alignationn.
/ˌalᵻɡˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌælɪɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
= alignment n. (in various senses).
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the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > [noun]
alignment1742
plumb1748
allineation1779
alignation1830
collinearity1863
1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 505 Almost all the accidents presented in the phenomena of the mountain chains of the Pyrenees, whether in their grouping, their alignation [printed alegnation], their departition, [etc.].
1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary 331 Alignation is doing its best to spoil Oran structurally.
1911 G. Rawlence Highwayman xix. 155 The letter—written in a large scratchy hand, difficult to decipher, wavy in alignation—fluttered from Sir Michael's hand.
1962 Times 13 Aug. 12/4 The gradual alignation of national tariffs to a common tariff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1830- to buckle in
- to buckle to
- to buckle up
- to buddy up to
- to budge against
- to buff it
- to buffoon it
- to bug one's way out
- to bug one's way out of something
- to bug out
- to bugger about
- to bugger around
- to bugger off
- to bugger up
- to buggery
- to build a better mousetrap
- to build a sconce
- to build a temple or altar to
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