‖ [ It., according to the breve. ] (Old Church Music) With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by &unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ contr. fr. the article al the + ilah God. ] The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Muslims generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species. ] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. allantoïque. ] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; shaped like a sausage; &unr_; sausage + e'i^dos form. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. allatrare. See Latrate. ] To bark as a dog. [ Obs. ] Stubbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allayed p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying. ] [ OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down, humble, put an end to, AS. ālecgan; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See Lay. ] 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. “When the rage allays.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alloy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [ Archaic ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'an priv. + &unr_; a change. ] (Math.) Not changed in form by inversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics. --
Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an allantois. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. allantoidea. ] (Zool.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. balade, OF. balade, F. ballade, fr. Pr. ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d Ball, n., and Ballet. ] A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make or sing ballads. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mention of in ballads. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ballad, n. ] A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of ballads. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Monger. ] A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ballad, n. ] Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. “Base balladry is so beloved.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Corrupted fr. bullirag. ] To bully; to threaten. [ Low ] T. Warton.
Syn. -- bullirag; bullyrag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See Bare, a., and Last load. ] 1. (Naut.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ piety ] is the right ballast of prosperity. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ballast engine, a steam engine used in excavating and for digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast. --
Ship in ballast, a ship carrying only ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ballasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ballasting. ] 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To keep steady; to steady, morally. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is charity must ballast the heart. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Balladry. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Linnæus derived Calla fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. subject to a demand for payment or redemption before the due date; -- of financial instruments; as, callable bonds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Callet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A callat of boundless tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Catallactics. ] (Zool.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphæra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; to exchange; kata` wholly + &unr_; to change. ] The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois.
Syn. -- chorioallantoic membrane. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. circumvallatus, p. p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, fr. vallum rampart. ] To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. contra- + vallation: cf. F. contrevallation. Cf. Countervallation. ] (Fort.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Convallaria + L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from L. convallis a valley; con- + vallis valley. ] (Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
Syn. -- family Convallariaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) See Contravallation. [ 1913 Webster ]