2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of
all impieties.
I. Taylor.
Aloof
(A*loof") prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
Milton.
Aloofness
(A*loof"ness), n. State of being aloof. Rogers
The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life.
Thoreau.
Alopecia
(||Al`o*pe"ci*a) Alopecy
(A*lop"e*cy) n. [L. alopecia, Gr. 'alwpeki`a, fr. 'alw`phx fox, because
loss of the hair is common among foxes.] (Med.) Loss of the hair; baldness.
Alopecist
(A*lop"e*cist) n. A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Alose
(A*lose") v. t. [OE. aloser.] To praise. [Obs.]
Alose
(A"lose) n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zoöl.) The European shad (Clupea alosa); — called also
allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad See Shad.
Alouatte
(||Al`ou*atte") n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) One of the several species of howling monkeys
of South America. See Howler, 2.
Aloud
(A*loud") adv. [Pref. a- + loud.] With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice.
Isa. lviii. 1.
Alow
(A*low") adv. [Pref. a- + low.] Below; in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." Dryden.
Alp
(Alp) n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any
huge mass or lump: cf. F. Alpes.]
1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing
the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.
Milton.
Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.
Pope.
2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." Shak.
Alp
(Alp), n. A bullfinch. Rom. of R.
