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King James Dictionary
• Alas
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Ja-ala
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Alas!
Webster Dictionary
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• Alae
• Ala (2)
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Abu-L-Ala Ul-Ma'arri
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Alas`co, John
• Alas`ka
• Alas`tor
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Birmingham, Ala.
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• אֲהָהּ
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(from Lat. ala, a wing), a word used technically by analogy with its meaning of "wing." In physiology, it means any wing-like process, such as one of the lateral cartilages of the nose. In botany, one of the side petals of a papilionaceous corolla, &c. In architecture, a side apartment or recess of a Roman house (the origin of "aisle").