ALLEY

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

2.
n.

A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay.

3.
n.

A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

4.
n.

Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

5.
n.

The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

6.
n.

A choice taw or marble. Dickens.


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