Defn: An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; — in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
ALATE
A*late", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + late.]
Defn: Lately; of late. [Archaic]
There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.
ALATE; ALATED
A"late, A"la*ted, a. Etym: [L. alatus, from ala wing.]
Defn: Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
ALATERN; ALATERNUS
Al"a*tern, Al`a*ter"nus, n. Etym: [L. ala wing + terni three each.]
(Bot.)
Defn: An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
ALATION
A*la"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. alatus winged.]
Defn: The state of being winged.
ALAUNT
A*launt", n.