alba terra

[Lat.white earth.] A name for the so-called philosopher's stone. ǎl-bạ (1), s. [Eccles. Lat. = an alb.] [ALB.] ăl-bạ (2), s. [Lat. alb us = white, a pearl.] * alba firm a, s. [Lat. firm us , -a , -um = firm, strong, stedfast; alba = of pearly lustre.] Rent paid in silver, and not in corn; the latter method being sometimes denominated black mail. Alba firm a was sometimes called also album , from neut. of alb us = white. ǎl'-ba-core, ǎl-bi-cöre, s . [Port. albacora , albecora; fron bacora = a little pig.] Several fishes of the Scomberidæ, or Mackerel family. 1. The Albacore , or Albicore , of the Atlantic near the West Indies, is the Thynnus albacorus . It is esteemed for the table. Sometimes the name is used more loosely for other species of Thynnus, not even excluding the well-known Tunny ( Thynnus vulgar is ). "The albicore that follow eth night and day The flying-fish, and takes them for his prey." Davors: Secrets of Angling , 11. IMG:content-0331.png:[blocks in formation]