n. [ Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid,
aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
prop. n. A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991; it is celebrated in an old English poem.
n. The body of all people elected or appointed to administer a government, taken collectively.
n. State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. &unr_;rældōmr. See Thrall, and -dom. ] The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
Women are born to thraldom and penance
And to be under man's governance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]