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Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.

A*lec"i*thal (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?; yelk.] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

Ale"con`ner (&?;), n. [/Ale + con, OE. cunnen to test, AS. cunnian to test. See Con.] Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

Ale"cost` (&?;), n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. Costmary.] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

||Al`ec*tor"i*des (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a cock.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

A*lec`to*rom"a*chy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; cock + &?; fight.] Cockfighting.

A*lec"to*ro*man`cy (&?;), n. See Alectryomancy.

A*lec`try*om'a*chy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; cock + &?; fight.] Cockfighting.

A*lec"try*o*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; cock + -mancy.] Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

A*lee" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + lee.] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.

Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

Al"e*gar (&?;), n. [Ale + eager sour, F. aigre. Cf. Vinegar.] Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil.

Al"e*ger (&?;), a. [F. allègre, earlier alègre, fr. L. alacer.] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon.

A*legge" (&?;), v. t. [OE. aleggen, alegen, OF. alegier, F. alléger, fr. LL. alleviare, for L. allevare to lighten; ad + levis light. Cf. Alleviate, Allay, Allege.] To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.]

That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser.

Ale"hoof` (l"hf`), n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue." Prior.] Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

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Ale"house` (&?;), n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay.

Ale"-knight` (&?;), n. A pot companion. [Obs.]

Al`e*man"nic (&?;), a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.

Al`e*man"nic, n. The language of the Alemanni.

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc.

A*lem"bic (*lm"bk), n. [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anbq, fr. Gr. 'a`mbix cup, cap of a still. The cap or head was the alembic proper. Cf. Limbec.] An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically.

The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.

A*lem"broth (-brth), n. [Origin uncertain.] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C.

A`len`çon" lace" (&?;). See under Lace.

A*length" (*lngth"), adv. [Pref. a- + length.] At full length; lengthwise. Chaucer.

A*lep"i*dote, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, a scale.] (Zoöl.) Not having scales. -- n. A fish without scales.