Having the quality of a smart aleck; rude, disrespectful.

A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.

A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish usage, variant of Alec

Alternative form of alectryomancy

A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.

A female given name from the Germanic languages, one of the modern variants of Alicia.

Alternative spelling of alectryomancy

plural of smart aleck

(biology, of an ovum) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.

The plant costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), formerly much used for flavouring ale.