Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL-LINE-MENT
ALL-IM-PRESS'IVEALL-IN-FORM'ING
AL-LINE-MENT, n. [Fr. alignment, a row, a squaring, from ligne, line; L. linea.]
A reducing to a line or to a square; a state of being in squares, in a line, or on a level; a line; a row. – Asiat. Res. Columbiad.
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