Old Translation of the Lord's Prayer, in Camd. Rem., p. 24. ALIWAYS, 8. Aloes. Lincolnsh. ALKAKENGY, s. The plant persicaria. Prompt. Parv. ALKANET, 8. The wild buglos.

Gerard.

ALKANI, S, Tin. Howell.

ALKE. A broad form of ilk; each.
ALKEKENG, S. The winter-cherry.
ALKENAMYE, s. Alchemy.

Experimentz of alkenamye
The peple to deceyve.

Piers Pl., p. 186. ALKER, S. A sort of custard.

For to make rys alker. Tak figys, and raysons, and do awey the kernelis, and a god party of applys, and do awey the paryng of the applis and the kernelis, and bray hem wel in a morter; and temper hem up with almande mylk, and menge hem wyth flowr of rys, that yt be wel chariaunt, and strew therupon powder of galyngale, and serve yt forth. Cookery Receipts, 1381.

ALKE, S. An elk.

As for the plowing with ures, which I suppose to be unlikelie, because they are in mine opinion untameable, and alkes, a thing commonlie used in the east countries.

Harrison, Descr. of England, p. 226.

(4) "All that," until that. Kyng Alisaunder, 2145.

(5) "For good and all," en-
tirely. North.

(6) Each. Prompt. Parv.
(7) All and some. One and all;
every one; every thing; entirely.
Thou who wilt not love do this,
Learn of me what woman is;
Something made of thread and thrumme,
A mere botch of all and some.

Herrick, p. 8. In armour eke the souldiers all and some, With all the force that might so soon be had. Mirrour for Magistrates, p. 91.

We are betrayd and y-nome!
Horse and harness, lords, all and some!
Richard Coer de Lion, 2284.

(8) This word is frequently, in
popular language, joined with
others to form an adverbial phrase,
as in the following examples:
all-a-bits, All in pieces (North.);
all-about, "To get all about in
one's head," to become light-
headed (Herefordsh.); "That's
all about it," that is the whole
of the matter; all-abroad, squeez-
ed quite flat (Somerset); all-a-
hoh, all on one side (Wilts.);
all-along, constantly, "all-along
of," or "all-along on," owing to;
all-amang, mingled, as when two
flocks of sheep are driven to-
gether (Wilts.); all-as-is, "all
as is to me is this," all I have
to say about it (Herefordsh.);
all-a-taunt-o, fully rigged, with
masts, yards, &c. (a sea term);
all-b'ease, gently, quietly (He-
refordsh.); all-i-bits, all in pieces
(North.); all-in-a-charm, talking
aloud (Wilts.); all-in-all, every-
thing, all in all with, very inti-
mate or familiar with; all-in-a-
muggle, all in a litter (Wilts.) ;
all-in-one, at the same time;
all-of-a-hugh, all on one side
(Suffolk); all-on-end, eager, im-
patient (Somerset); all-out, en-
tirely, quite, to drink all out.

used of a carouse; all-to-nought, completely; all-to-smash, smashed to pieces; all-yfere, altogether. ALLANE, adj. Alone.

ALLAY, v. (A.-N.) (1) To mix, to put water to wine.

The velvet breeches for him aunswered, And for strength of his drinke excused him,

For he allayed them, both white and red, And oft with water made them small and thinne.

Debate between Pride and Lowlines, p.59. (2) To allay a pheasant, to cut or carve it up at table. Kersey. (3) s. The set of hounds which were ahead after the beast was dislodged. A hunting term. ALLAYMENT, s. That which has the power of allaying or abating the force of something else. ALL-BEDENE, adv. Forthwith. See Albidene.

ALL-BE-THOUGH, adv. Albeit. Skin

ner.

ALLE, (1) adv. All (omnino). (2) s. Ale.

Ther was plenté of alle

To theym that were in halle.
The Feest, st. v.

ALLEBLASTER, s. A not uncommon form of alabaster.

In the chappell next to the priours chamber,

Item ij. olde masse bookes.

Itm ij. imagees of whyte alleeblaster.
Itm one deske, one sakering bell.
Monast., iv, 542.

ALLECT, v. (Lat.) To allure; to bring together; to collect. ALLECTATION, s. (Lat.) An allure

ALLEGEMENT, 8. (A.-N.) An ease; relief.

Quod sche, "Geve I schal the telle,
Mercerye I have to selle;
In boystes soote oynementis
Therewith to don allegementis
To ffolkes whiche be not glade.

66

The Pylgrim, MS. Cotton. Tib. A., viii. ALLELUYA, S. The plant woodsorrel. It is found in the index to Gerard's Herball, ed. 1633. 'Alleluya, an herbe called woodsorrell or cuckowes meat, which cuckowes delight in." Minshew's Guide into Tongues, 1627. ALLEMASH-DAY, s. Allumage-day, the day on which the Canterbury silk-weavers began to work by candle-light. Kent. Grose. ALLEN, S. Grassland recently broken up; unenclosed land that has been tilled and left to run to feed for sheep. Suffolk.

ALLER, (1) s. (A.-S.) An aldertree. A common form of the word in the Western counties.

The alder tree, which is alsoe called an
aller-tree, is named in Greek elethra, in
Latin alnus, and in Duche ein Erlen-
baum
Turner's Herbal, 1551.

(2) gen. pl. of al. Prefixed to
adjective. See Alder.

Adam was oure aller fader. Piers Pl., p. 342. ALLERBURY, 8. A plantation of alders. Devon. ALLER-FLOAT, S. A species of large

trout, frequenting the deep holes of retired and shady brooks, under the roots of the aller, or alder-tree; also called the allertrout. North.

ALLERN BATCH, s. A kind of botch or old sore. Exmoor.

ALLERS, S. An acute kind of boil or
carbuncle. Devon.
ALLES, the gen. s. of all used ad-
verbially. Altogether; all.

Tho Corineus was alles wroth, so grete
strokes he gaf.
Rob. Glouc.
ALLESAD, part. p. Lost.
ALLE-SOLYNE-DAY. All Souls' Day.
See MS. Harl., 2391, quoted in
Hampson's Kalendarium, ii, 11.
ALLEVE, adj. Eleven. Alleventhe,
The eleventh.

ALLEY, S. (1) The conclusion of a
game at football, when the ball
has passed the bounds. Yorksh.
(2) A marble, for boys' play.
ALLEYE, v. To allege.
ALL-FLOWER-WATER, S. The urine
of cows. Lanc.

ALL-FOURS, S. A game at cards. A traditional epitaph describes an enthusiast:

Here lies the body of All Fours,
Who spent his money and pawned
his clothes:

And if you wish to know his name,
It is high, low, Jack, and game.
ALL-GOOD, S. The herb good Henry.
Gerard.

ALLHALLOWN-SUMMER, 8. A late

ALL-HID, 8. A name, according to Nares, for the game of hide-andseek; but Cotgrave seems to make it synonymous with Hoodman-blind. ALL-HOLLAND'S-DAY, 8. The Hampshire name for All Saints' (or All Hallows) Day, when plumcakes are made and called Al Holland cakes.

ALLHOOVE, S. Ground ivy. Minsheu. ALLHOSE, 8. The herb horsehoof. ALLICIATE, V. (Lat.) To attract. ALLICIENCY, 8. Attraction. ALLIENY, 8. An alley; a passage in a building.

ALLIGANT. A corruption of Alicant, the name of a Spanish wine.

ALLIGARTA, 8. (from Spanish lagarto.) The alligator, or crocodile. The urine of this creature

was supposed to render any herb poisonous on which it was shed.

And who can tell, if before the gathering and making up thereof, the alligarta hath not piss'd thereon?

B. Jons., Bart. F., ii, 6. ALLINE, s. An ally. Middleton. ALLINGE,

ALLINGES, adv. (A.-S. eallinga.)

J Altogether; totally.

For hire faired and hire chere,
Ich hire bouzte allinge so dere.

Flor. and Blanch., 674.

In that lond growen trees that beren mele, wherof men maken gode bred and white, and of gode savour; and it semethe as it were of whete, but it is not allinges of suche savour.

Maundevile, p. 189. ALL-IN-THE-WELL. A game practised at Newcastle. Boys make a circle about eight inches in diameter, termed the well, and place in the centre of it a wooden peg, four inches long, with a button balanced on the top. Buttons, marbles, or anything else, according to agreement, are given for the privilege of throwing a short stick at the peg. If the button fly out of the ring, the player is entitled to double the stipulated value of what he gives for the stick. The game is also practised at races, and other places of amusement, with three pegs, which are put into three circular holes, made in the ground, about two feet apart, and forming a triangle. In this case each hole contains a peg, about nine inches long, upon which are deposited either a small knife or some copper. ALLISON, S. The wood-rose. Alysson.

See

ALL-MANNER-A-WOT, 8. Indiscriminate abuse. Suffolk.

ALL-OF-A-ROW, s. A child's game. Suffolk.

ALLOLIDA, S. The plant cuckoobread.

ALLONCE. All of us. Somerset. ALLONELY, adv. Exclusively. See Alonely.

ALLOQUY, S. (Lat.) The act of
addressing a person.
ALLOTTERY, S. An allotment.

Allow me such exercises as may become
a gentleman, or give me the poor allot-
tery my father left me by testament.
As You Like It, i, 1.

ALLOUS. All of us. Somerset.
ALL-OVERISH, adj. Neither sick
nor well. Var. dial.
ALLOWANCE, s. Approbation.

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant. Troilus and Cressida, ii, 3. ALLOWED. Licensed. An "allowed fool." Shakesp., Twelfth Night, i, 5. "An allowed cart or chariot." Hollyband's Dict., 1593. ALL-PLAISTER, S. Alablaster. Yorks. ALLS, S. Earnest money. North. See Arles.

ALL-SALES, adv. (A.-S. from sæl,

a time.) At all times. Suffolk. ALL-SEED, 8. The orach. Skinner. ALL-SEER, S. One who sees everything.

ALL-SIDES. Every one. South.
ALL-THE-BIRDS-

IN-THE-AIR,
ALL-THE-FISHES-

IN-THE-SEA,

Two names of games peculiar to Suffolk.

ALL-THE-WORLD-OVER, adv.

every occasion.

On

This common

familiar phrase is ancient, being found in Brome's Queen and Concubine, 1659, p. 96. ALLUBESCENCY, s. (Lat.) Willingness; facility in yielding. ALLUSIVELY, adv. (Lat.) With allusion to something.

I thought him also in the late times a little too nice, and tender of his credit;

ALEMAIN,

ALLEMAIGNE,

8. (1) A German.

(2) A kind of solemn music. It was also the name of several dances, the new allemaigne, the old, the queen's allemaigne, all of which are mentioned in early books of dance tunes. ALMAIN-LEAP, S. In dancing, a kind of jig.

Skip with a rhyme on the table from NewNothing,

And take his almain-leap into a custard.
Jonson, Devil is an Ass, i, 1.
ALMAIN-QUARREL, S. A causeless,
unnecessary quarrel.

D. John. I met before Don Ferdinand's
house a serving man who thrusts me, by
design, upon an almain-quarrel.
Tod. That's very true, but somewhat
unwillingly, like a coward as he is.

Davenant, The Man's the Master. ALMAIN-RIVETS, 8. Moveable rivets. The term was applied to a light kind of armour, used originally in Germany. ALMAINY,

ALMAN, 8. A kind of hawk.
ALMANDINE, adj. Made of almond.
ALMANDRE, S. An almond-tree.

And of almandris grete plenté,
Figgis, and many a date tre.

Rom. of the Rose, 1363.

ALMARIE, S. (A.-N.) A cupboard;

a pantry. See Ambrie.

Ther avarice hath almaries,
And yren bounden cofres.
Piers Pl., p. 288.

ALMARIOL, S. (A.-N.) A closet, or cupboard, in which the ecclesiastical habits were kept. ALMATOUR, S. An almoner.

After him spak Dalmadas,
A riche almatour he was.
Kyng Alisaunder, 3042.

ALME, S. An elm. Northampt.
Almen, made of elm.
ALMEES, 8. pl. Alms. East Sussex.
ALMES-DISH, 8. The dish in the

old baronial hall, in which was put the bread set aside for the poor. ALMESFUL, adj. Charitable. ALMES-ROW, 8. A row of houses inhabited by paupers.

Also whenne eny pore man or womman is ded in the almys-rewe, the seyd prysts to be redy to brynge the coors to churche, and there to abyde til hit be buryed. Stratford MSS., tem. H. VI. ALMESSE, 8. (A.-N.) Alms. ALMEST, adv. Almost.

And as he priked North and Est,
I tel it yow hym had almest
Bityd a sory care.

Chaucer, Tale of Sire Thopas. ALMICANTARATH, 8. An astrological term, applied to a circle drawn parallel to the horizon.

Meanwhile, with scioferical instrument, By way of azimuth and almicantarath. Albumazar i, 7. ALMODZA, 8. An alchemical term for tin.

ALMOND-FOR-A-PARROT. Some trifle to amuse a silly person. A proverbial expression, which occurs in Skelton and the writers of the Elizabethan age. ALMOND-BUTTER, 8. The following is given as a receipt "to make almond-butter;"

Blanch your almonds, and beat them as fine as you can with fair water two or three hours, then strain them through a linnen cloth, boil them with rose-water, whole mace, and annise seeds, till the substance be thick, spread it upon a fair cloth, draining the whey from it, after let it hang in the same cloth some few hours, then strain it and season it with rose-water and sugar.

True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1676. ALMOND-CUstard, 8. Was made as follows:

Take two pound of almonds, blanch and beat them very fine with rosewater, then strain them with some two quarts of cream, twenty whites of eggs, and a pound of double refined sugar; make the paste as aforesaid, and bake it in a mild oven fine and white, garnish it as before, and scrape fine sugar over all.

The Queen's Royal Cookery, 1713. ALMOND-FURNACE, S. At the silver mills in Cardiganshire, they have, or had, a particular furnace in which they melt the slags, or refuse of the lithurge not stamped, with charcoal only, which they call the almond furnace. Kennett. ALMOND-MILK, s. Almonds ground and mixed with milk, broth, or water.

The devil take me, I love you so, that I could be content to abjure wine for ever, and drink nothing but almondmilk for your sake.

Shadwell, Epsom-Wells, 1673. ALMONESRYE, S. The almonry. ALMOSE, s. pl. Alms. ALMOYN, s. pl. (A.-N.) Alms. ALMS-DRINK, S. Liquor of another's share which his companion drinks to ease him. Shakesp. ALMSMAN, S. A person who lives on alms; also, a charitable per

son.