Marriage.
The persons or parties allied.
The state of being allied.
The act of allying or uniting.
A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.