alec to rom achy, alecitryomachy

[Gr. ἀλέκτωρ ( alektor ) = a cock, and μάχη ( mache ) = a fight.] A cock-fight. a-léc-tru-ri-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. alectrur(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Α sub-family of Muscicapidæ, or Fly-catchers. They are found in South America. a-lěc-tru-rus ( Mod. Latin ), a-lěc-trûre (Eng.), s. [Gr. ἀλέκτωρ ( alektor ) = cock, and οὐρά (our a) = tail.] Zool. Cock-tails. The typical genus of the sub-family of Birds called Alectrurinæ (q.v.). The tail is long, compre ed, and able to be erected in so remarkable a way that the circumstance has suggested the generic and the popular names. Type, A. tricolor . a-lēde, s. [A.S. leod people, law.) Rule. ( Scotch.) "He taught him ich a lede ."-Sir Tristram, p. 22. *a-ledge-ment, s. [From Eng. alegge (q.v.).] Ease; relief. (Skinner: Dict .) a-lē'e, adv. [Eng. a=to, at, or on; lee.] Naut. To or at that side of the ve el towards which the wind is blowing. The helm of a ship is alee when it is pre ed closely to the lee side of the ve el. When this is the case the fact is intimated in the words, "Helm's alee ;" on hearing which the sailors cause the head-sails to shake in the wind, with the view of bringing the ve el about. The order to put the helm alee is generally given in the words "Hard alee ," or "Luff alee." ( Falconer : Marine Dict., .)