almain rivet

[Eng. almain; rivet.] A kind of light armour introduced into this country from Germany. It has plates of iron for the defence of the arms. and by the statute of the 4th and 5th of Philip and Mary, we learn that the military force of the kingdom was composed of black billmen, or halberdiers, who wore the armour called almain-rivets, and morions or sallets, and haquebutiers similarly appointed." - Planché: Hist . Brit. Costume (1847), p. 318. (See also Blount's Glo ographia ) al-māist, adv. [ALMOST.] ( Scotch.) ăl-mạn fur-nace, s. [ALMOND-FURNACE.] al-mạn-ăc, al-mạn-ack, s. [In Sw., Ger., & Fr. almanach; Dan. & Dut. almanak; Sp. almanak , almanaque ; Port. almanach; Ital. almanacco. Apparently Arab. Probably from al the; manach = a calendar or diary: from mana, or man ah = to compute; Heb. מנה )man ah) = to distribute, to compute. Wedgwood points out that in the Arab. of Syria almanakh is = climate or temperature. Others consider the word to be of Teutonic derivation. Thus Dean Hoare believes it Anglo-Saxon. He says that a square stick on which the AngloS axons carved the course of the moon during the year, to fix the times of new and full moon and the festival days, was called by them almonaght = all - moon -heed. (Hoare: Eng. Roots, 1855.) Other derivations, both Arabic and Teutonic, have been given.] *1. A kind of instrument, usually made of wood, inscribed with various figures and Runic characters, and representing the order of the feasts, the dominical letters, the days of the week, the golden number, and other matters. It was used by the old Scand in avian nations for the computation of time, civil and ecclesiastical. It might be made of leaves, connected like those of books, or of bra , or horn, or the skins of eels; or the information might be cut on daggers, or on tools of various kinds. Such productions were sometimes called rim stocks, or prime staffs, or run stocks, or run staffs, or clogs. Remnants of them are still found in some English counties. tal-mê-nạ, s. A weight used in various parts of Asia to weigh saffron. It is about two pounds. by the extent to which astrological predictions were i ued in their works. Not that the company, much le the universities, believed in these airy vaticinations; they only pandered to the credulity of the public, which would not till 1828 tolerate an almanac with these blots upon it omitted. In 1775 and 1779, mortal blows were struck at the monopoly of the Universities and the Stationers' Company, and the publication of almanacs is now free to all. An objectionable stamp duty of 1s. 3d. on each copy i ued has also been swept away. Some modern almanacs, in addition to the calendar, contain an immense ma of astro- nomical, historical, political, and statistical information, all brought up to the latest date. "Here comes the almanack of my true date. What now?"-Shakesp. Comedy of Errors , 1. 2. "To watch the storms and hear the sky Give all our almanacks the lie." * al-might-i-ful ( gh silent), a . [Eng. al- mighty; -ful.] In the fullest sense po e ed of almighty power. almightiful voice of Jesus."-Udal: Luke iv. al-might-i-lỹ ( gh silent), adv . [Eng. al- mighty; -ly.] With almighty power. al-might-i-ne ( gh silent), s. [Eng. al- mighty; -ne .] The quality of being almighty; omnipotence. Noah. Ask Him who made thee greater than myself And mine, but not le subject to His own Almightine ." Byron: Heaven and Earth , i. 3. Al-might-y, Al-might-ỹ, * Al-myght- ye, * Al-myght-i, *al-mygt-ỹ ( gh and g silent), a. & s. [Eng. all ; mighty . ælmiht , almihti , ælmihtig, ealmiht, ealmihti, ealmihtig , a.; Elmihtiga , Ealmihtiga , s.] 1. In a strict sense: Omnipotent; able to do everything not inconsistent with the divine attributes, and not involving a contradiction in terms. "... I am the Almighty God"-Gen. xvii. 1. "Insensible of Truth's almighty charms, Starts at her first approach, and sounds to arms!" Cowper : Hope . 2. In a loose sense: Po e ed of great ability, strength, or power. "O noble almighty Sampson, leef and deere, Haddest thou nought to wommen told thy secré." Chaucer: C. T. , 15.538-9. B. As substantive: God, viewed specially in connection with his omnipotence. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."-Rev. i. 8. "The trembling queen (th' almighty order given) Swift from th from the Idæan summit shot to heaven." Pope: Homer's Iliad, bk. xv., 84, 85. * alm'-ner (l silent), s. [ALMONER.] al-mond, * al'-maŭnd ( l silent), s. [In Sw., Dan., & Ger. mandel ; Dut. amandel; Fr. amande (the fruit), amandier (the tree); Sp. almendra (the fruit), almendro (the tree); Ital. mandola, mandorla; Lat. amygdala and amygdalum (the fruit and the tree both); amygdal us (the tree only). From Gr. ἀμνη- δάλη ( amugdalē ), ἀμύγδαλον ( amugdalon ), and ἀμύγδαλος ( amugdalos ) = the almond fruit and the almond-tree ALMOND (AMYGDAL US COMMUNIS). Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit. IMG:content-0406.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0407.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] al-mond-wõrts (l silent), s. pl . almond; worts.] Lindley's name for the order Drupaceæ (q. v.). al-mon-er, * alm'-ner (l silent), s. [Fr. aumonier.] A person whose office it is to dis- tribute alms. It was first given to such a functionary in a religious house, there being an ancient canon which specially enjoined each monastery to spend a tenth part of its income in alms to the poor. By an ancient canon also, all bishops were required to keep almoners. Kings, queens, princes, and other people of rank, had similar functionaries. dowager."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. vi. 166 duty of distributing the royal alms. Amid other resources for doing this were the forfeited goods of a felo de se ; but by the Act 33 & 34 Vict., c. 23, these are not now taken from the heirs. The Archbishops of York Long acted as Lord High Almoners of England. Now there is an "Hereditary Grand Almoner" (the Marquis of Exeter), and under him a Lord High Almoner and a sub-almoner, both ecclesiastics. [MAUNDY.]