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Al \Al\, a.
All. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Al \Al\, n. (Chem.)
the chemical symbol for aluminum.
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Al \Al\ conj.
Although; if. [Obs.] See {All}, conj.
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al- \al-\ prefix.
(a) [AS. eal.] All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
(b) [L. ad.] To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See
{ad-}.
(c) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the;
as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the
chemistry.
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