alimentation (aliment ash on)

[F. ali mentation, The accumulation of force may be separated into ali mentation and aëration. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 56. 2. The state or proce of being nourished; mode of, or condition in regard to, nourish ment. Derangements of alimentation, including insufficient food, and morbid states of the lymphatic and blood-glands. Quain , Med. Dict., p. 38. 2. In Scots law, the sum paid for support to any one entitled to claim it, as the dole given 3. The providing or supplying with the necesto a pauper by his parish. The aliment was appointed to continue till the majority or marriage of the daughters. Erskine , Institutes.