A Concise Dictionary of Middle English - From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Walter William Skeat;A. L. Mayhew
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~Iliche~.
~ Alie~, _sb_. ally, relative, PP; ~allye~, C2. ~Alien~, _v_. to combine, unite, ally, NED; ~allyed~, _pp_., C2.--OF. _alier_; Lat. _alligare_. (~A-~ 7.) ~A-liri~, _adv_. across (said of the legs), P; ~alyry~, PP.--AS. _on_ + _lira_, the fleshy part of the leg (Voc.). (~A-~2.) ~A-li3*ten~, _v_. to alight, get lightly down from a horse, to descend, also, to lighten, MD; ~alyghte~, C2; ~alyghte~, _pt. s_., PP; ~aly3*te~, PP; ~alihte~, MD; ~ali3*te~, S; ~a-lyhte~, S2; ~ali3*t~, _pp_., S2.--AS. _á-lÃhtan_. (~A-~ I.) ~A-li3*ten~, _v_. to enlighten, illuminate, to light (a fire), NED.--AS. _on-lÃhtan_. (~A-~ 2.) ~A-li3*tnen~, _v_. to enlighten, NED; ~a-lichtyn~, S3; ~alyctnyng~, _pr. p_., S3. (~A-~ I.) ~Al-kaly~, _sb_. alkali, C3.--Arab. _al-qali*y_, calcined ashes; from _qalay_, to roast in a pan. ~Alkamistre~, _sb_. alchemist, C3, NED. OF. _alkemiste_. ~Al-kamye~, _sb_. medieval chemistry, PP.--OF. _alcamie_, _alquimie_; Sp. _alquimia_; Arab, _al-ki*mi*a*_; Late Gr. [Greek: chaemia], of doubtful origin, prob. from _chumeia_, pouring. |
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