‖n. (Zool.) A univalve mollusk of the genus
a. [ All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. ān one, alone. See All, One, Lone. ]
Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [ 1913 Webster ]
To let alone
To leave alone
adv. Solely; simply; exclusively. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Only; merely; singly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Exclusive. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [ R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. --
n.
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney! Al Smith. [ PJC ]
n. a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America.
a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by
‖n. [ Gr.
n. an order comprising the false scorpions.
n.
v. t.
n. [ F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column. ] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Colonelcy. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A colonist. [ Obs. ] Holland [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem) A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also
n. [ Gr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; moving in a circle, p. pr. of &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.
☞ The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is called an anticyclone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner. ] Rendered fierce or frantic. [ Obs. ] “Like one enfeloned or distraught.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of giant tortoises.
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ L. juglans the walnut + -one. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance (
a. Letting alone. [ 1913 Webster ]
The let-alone principle,
The let-alone doctrine,
The let-alone policy
n. A lane. See Loanin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Abbrev. fr. alone. ]
When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642). [ 1913 Webster ]
A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I see
The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
To the misled and lonely traveler. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. H. James.
n. Solitude; seclusion. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n.
prop. n. Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Chem.) A yellow powder,
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See Balloon. ] An Italian game, played with a large leather ball. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. See Polonaise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol. ] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also