adv. [ L., fr. alius. See Else. ] (Law)
n.;
n. [ L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias. ] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed;
n. Quality of being alible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish. ] Nutritive; nourishing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Org. Chem.) pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare
n. [ LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idāda a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade. ] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. aliéner, L. alienare. ] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [ R. ] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else. ]
An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alien enemy (Law),