Alcoholization
(Al`co*hol`i*za"tion) n. [Cf. F. alcoolisation.]
1. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. The act rectifying spirit.
3. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
Alcoholize
(Al"co*hol*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [Cf. F. alcooliser.]
1. To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
Alcoholometer
(Al`co*hol*om"e*ter Al`co*hol"me*ter) n. [Alcohol + -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument
for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure
alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.
Alcoholometric
(Al`co*hol`o*met"ric Al`co*hol`o*met"ric*al) Alcoholmetrical
(Al`co*hol*met"ric*al) a.
Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.
The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors.
Ure.
Alcoholometry
(Al`co*hol"om"e*try) n. The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure
alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
Alcohometer
(Al`co*hom"e*ter) n., Alcohometric
(Al`co*ho*met"ric), a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.
Alcoömetry
(Al`co*öm"e*try) n. See Alcoholometry.
The chemists say alcomètre, alcoomètrie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a
disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.) Littré.
Alcoran
(Al"co*ran) n. [alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qoran, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf.
Koran.] The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alkoran.]
Alcoranic
(Al`co*ran"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the Koran.
Alcoranist
(Al`co*ran"ist), n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.
Alcove
(Al"cove) n. [F. alcôve, Sp. or Pg. alcoba, from Ar. al-quobbah arch, vault, tent.]
1. (Arch.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess
to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
2. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.
Cowper.
3. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove.
Falconer.
Alcyon
(Al"cy*on) n. See Halcyon.
Alcyonacea
(||Al`cy*o*na"ce*a) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium
is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.
