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ally3, n. See alley2. 153 especially in Egypt, to a girl whose occupation is to amuse company in the houses of the wealthy or to sing dirges at funerals; a singing girl, of a higher cla than the ghawazee or dancing-girls of Egypt, with whom the almas are sometimes confounded. See ghawazee and ghaziyeh. Also spelled alme and almeh. alma can tart, almacantaratht, n. almucantar. almadia (al-ma-dē'ä), n. Same as [ almadie , al - madiyah, Also written almadie , almady .