Alp

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alp \Alp\, n.
     A bullfinch. --Rom. of R.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Alp \Alp\, n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin;
     cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or
     lump: cf. F. Alpes.]
     1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the
        highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty
        mountains of Switzerland, etc.
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              Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. --Milton.
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              Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be
        surmounted.
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     Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular.
           "The Alps doth spit." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alp
       n : any high mountain

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ALP
       Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ALP
       
           A {list processing} extension of {Mercury
          Autocode}.
       
          ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et
          al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962].
       
          (1995-01-24)