‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, a nettle. ] A group of Cœlenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called
a. [ Acaleph + -oid. ] (Zool.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acatalecticus, Gr. &unr_;, not defective at the end;
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
n. [ AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. öl, Lith. alus a kind of beer, OSlav. olŭ beer. Cf. Ir. ol drink, drinking. ]
☞ The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + leak. ] In a leaking condition. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die. ] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency;
n. A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. alebery, alebrey; ale + bre broth, fr. AS. brīw pottage. ] A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. Costmary. ] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a cock. ] (Zool.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Alectryomancy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hard alee, or
Luff alee
n. [ Ale + eager sour, F. aigre. Cf. Vinegar. ] Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. allègre, earlier alègre, fr. L. alacer. ] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hōfe 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). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pot companion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Turk. 'alem, fr. Ar. 'alam. ] (Mil.) The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anbīq, fr. Gr.
Used also metaphorically.
The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Origin uncertain. ] The
See under Lace. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + length. ] At full length; lengthwise. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A
. (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ F. alerte, earlier à l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See Erect. ]
An alert young fellow. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. “We have had an alert.” Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
On the alert,
n. (Physiol.) a state of readiness to respond.
adv. In an alert manner; nimbly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity. [ 1913 Webster ]
A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a “bush.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Aleconner. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]