alcade, alcaid, alcayde, or alcayd

[In Ger. alkade; Fr. alcaide and alcade; Sp. alcade, from Arab. kayid = the head; kada = to head.] In Spain , Portugal , and Barbary: The governor of a castle; also, the keeper of a jail. IMG:content-0335.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Pertaining to the above-mentioned Alcæus or Alkaios. 2. Pertaining or relating to the descriptions of verse called after him, and of which he is supposed to have been the inventor. Alcaic Ode : An ode written in the alcaic metre, composed of several strophes, each consisting of four lines. Thirty-seven of the Odes of Horace are in this metre. Alcaic Strophe . The usual form of this consists of four alcaic lines, viz., two alcaic hendecasyllables (eleven syllables), one alcaic enneasyllable (nine syllables), and one alcaic decasyllable (ten syllables), as Vides | | ut alt a stet nive | candidum Sorac 1 te, nec | | jam | sustine | ant onus Sylvæ labo rantes, geluque Flumina cons titer int a cuto Usually scanned as follows: IMG:content-0336.png:[ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] Ah! said you so? Why, that was Pedro Crespo, the alcalde f" Long/ellow: Spanish Student , iii. 2. ↑ăl-cal-i, al-cal-ỹ, s. [ALKALI.] †ăl-cal-im-et-er, s. [ALKALIMETER.] *ăl-cam-ist-er, s . [ALCHEMIST.] al-cămph-or-a, s. [Arab. al the phora, contracted from Port, camphorosma = camphor-tree.] A name given in portions of Brazil to the Croton perdicipes, a Euphorbia- ceo us plant, used as a diuretic and in other ways. (Lindley: Veg. Kingd., p. 279.) the; cam