Obs. rare. Also 6 alai-. [f. as prec. + -MENT. Cf. OFr. alaie-, aloie-ment.] Admixture of a modifying element or agent; mitigation.
1606. Shaks., 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. Ibid. (1611), Cymb., I. v. 22. To try the vigour of them [thy Compounds], and apply Allayments to their Act.
