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al en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Hindi आल (āl).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:al.

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Source: en.wiktionary, “al” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

al en · DET · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of all.
    alt of all
    • Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart. c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1: