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, & i. To lay; to wager. [Obs.] Chaucer.

the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

Leisure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.

r park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

An alley.

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.

um, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), 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.…

Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns.

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.

A grain or "corn" of barley.

An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [Obs.]

of Blench. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Booly.

iling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

at 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.

Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner.

See Collie.

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