Vocabulary : Alate to Alban

Alate : Lately; of late. ;; Alt. of Alated
Alated : Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
Alatern : Alt. of Alaternus
Alaternus : An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
Alation : The state of being winged.

Alaunt : See Alan.
Alb : A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
Alb Sunday : The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.
Albacore : See Albicore.
Alban : A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

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