n. Adjournment; postponement. [ R. ] “An adjournal of the Diet.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adornment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain. ] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alternateness; alternation. [ R. ] Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alternans, p. pr.: cf. F. alternant. See Alternate, v. t. ] (Geol.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter. ] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. [ 1913 Webster ]

And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alternate alligation. See Alligation. --
Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. --
Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Grateful alternates of substantial. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alternated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alternating. ] [ L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See Altern. ] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Different species alternating with each other. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow, especially an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, as is used for most domestic and industrial power requirements. Contrasted with direct curent.
Syn. -- AC [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

The common household current is alternating. Alternating current is easier than direct current to transform to high voltage and back, making long-distance transmission more efficient. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation. ] 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) Permutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alternation of generation. See under Generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. alternatif. ] 1. Offering a choice of two things. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alternate; reciprocal. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa. ] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

With no alternative but death. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. [ 1913 Webster ]

My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ proper name ] 1. (Hinduism) wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: goddess of plenty.
Syn. -- Parvati, Anapurna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 a mountain in Nepal, 26, 504 feet high.
Syn. -- Anapurna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. &unr_;, for &unr_;. ] An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖ n. (Zool.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + sternal. ] (Anat.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet. ] (Zool.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish. --
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles. ] 1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. [ Formerly used in the sing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [ Cant, Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with barnacles. the barnacled hull of a wrecked ship [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n. A Cistercian monk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + ternate. ] (Bot.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray. [1913 Webster]

a. Combustible. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. Flesh of slain animals or men. [ 1913 Webster ]

A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ye are yet carnal. 1 Cor. iii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal desires after miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This carnal cur
Preys on the issue of his mother's body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sensualist. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnalitas. ] The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carnalized p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing. ] To make carnal; to debase to carnality. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian. ] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. [ 1913 Webster ]

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worldly-minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. ] A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh. ] (Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. -- n. A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnatus fleshy. ] Invested with, or embodied in, flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. [ 1913 Webster ]