alkoranist

[Eng., ., alkoran; -ist.] One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. The Sheeah sect is alkoranist, while the Soonnee one adheres to the opposite practice. all, * âl, * âle, * alle, *awl, * âwle ( Eng . ); a' ( Scotch ), adj ., s., adv . , conj ., and in compos . [A.S. eal, el, al, pl. ealle . In Sw. all, hel; Dan. al , alle ; Dut. al, alle , geheal ; Ger. aller, in compos. all ; Goth. alls ; Irish & Gael. uile Arm. ole ; Wel. oll, hole; Icel allr , pl. allir ; Goth. alls, allai ; O. H. Ger. Gesenius recognises a connec al , aller . tion, also, with Heb. כל ) kol ) = every, all. Wedgwood looks in another direction, believing all to be from the same root as aye (q.v.). IMG:content-0366.png:[graphic] A. As adjective : I. Of number: The whole number of; every one of. "And Samuel said unto Je e, Are here all thy children?"-1 Sam . xvi. 11. IL. Of quantity: 1. Of an article, of work, . The entire amount; the whole of. "Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work." -Exod . xx. 9, 2. Of time: The entire, or whole duration of. Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing. "-Luke v. 5. 3. Of space or extension: The whole extent; whether this is to be reckoned by length only, by length and breadth, or by length, breadth, and depth. "Ther was also a Doctour of Phisik, In al this world ne was ther non him lyk." Chaucer: C. T. , 413, 414 Sometimes all is loosely used, especially in colloquial language, for a large number, quantity, amount, or extent of anything; though this may fall far short of the whole. "I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world d th know." B. As substantive : Cowper: John Gilpin . 1. Plural : All people; all persons of the kind indicated. "And all that believed were together."- Acts ii. 44. 2. Singular: (a) The whole, as opposed to a part. "And win, what haply fate may yet accord, A soldier's death-the all now left an empire's lord." Hemans: The Last Const an tine , 90. (b) Every person; every thing. to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart."-1 Sam. ix. 19. C. As adverb: *1. Originally: A particle intended to give increased emphasis to a sentence or clause of a sentence. It is still so used in the languages of the Germanic family. "He thought them sixpence all too dear." Shakesp.: Othello, ii. 3. (Song.) 2. Just; exactly; at the exact time when, or the place where. " All as the dwarfe the way to her a yn'd." Spenser: F. Q., L., vii. 18. IMG:content-0367.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The Mohammedan Scriptures. [KORAN.] "The holy lawes of our Alkaroun, Geven by Goddes me an gere Makamete." In this sense it is often written albe , or albee (q.v.). There are many phrases in which all is found in composition with other words. The most important of these are Chaucer: The Man of Lawes Tale , 4,752-3. "With soule-profaning Tu Turkish Alcheron." Time's Whistle, Satire I. 188. After all : After everything has become known or been taken into account. All along: (1) The whole way along (in space); (2) during the whole bygone period to which reference is being made (in time); (3) a term used in bookbinding, denoting that the thread pa es from end to end of the fold, or directly between the distant points of puncturation. All and some: One and all; every one; everything. "In armour eke the souldiers all and some, With all the force that might so soon be had." Mirr. for Mag., p. 91. All a- row , all-a- row : All in a row. "My friends above, my folks below, Chatting and laughing all - a - row . Pope : Imitations of Horace , Sat. vi., 135-6. ↑ All four. In the same sense as ALL FOURS, No. 1 (q. v.). whatsoever goeth upon all four."-Lev. xi. 42. All fours : (1.) The whole of the four extremities (used of a human being creeping on arms and legs, or arms and knees; or of the ordinary movements of a quadruped). "He [the gorilla] betakes himself to all fours.-Owen: Cla if, of the Mammal i a (1850), р. 89. (2.) A low game at cards played by two; so named from the four particulars by which it is reckoned, and which, joined in the hand of either of the parties, are said to make all fours . (Johnson.) (3.) Law : One case is sometimes said to be on all fours with another one when the two agree in all particulars with each other. ( Will : Wharton's Law Lexicon.) it must stand on all-fours with that stipulation-Daily Telegraph, March 15, 1877. All in all: (1.) Supreme and undisputed ruler ( adj . , used of God). "And when all things shall be subdued under him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.-1 Cor . xv. 28. (2.) The aggregate of the qualities required to form an estimate ( substantive ). "Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again." Shakesp.: Hamlet , 1. 2. (3.) In all respects ( adv .). "Lod. Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate Call all - in -all sufficient?"" Shakesp, Othello, iv. 1. Ail one: In all respects the same thing. "The Saxons could call a comet a fixed star, which is all one with stella crinita, or comet a." - Camden: Remains . All over: (1) Spread over every part; wholly, completely. ( Colloquial.) (2) All included. "Give me your hands, all over." Shakesp. Ja ius Cæsar, ii. 1. All the better: In all respects the better. Used loosely for "So much the better." † All to : [ALL-TO]. And all: Included, not excepted. "A torch snuff and all , goes out in a moment, when dipped in the vapour."-Aduison: Remarks on Italy. At all: In any respect; to the extent; in any degree; of any kind; whatever. "I find in him no fault at all . "- John xviii. 38. E. In composition : In composition all may be an adjective, joined with a present or a past participle, or an imperative, as all - absorbing, all-abandoned, albeit ; an adverb, joined with an adjective or present or past participle, as all- merciful , all-pervading, all-accomplished; a substantive, as all-shunned; or an interjection, as all - hail .