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- English Word Aldermanly Definition Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
- English Word Aldermanly Definition Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
- English Word Aldermanry Definition The district or ward of an alderman.
- English Word Aldermanry Definition The office or rank of an alderman.
- English Word Aldermanship Definition The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
- English Word Aldermen Definition of Alderman
- English Word Aldern Definition Made of alder.
- English Word Alderney Definition 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.
- English Word Aldine Definition An 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.
- English Word Ale Definition An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
- English Word Ale Definition A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
- English Word Ale silver Definition A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
- English Word Ale-knight Definition A pot companion.
- English Word Aleak Definition In a leaking condition.
- English Word Aleatory Definition Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
- English Word Alebench Definition A bench in or before an alehouse.
- English Word Aleberry Definition A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
- English Word Alecithal Definition Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
- English Word Aleconner Definition 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.]
- English Word Alecost Definition The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.