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n.; pl. Alleys [ OE. aley, alley, OF. alée, F. allée, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar. ] 1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know each lane and every alley green. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alleys [ A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made. ] A choice taw or marble. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. “An alleyed walk.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An alley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut. ] 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [ Eng. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + līc (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leāc leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. &unr_;92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear. ] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barley bird (Zool.), the siskin. --
Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. --
Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lit. barley broth. See Brew. ] Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [ Humorous ] [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Corn. ] 1. A grain or “corn” of barley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bishop George Berkeley; b. 1685, d. 1753. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bleime. ] (Far.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Blench. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Booly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; they are among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known. Called also cattleya orchid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chance + medley. ] 1. (Law) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but, in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens in defending one's self against assault. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Luck; chance; accident. Milton. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle. ] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. ceosel gravel or sand. Cf. Chessom. ] Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Collie. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chærophyllum (Chærophyllum temulum and Chærophyllum sylvestre). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See Devil. ] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

n. 1. a small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl; same as doily.
Syn. -- doily, doyly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Galleys [ OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr. &unr_;; of unknown origin. ] 1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. (b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. (c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. (d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F. galée; the same word as E. galley a vessel. ] (Print.) (a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. (b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. “To toil like a galley slave.” Macaulay.--
Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The European green woodpecker, called also the yaffle; also, the spotted woodpecker. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley. ] (Zool.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or “thousand legs.” See Chilognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. Asquint; askance; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. gli&yogh_;en, glien, gleien, to shine, to squint; cf. Icel. gljā to glitter. ] To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. See Glair. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

adj. having pores or holes.
Syn. -- porous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Syn. -- kylie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an Australian boomerang, having one side flat and the other convex.
Syn. -- kiley. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. To lay; to wager. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Law. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Lye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grass or meadow land; a lea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fallow; unseeded. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pr>(fī"&aitalic_;l).} n. (Elec.) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland. [1913 Webster]

prop. n. A genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus.
Syn. -- genus Leymus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Leisure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in World War II, at which the American forces experienced the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The return of U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.
Syn. -- Leyte Island, Leyte invasion, Battle of Leyte Gulf. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Maleic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America; 20, 300 feet high; also called by the native name Denali.
Syn. -- Mt. McKinley, Denali. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Medleys [ OE. medlee, OF. meslée, medlée, mellée, F. mêlée. See Meddle, and cf. Melée, Mellay. ] 1. A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

This medley of philosophy and war. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Love is a medley of endearments, jars,
Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. W. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Medley is usually applied to vocal, potpourri to instrumental, compositions. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cloth of mixed colors. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Mixed; of mixed material or color. [ Obs. ] “A medlé coat.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mingled; confused. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mulley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt. ] 1. A mulley or polled animal. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cow. [ Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]