All father (alfa"ther)

[ And I told of the good All -father Who cares for us here below. Lowell, First Snowfall. alliance hallows.] Same as All -hallows. -All-hallown summer, formerly the name in England of a season of fine weather in the late autumn, corresponding to St. Martin's summer in France and to Indian summer in the United States. N. E. D. Farewell, the latter spring! Farewell, All - hallown sumimer! Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. All-hallows, All-hallow (al-hal'ōz, -ō), n. [Prop. All - hallows , pl., but in comp. All - hallow (sc. day, eve , ma , summer, tide ); in early mod. E. and dial. also All - hallown , -hall on , -hallan , -hol- lon, -hollan , -holland , etc.; al halowes , ear- lier al halowen , ealle halgan , all hallows, i. e., all saints (see all and hallow1 , n.), usually in gen. piatra nalgena , M. atre (or alle) - lowene, halewune , etc., (day, tide, feast, etc.) of all hallows. The term. -n, corruptly -nd, thus represents the AS. pl. suffix -an , and in comp. the gen. pl. -ena , the latter, ME. -ene, being appar. merged in een in All halloween, q. v.] 1. All saints. It was formerly common to dedicate a church to All - hallows . - 2. All Saints' day, the 1st of November: a feast dedicated to all the saints in general. See All Saints ' day , under saint . All hallow-tide (al-hal'ō-tid), n. [Early mod. E. also Allhallown - tide , Alhallon - tyd , Allhollon- tide , etc.: see All - hallows , All - hallown , and tide .] The time near All Saints' day, November 1. Also called Hallow - tide . Apples, pears, hawthorn-quicks, oaks, set them at All- hollon - tide , and command them to prosper; set them at Candle mas, and intreat them to grow. Ray, Eng. Proverbs (1678), p. 350. allheal (âl'hel), n. [ panacea and Panax .] The name of a plant, cat's vale- rian, Valerian a officinal is . The clown's allheal, or clown's woundwort, is Stachys palustris . alliable (a-li'a-bl), a . [ ally1 + -able .] Capa- ble of forming or of entering into an alliance. alliaceous (al-i-ā'shius), a. [L. allium , gar- lic, + -aceous . See Allium.] 1. Pertaining to or having the properties of the genus Allium , which includes the onion and garlic.-2. Hav- ing the peculiar smell or taste of the onion: applied specifically to minerals which contain and emit a garlic-like odor when heated on charcoal before the blowpipe. alliance (a-li'ans), n. [ aliaunce , all i gant i a , all i gare (OF. alier), ally, bind to: see allyl and -ance.] 1. The state of being allied or connected; the re- lati on between parties allied or connected. Spe- cifically-( a ) Marriage, or the relation or union brought about between families through marriage. And great alliances but usele prove To one that comes herself from mighty Jove. Dryden, Helen to Paris, 1. 55.