Alvine

[Fr. alvin, from Lat. alvus, belly.] Relating or belonging to the lower belly or intestines; as, alvine discharges. Alvi'ra, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Lycoming co. Alvi'so, in California , the shipping-port of Santa Clara co., located at the junction of the Alviso Slough with the Guadalupe river, about 3 m. from the bay of San Francisco, in Alviso township. Pop . of township 588. Alvi'to, a town of Southern Italy, prov. of Caserta, 6 m. S.E. of Sora. Pop . 4,242. Al'war, or MACHERY, a state of Rajpootana, India, under English control. Area , 3,573 sq.m. Lat. between 27° 4' and 28° 13' N.; Lon. between 76° 71' and 77° 14′ Ε. Pop , about 778,600.- Alwar , the capital, stands on an eminence of 1,200 feet above the surrounding country. Al'ways, adv . [From all and way ; pl. ways.] Perpetually; throughout all time; opposed to sometimes, or to never. "Man never is, but always to be blest."-Pope. -Constantly; without variation; opposed to sometimes, or to now and then. "He is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him."-Dryden. This adverb is sometimes written alway, but in poetry only. Alycæ'us, son of Sciron, who was killed by These us. A place in Megara was named after him. Aly'mon, the husband of Circe. Alypius, a geographer, who was employed by the emperor Julian in rebuilding the temple of Jerusalem. Lived in the 4th century. He has left a geographical description of the world, printed at Geneva in 1628. Amacrat'ic, a . [Gr. ama , together, and cratos , power.] Applied to a certain kind of lens, styled also am asthenic lens , which unites the chemical rays of light into one focus. Amadava'de. See AMADINA. Am added'ulat, the founder of the Persian dynasty, was the son of a fisherman. He and his two brothers took Persia Proper, Persian Irak, and Car a mania, which they divided amongst them. A. settled at Shiraz in Persia Proper, in 933; D. 947. A made us V., THE GREAT, count of Savoy, succeeded to the sovereignty of that State in 1287, to the exclusion of his nephew Philip, the rightful heir. He immortalized his name by the defence of Rhodes against the Turks, on which occasion he added to his arms the cro of the order of St. John of Jerusalem; D. 1323. AMADE'US VI., count of Savoy, one of the most warlike princes of his age. He a isted John, king of France, against Edward, king of England, and in 1366 pa ed into Greece to the a istance of the emperor John Paleologus; D. 1383. AMADE'US VIII., the Peaceful, Count and first duke of Savoy, B. 1383, succeeded his father A made us VII. in 1391. In 1434 he resigned his sovereignty and retired to a monastery, where he instituted an order of knighthood by the name of the Ann unci at a. On the deposition of Pope Eugenius IV., A. was chosen to succeed him, and took the name of Felix V. The schism thus created lasted ten years, and ended with the second retirement of A. in 1440. D. 1451. AMADE'US IX., the Ble ed , duke of Savoy, succeeded his father Louis in 1465. He was feeble in health and mind, and a regency was intrusted to his duche Yolande, daughter of Charles VII. of France. A. was famed for his benevolence and care for the poor; D. 1472. AMADE'US, duke of Aosta, 2d son of Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy, B. 1845. In 1870, he was chosen king of Spain, and so reigned until 1873, when, finding himself unacceptable to the Spanish nation, he abdicated the throne and returned to Italy. D. Jan. 17, 1890.