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† aˈllayment Obs. rare.
Also 6 alai-.
[f. as prec. + -ment. Cf. OFr. alaie-, aloie-ment.]
Admixture of a modifying element or agent; mitigation.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. iv. 8 If I could temporise with my affection Or brew it to a weake and colder pallat, The like alaiment could I giue my griefe. 1611― Cymb. i. v. 22 To try the vigour of them [thy Compounds], and apply Allayments to their Act. |