All

[A. S. call.] The whole number, extent, quantity or duration; whole, entire, complete, total. - All always precedes the article the, and the definite pronouns my, thy, his, our, your, their, while its synonyms follow them. All, adv. Quite, completely. "And swore so loud, Alkales'cent, a . [Fr. alcalescent .] Having a tendency to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline. Al'kali, n ; pl . ALKALIES. Fr. The name of the carb. of sod. obtained from the ashes of sea-weeds.] (Chem.) A cla of substances po e ing many qualities exactly the reverse of those which belong to the acids. An al--Altogether; wholly; without any other consideration. kali is soluble in water, and produces a liquid which is "They are all for present money, no matter how they pay it after soapy to the touch, and has a peculiar nauseous taste; That, all amazed, the priest let fall the book."-Shrev wards."-Dryden. "Sure, I shall never marry, like my sister, To love my father all."-Shaks. it restores the blue color to vegetable infusions, which -Only; without admi ion of anything else. have been reddened by an acid; it turns many of these blues to green, as in the case of the red cabbage and syrup of violets, and it gives a brown color to vegetable Fellows, such as turmeric and rhubarb. Potash, soda, All the better, wholly the better: that is, better by the whole difference.