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- English Word Almond Definition The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
- English Word Almond Definition Anything shaped like an almond.
- English Word Almond Definition One of the tonsils.
- English Word Almond furnace Definition A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
- English Word Almondine Definition See Almandine
- English Word Almoner Definition One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
- English Word Almonership Definition The office of an almoner.
- English Word Almonries Definition of Almonry
- English Word Almonry Definition The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
- English Word Almose Definition Alms.
- English Word Almost Definition Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
- English Word Almry Definition See Almonry.
- English Word Alms Definition Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
- English Word Almsdeed Definition An act of charity.
- English Word Almsfolk Definition Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
- English Word Almsgiver Definition A giver of alms.
- English Word Almsgiving Definition The giving of alms.
- English Word Almshouse Definition A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
- English Word Almsman Definition A recipient of alms.
- English Word Almsman Definition A giver of alms.
- English Word Almucantar Definition A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
- English Word Almuce Definition Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
- English Word Almude Definition A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.
- English Word Almug Definition Alt. of Algum
- English Word Alnage Definition Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
- English Word Alnager Definition A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
- English Word Aloe Definition The wood of the agalloch.
- English Word Aloe Definition A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
- English Word Aloe Definition The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
- English Word Aloes Definition of Aloe