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Aleberry
(n.)
A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice,
sugar, and sops of bread.
Alecithal
(a.)
Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which
have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
Aleconner
(n.)
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.]
Alecost
(n.)
The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for
flavoring ale.
Alectorides
(n. pl.)
A group of birds including the common fowl and the
pheasants.
Alectoromachy
(n.)
Cockfighting.
Alectoromancy
(n.)
See Alectryomancy.
Alectryom'achy
(n.)
Cockfighting.
Alectryomancy
(n.)
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.
Alee
(adv.)
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.
Alegar
(n.)
Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.
Aleger
(a.)
Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
Alegge
(v. t.)
To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Alehoof
(n.)
Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
Alehouse
(n.)
A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.
Alemannic
(n.)
The language of the Alemanni.
Alemannic
(a.)
Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike
German tribes.
Alembic
(n.)
An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made
of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm
still.
Alembroth
(n.)
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.
See under Lace.