A*le`thi*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; truth + -logy.] The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton.
A*leth"o*scope (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; true + &?; to view.] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
A*leu"ro*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wheaten flour + -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie.] Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.
Al`eu*rom"e*ter (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; flour + -meter.] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.
A*leu"rone (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; flour.] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
Al`eu*ron"ic (&?;), a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton.
{ A*leu"tian (&?;), A*leu"tic (&?;), } a. [Said to be from the Russ. aleut a bold rock.] Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.
Al"e*vin (&?;), n. [F. alevin, OF. alever to rear, fr. L. ad + levare to raise.] Young fish; fry.
A*lew" (&?;), n. Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ale"wife` (&?;), n.; pl. Alewives (&?;). A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, "Phil Trans." No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zoöl.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
Al`ex*an"ders (&?;), Al`i*san"ders (&?;), n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
Al`ex*an"dri*an (&?;), a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.