Part 296

<h1>Aleatory</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A"le*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aleatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>alea</ets> chance, die.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Depending on some uncertain contingency; <as>as, an <ex>aleatory</ex> contract</as>.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Alebench</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Ale"bench`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bench in or before an alehouse.</def>

<i>Bunyan.</i>

<h1>Aleberry</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Ale"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>alebery</ets>, <ets>alebrey</ets>; <ets>ale + bre</ets> broth, fr. AS. <ets>br\'c6w</ets> pottage.]</ety> <def>A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.</def>

<blockquote>Their <b>aleberries</b>, caudles, possets. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alecithal</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A*lec"i*thal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ yelk.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.</def>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Aleconner</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Ale"con`ner</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>/Ale</ets> + <ets>con</ets>, OE. <ets>cunnen</ets> to test, AS. <ets>cunnian</ets> to test. See <er>Con</er>.]</ety> <def>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 <i>aletaster</i>.]</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Alecost</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Ale"cost`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ale</ets> + L. <ets>costus</ets> an aromatic plant: cf. <er>Costmary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.</def>

<h1>Alectorides</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>Al`ec*tor"i*des</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a cock.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.</def>

<h1>Alectoromachy</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A*lec`to*rom"a*chy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cock + <?/ fight.]</ety> <def>Cockfighting.</def>

<h1>Alectoromancy</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A*lec"to*ro*man`cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Alectryomancy</er>.</def>

<h1>Alectryom'achy</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A*lec`try*om'a*chy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cock + <?/ fight.]</ety> <def>Cockfighting.</def>

<h1>Alectryomancy</h1> <Xpage=37>

<hw>A*lec"try*o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cock + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<i>Amer. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Alee</h1> <Xpage=37>