Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
2) v. t. - To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
3) v. t. - To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
4) n. - Alleviation; abatement; check.
5) n. - Alloy.
6) v. t. - To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.