaragium, Lat] M emolument arifing to the prieft fro oblations, through the means of the altar Ayliff?s Parergon A'vtar-crotH. # [ [from altar and cloth.] The cloth thrown over the altar in churches I fhould fet down the wealth, books, hangingi, and a/tar-cloths, which our kings gave this abbey Peacham on Drawing 7o ALTER ter, Lat. . a, [alterer, Fr, fromd 1. To change ; to make otherwife thanit is. Zo alter, {eems more properlyt imply a change made only in fome part of a thing; as, to alfer a writing, may be, to blot, or interpolate it; to changt it, may be, to {ubftitute anotherinit With from and 70 ; as, herface place 1s altered from pale to red Do you not How much her grace is alter'd on the fudden How long her face is drawn? how pale fhe looks And of an earthly cold? Shakeff care's Henry V Acks appropriated to the worf{:ip of God, !'Y hi own appointment, muft continue fo, till himf hath otherwife declared : for who dares alrer whi God hath appointed Slilli"gl""' z. To take off from a perfuafion, prattich or {e&t For the way of writing plays in verfe, I find i troublefome and flow; but I am na way o from my opinion of it, at leaft with any reae* which have oppofed it D o A'LTER. w. 2 To become othenii than it was; as, the aweather glterSfi bright to cloudy A'LTERABLE, adj. [from alter; a[‘"s " Fr.] That which may be altere % changed by fomething elfe ; dlfim from changeable, or that which chang® or may change itfelf o _That alterable refpeés are xealitxesl{)"fl will never be admitted by a confiderate dg};;&:i" Our cond tion in this world is m\lflbl" ;‘w T gty |