Helen Fenton

Ally: Definition and part of speech

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Ally

  1. v. t. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
  2. v. t. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; — often followed by to or with.
  3. v. One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
  4. v. Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
  5. v. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alluvium: Definition and part of speech

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Alluvium

  1. n. Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.