n. [ OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr.
☞ The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]
Almond oil,
Oil of bitter almonds,
Imitation oil of bitter almonds,
Almond tree (Bot.),
Almond willow (Bot.),
[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace,
n. See Almandine [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.
n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See Alms. ]
n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. Alms. [ Obs. ] Cheke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. ealmæst, ælmæst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m&unr_;st most. ] Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. [ 1913 Webster ]
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
Almost never,
Almost nothing,