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imp. of Light, to alight.
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v. t.
To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
v. i.
To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
v. t.
To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
v. t.
To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
v. i.
To sink when on the wing; to alight.
v. i. & t.
To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.
v. i.
To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
n.
See Alignment.
v. t.
To align.
n.
Same as Alignment.
v. i.
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
n.
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
n.
The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
v. t.
A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Alight
v. t.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
v. i.
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
v. i.
To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!
imp. & p. p.
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