Aloof

a-lOOf, adv. at a distance apart. [Prefix a (—A.S. on), on, and Loof. See Loof, Luff.] Aloud, a-lowd', adv, with a loud voice: loudly. [From AS. on, on, and hlyd, noise, Ger. laut. See Loud.] Alow, a-k/, mlv. in a low place: —oppto Aloft. Alp, alp. «. a high mountain:—// Alps, specially applied to the lofty mountain-range^ of Switzerland. [L,~Gael, alp, a mountain allied to L alb us, white —white with snow Alpaca, al-pak'a, «. the Peruvian sheep, akin to the llama, having long silken wool cloth made of its wool. [Peruvian.] Alpen stock, alp'u-stok, w a long $hck or staff used by travellers m climbing the Alps. [Ger Alpha, al'fa, n ihe first letter of the Greek alphabet the first or beginning. [Or alpha— Heh. aleph, an ox, the name of the first letter, which in its original figure resembled an ox’s head Alphabet. al'fa-lict, n. the letters of a language arranged hi the usual order. [Gr alpha beta. the first two Greek letters. Alphabetic, -al, al-fa-bei'ik, -al, adj relating to or m the order of an alphabet.- -adv. Alphabet'ically Alpine, alp'in or alp'Tn, adj. pel taming to the Alps, oi to any lofty mountains very high. Already, awl-icd'l. adv previously, or bc/ore the lime specified. Also, awNo, a