n. See Acolythist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; changeful + &unr_; a turning, &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; having properties with different values along different axes; not isotropic. In specialized contexts, synonymous with anisotropic. [ Also spelled eolotropic. ] Sir W. Thomson.
Syn. -- [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Difference of quality or property in different directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving.
Syn. -- after-shave [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alkalosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting. ] [ OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot. See Lot. ] 1. To distribute by lot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; god. ] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement. ] 1. The act of allotting; assignment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'allo`trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie. ] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`llos other + trophic. ] (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to autotrophic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. allotropique. ] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. [1913 Webster]

n. Allotropic property or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change in physical properties but not in substance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + direction, way, &unr_; to turn: cf. F. allotropie. ] (Chem.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who allots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allotment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an abortion. ] Tending to cause abortion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anchylosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel. ] 1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_;, &unr_;, tongue. ] (Zool.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; simple + &unr_; a cutting. ] (Surg.) Simple incision. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting. ] [ Pref. ad- + plot. ] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apportionment. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course.
Syn. -- automatic pilot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ The native name. ] (Zool.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus Amblystoma. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See Siredon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine; the system of voting secretly. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the official list of candidates competing in an election. There are no women on the ballot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ballot box, (a) a box for receiving ballots. (b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as ballot{ 2 }. “The question will be resolved by the ballot box.” [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting. ] [ F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n. ] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To vote for or in opposition to. [ 1913 Webster ]

None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i. ] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballottage. ] In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. Voting by ballot. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who votes by ballot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [ Obs. ] Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ballotade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apron. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To blot; to stain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A small decorative object without practical utility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her pictures, her furniture, and her bibelots. M. Crawford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. billot, dim. of bille. See Billet a stick. ] Bullion in the bar or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blotted p. pr. & vb. n. Blotting. ] [ Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d Blot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. blettr, Dan. plet. ] 1. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. “Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. [ 1913 Webster ]

This deadly blot in thy digressing son. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dan. blot bare, naked, Sw. blott, d. bloot, G. bloss, and perh. E. bloat. ] 1. (Backgammon) (a) An exposure of a single man to be taken up. (b) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot. ] 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked or covered with blotches. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]