Defn: Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.
ALL-POSSESSED
All`-pos*sessed", a.
Defn: Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
[Colloq.]
ALL SAINTS; ALL SAINTS'
All" Saints`, All" Saints',
Defn: The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
ALL SOULS' DAY
All" Souls' Day`.
Defn: The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.
ALLSPICE
All"spice`, n.
Defn: The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
ALLTHING
All`thing`, adv. Etym: [For in all (= every) thing.]