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One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

n epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.…

A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

A pot companion. [Obs.]

In a leaking condition.

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. Bouvier.

A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.

A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.

h segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

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.]

The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Cockfighting.

See Alectryomancy.

Cockfighting.

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.

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. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil.