Alquiere

[Pg. alquiere, from Ar. al - kayl.] A Portuguese measure called also cantar. The A. of Lisbon contains 37, and the A. of Oporto 5-6 imperial gallons. Alqui'na, in Indiana, a post-village of Fayette co., 62 m. E.S.E. of Indianapolis. Alread'y, adv. [From all and ready.] Prior to some specified time, either future, present, or past. "Can I love him, already loving you?"-Dryden. It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, "When you shall arrive, the busine will be already completed, or will have been completed al ready ." Alsace, a province bordering on the Rhine, was included in Charlemagne's empire. It remained connected with Germany till 1648, when a portion of it was ceded to France. Louis XIV. seized Strasburg in 1681, and this city, with the remainder of the province, was secured to France by the treaty of Ryswick, 1697, and formed the depts. of the Haut and Bas Rhin until 1871, when it was ceded to Pru ia. (See ALSACE-LORRAINE, and GERMANY.) Al's ace, in Pennsylvania , a twp. of Berks co. Alsa'cian, a. (Geog.) Pertaining to Alsace. Alsa'tia, n. A name given formerly to the precinct of White friars in London, Eng., noted during the 17th century as being a colony for lawle and abandoned people. It is frequently referred to by English writers of the time, as for instance, Shad well, in his Squire of Alsa tia . It forms, also, the scene of a portion of Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Fortunes of Nigel. Alseg'no. [It., to the mark or sign.] ( Mus .) A notice for a performer to recommence a strain, marked s Al's en, a Danish island in the Baltic, between the Island of Fünen and the E. coast of Schleswig; area , 132 sq m. The principal towns are Nordborg and Sonderborg. Lat. between 54° 51' and 55° 5' N.; lon. between 9° 37' and 10° 7' E. Als'feld, in Ober -He en, Ger., a town situated 26 m. from Gie en, and 50 m. N.E. of Frankfort-on-the-Main. Pop . (1895) 3,882. Alsh' Loch, an inlet of the sea in Ro -shire, Scotland, nearly opposite the southern end of the Isle of Skye. Its shores are rendered romantic by the ruins of several feudal castles. Alsin'eæ, n . pl . ( Bot .) A sub-ord. of plants, ord. Caryo phyllaceæ , distinguished by having sepals distinct or nearly so. Al-si'rat. [ Ar., the path .] A bridge from this world to the next, over the middle of hell, which must be pa ed by every one entering the Mohammedan paradise. It is as fine as the edge of a razor. The deceased pa with a rapidity proportionate to their virtues, while the sinful load of the wicked precipitates them into the gulf beneath. Al'so, adv . and conj . [From all and so; A.S. calowa .] In the same manner; likewise; too; in addition to. Alsode'æ, n . pl. ( Bot .) A sub-ord. of plants, ord. Vio laceæ, q. v. Al's tead, in New Hampshire, a post-township of Cheshire co., 50 m. W. b. S. of Concord. Al's ton, in South Carolina , a post-village of Fairfield district, on Broad river, 25 m. N.W. of Columbia. Alstræ'mer, JONAS, a distinguished Swede, who introduced great improvements into arts and manufactures in his country. For his great services he was made Chancellor of Commerce and a member of the Academy of Sciences. The National States decreed a statue to be erected to his memory in the Exchange of Stockholm. D. 1761. Alströmeri'eæ, n . pl . ( Bot .) A tribe of plants, ord. Amarylhdaceæ . A kind of arrowroot is prepared from the succulent roots of Alströmeri a pallid a , and others in Chili.