aloexylon

[Gr. ἀλόη ( αλοë ), and ξύλον ( zulon ) wood.] A genus of papilionaсеоиз plants. The A. agallochum produces one of the two kinds of Calambac Eagle-wood, or Lign-aloes. [LIGN-ALOES.] a-loft', adv. & prep. [Eng.a=on; loft. ] [Lorт.] A. As adverb: I. Ordinary Language: 1. From a lower to a higher situation. (Applied to an animate or inanimate being ascending.) ( Lit. & fig .) "Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before."1 Maccab , xiii. 27. "Is temper'd and allay'd by sympathies Aloft ascending." Words worth: The White Doe of Rylstone. 2. High, far from the ground. (Applied to an animate or inanimate being at rest.) "The peacock in the broad ash-tree Aloft is roosted for the night." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone , iv. IMG:content-0408.png:[blocks in formation]