alopecy (alopesi)

Same as alopecia. alongshoreman (a-lông shōr-man), n.; pl. alongshoremen (-men). [ alongshore + man .] A laborer employed about docks or wharves and in the loading and unloading of ve els. Commonly shortened to ' longshoreman . alongside (a-lông's id), prep . phr . as adv . and Alopias (a-lo'pi-as), n . [NL., shortened from prep . [ along1 + side1.] I. adv . Along or by Alopecias , q. v.] A genus of selachians, con- the side; at or to the side of anything, as a ship: as, to be alongside of the wall. alongstt (a-longst'), prep . [ME. a longest, in longes ; along + -est , -st , after amongst from among, against from again , etc.] Along; through or by the length of. The Turks did keep straight watch and ward in all their parts alongst the sea-coast. Knolles, Hist. Turks, upon itself. The alonely rule of the land rested in the queen. Fabyan , Chron., an. 1328. alonene (a-lōn'nes), n. The state of being alone or without company. Watching over his alonene . J. Legge , Life of Confucius, p. 44. along1 (a-lông'), prep . and adv . [ along , olong , earlier anlong , also (by confusion with the early forms of endlong , q. v.) andelong , en delong, endlang, etc., and lang , along (= OFries. ondling , ondlinga , ondlenge = G. entlang, along), and- , over against, away toward, + lang , long: see and- , a -5, a-5, and long1 . Orig. (in AS.) an adj., 'st 'stretching long or far away,' applied, as found, only to periods of time, 'the livelong' day or night, but prob. also to space; then used adverbially with dependent gen., afterward taken as direct obj. of along as a prep., the prep. implied in the orig. gen. being subsequently expre ed by on, upon , by , with, thus giving along the construction of an adv. Quite different from along2 , owing to, q. v.] I. prep. Through or by the length of; from one end to or toward the other of; lengthwise or in a longitudinal direction through, over, or by the side of: implying motion or direction: as, to walk along a river or highway. And the me ages that go along my nerves do not consist in any continuous action. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 258. II. adv . 1. By the length; lengthwise; parallel to or in a line with the length. IMG:content-0555.png:[blocks in formation] He to England shall [go] along with you. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 3. The queen took her leave of Say's Court, having brought confusion along with her, and leaving doubt and apprehension behind. Scott , Kenilworth, I. xv. [In this sense it is often used absolutely in common speech in the United States: as, I was not along.] - All along. See all. along2 (a-lông'), prep. [Also abbrev. long (see long3 ); I can nat telle wheron it was along [var. long ], But wel I wot greet stryf is vs among. Chaucer, Yeoman's Tale, 1. 377. 'Tis all along of you that I am thus haunted. H. Brooke, Fool of Quality, II. 88. All along of the accursed gold. Lady Magdalen. Scott . Unhappiest Of Queens and wives and women. Alice . And all along Of Philip. Tennyson, Queen Mary, v. 2. [This preposition is now always followed by of , and its use is mainly confined to colloquial or dialectal speech.] [Early mod. E. aloofe, aloufe, a loofe, a luf; maining apart, literally or figuratively; with drawn. IMG:content-0556.png:[blocks in formation] The great luminary, Aloof the vulgar constellations thick, That from his lordly eye keep distance due, Dispenses light from far. Milton , P. L., iii. 577. aloofne (a-löf'nes), n. The state of being aloof, or of keeping at a distance; indifference. Unfaithfulne and aloofne of such as have been greatest friends. D. Rogers, Naaman, p. 93. By the wary independence and aloofne of his [the Indian's] dim forest life he preserves his intercourse with his native gods. Thoreau , Concord and Merrimac Rivers, p. 59. alopecia (al-ō-pē'si-ä), n. [NL., alopécie , alopecia , Gr. αλωπεκία , a disease like the mange of foxes, in which the hair falls off, vulpes , a fox: see Vulpes .] Baldne ; lo of hair. Also written alopecy . - Alopecia are at a (NL, are at us , having areas or spots), a disease of the hairy regions of the skin, characterized by the appearance of one or more bald spots, extending themselves with rounding outlines, and sometimes by coalescence producing complete baldne . The bald spot has a center which is naked and smooth, surrounded by a peripheral zone, scaly and presenting numerous broken short hairs. It is by some considered due to a vegetable parasite, and by others to nervous disturb ance. Also called area Celsi, or simply area. - Alopecia pityrodes (NL. pityrodes, bran-like), a disease of the hairy parts of the skin, characterized by a progre ive reduction in the length, size, and number of the hairs, attended with an abundant furfuraceous accumulation on the surface of the skin. Alopecia unguium (L. unguis, a nail), falling off of the nails.