Allogamy

[Gr. allos, other, and gumos, marriage.] The fecundation of one flower by pollen from another of the same species; cro -fertiization. The op. of autogamy. Allogeneous, a [Gr. allogenes, from allos, and genus, kind.] Of a different nature, of another kind. The opposite of homogeneous. Allonge', n . [Fr., from all on ger , to lengthen.] ( Fencing .) A pa with a sword or rapier; sometimes contracted into longe or lunge . - A long rein, where a horse is trotted by the hand. - A paper attached to a bill of exchange when the succe ive indorsements are too numerous to be written on the bill itself. v. n. To make a pa or thrust by stepping forward and extending the sword or rapier. Alloo', v. a. and n. [Probably from the Fr. allons, let us go. To incite a dog by crying alloo. " Alloo thy furious mastiff." - Philips . "To consult their reason before they give allowance to their inclination."-Locke. -A settled rate; or appointment for any use. "And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king; a daily rate for every day, of the days of his life." 2 Kings xxv. 30. -Abatement from the strict rigor of a law, or demand. "Parents never give allowance for an invocent pa ion." ( Com .) A deduction; an average payment; a portion. -v. a. ( Naut .) To put upon allowance, i. e., to limit the portion of food allowed to a crew or pa engers. Al'loway, in Scotland, a parish of Ayrshire, in which stand the ruins of the auid haunted kirk , immortalized by the " Tam O'Shanter ," of Robert Burns. Alloway, in New York , a post-village of Lyons township, Wayne co., 3 m. S. of Lyons. Alloway's Creek, in New Jersey, flows into the Delaware river, in Salem co. Allow ays town, in New Jersey, a post-village of Salem co., 60 m. S S.W. of Trenton. Allox'an, n. [Gr. allos , other. and ozos , vinegar.) (Chem.) A substance obtained in octohedral crystals, by mixing 4 parts of uric acid with 8 of commercial hydrochloric acid, and gradually adding 1 part of powdered chlorate of potash. It stains the skin pink, and gives it a sickly odor. A characteristic property of alloxan is the formation of an intensely violet, purple-colored liquid on admixture with solution of a pro to salt of iron. Form. CH2N2O3 + 2 and 8 Ag.