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Webster 1913 Edition


Alary

Al′a-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
alarius
, fr.
ala
wing.]
Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.
The
alary
system of insects.
Wollaston.

Definition 2024


alary

alary

English

Adjective

alary (comparative more alary, superlative most alary)

  1. Pertaining to wings.
    • 1658: the Butterfly bloomes of leguminous plants, the lower leaf closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 205)