alembroth

[Arabic.] Alchemy: Alembroth, or salt of alembroth, was (1) an alkaline salt believed, like the celebrated alkahest [ALKAHEST], to have the power of di olving bodies and promoting the separation of metals from their ores. It contained HCl. 2NH4CL.OH (2) A double salt of corrosive sublimate and sal-ammoniac, HgCl (NH4Cl)2. H2O. a-length' ( Eng .), a-lĕnth' (Scotch), adv. [Eng. aat or on; length . ] At length; unfolded to full length; stretched out at full length. ăl-e-och-a-ra ( ch guttural), s . [From Gr. ἀλεός ( aleos ) = warm; ἀλέα ( alea ) = warmth, heat: and χαίρω ( chairō ) =to rejoice; χαρά ( chara ) = joy.] A genus of beetles belonging to the section Brach elytra and the family Tachyporidæ. Some species deposit their eggs in rotten turnips, and the larvæ, when hatched, feed afterwards in large numbers on the decaying bulbs. *ǎl-eois, s. Old form of ALLEYS (?). Milit. Arch.: Loopholes in the walls of a fortified building through which arrows might be discharged.