alferest (alferes)

[Also written alfeeres, al ferez, alfarez, alfarez, alfaras, alfaras, alferes , ensign, al - fāris , al , the, + far is , horseman, horseman, knight, far as , horse.] far as , horse.] A standard- bearer; an ensign; a cornet. This term was in use in England some time before and during the civil wars of Charles I. Commended to me from some noble friends For my alferes. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, i. 1. low), In early Eng. hist., a ve el of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his arm as a test of his innocence. IMG:content-0484.png:[blocks in formation] Alexandrian (al-eg-zan'dri-an), a. [ II. n. An antidote to poison or infection, especially an internal antidote. Finding his strength every day le , he was at last terrified, and called for help upon the sages of physic: they filled his apartments with alexipharmics , restoratives, and e ential virtues. Johnson, Rambler, No. 120. alex i pharm i cal (a-lek-si-fär'mi-kal), a . Same The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary alfiona alfiona, alfione (al-fi-ō'nä, al'fi-ōn), n. [Mex. Sp.] An embiotocoid fish, Rhacochilus toxotes, with small scales, uniserial and jaw teeth, and Alfiona ( Rhacochilus toxotes). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion, 1884.) lip free and deeply cut along its margin. It is the largest as well as the most valuable food-fish of the surf-fish family, Embiotocida, and is common along the Californian coast, where it is also called sprat and perch. al fresco (äl freskō). [It., lit. in the cool air: al for a il ( Much of the gayety and brightne of al - fresco life. The Century, XXVII. 190. Such al fresco suppers the country-gentlemen of Italy ate in the first century of our era! D. G. Mitchell , Wet Days. Alfur (al-för'), n. [ Alfoer , Pg. Alfuros , pl., said to be al , the, + Pg. fora (= It. fora , fuora, fuori ), outside (see for is-); the other forms, Arafuras , Haraforas, are, then, variations.] Same as Alfurese , n. sing . Alfurese (al-fö-rēs' or -rēz'), n. and a. [See Al fur.] I. n. 1. sing. or pl. A member, or the members collectively, of the race of Alfuros or Alfurs (also called Arafuras, Haraforas, etc.), a group of wild and savage tribes inhabiting Celebes and other islands of the Indian archipelago, ethnologically intermediate between the Malays and Papuans or Negritos. The Alfurese are totally distinct from the brown Malay and black Negrito; they are wild, savage, Pagan headhunters. R. N. Čust , Mod. Langs. É. Ind., p. 147. 2. The language spoken by the Alfuros or Al furs. II. a . Pertaining to the Alfuros or Alfurs, or to their language.