Definition of allay

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Allay (n.) Alloy.

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Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Tranquillize :: Tranquillize (v. t.) To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind..
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively..
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