. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... of an aged cock or capon. Many imaginary virtues were attributeil to (al-ek-tori-ii), H. [NL.,<Gr. «/f/(T(jft cijuiv. to ii/.tKTpor, unmaiTied, < it- priv. + /tfc- ahctrijoiKdiitic (totgiave), < Gr. a/.eKT(ivuv, acock, -I- iiavTtla, dination.] An ancient prac-tice of toretelling events by means of a letterH of the ulpliabet were traced on tile pi-ounci inSfiuares within a circle, anil a prain of corn was placed oneach; a coclt
. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... of an aged cock or capon. Many imaginary virtues were attributeil to (al-ek-tori-ii), H. [NL.,<Gr. «/f/(T(jft cijuiv. to ii/.tKTpor, unmaiTied, < it- priv. + /tfc- ahctrijoiKdiitic (totgiave), < Gr. a/.eKT(ivuv, acock, -I- iiavTtla, dination.] An ancient prac-tice of toretelling events by means of a letterH of the ulpliabet were traced on tile pi-ounci inSfiuares within a circle, anil a prain of corn was placed oneach; a coclt was then permitted to piclc up the grains, andthe letters under tliem, l)einp formed into words in theorder of their selection by the cock, were sujiposed toforetell the event. .Sometimes WTitten atfctorinnancy. lektri-on), «.r/jiuv, a cock: see Aleclor.^ 1. In oniiWi., a ge-nus of birds, proposed by Cabanis in 1846 for asection of the Macartney pheasants, genus JCii-ploeaniiis of Temminck. The tj-pe is A. ery-tlirojihlliiiliiim of Malacca.— 2. A poetical nameof the domestic cock. Ixnul the cock Ahctriion crowed. Lnn{ffeUou\. TftOV bed, marriage-bed (see Iccticn); from the ale-drapert (aldraper), w. l<. ale + draper, as uncertainty respecting its male flowers.] Agenus of lichens. .4, jubata. or roekhair, grows ontrees and rocks, and affords food for the reindeer while thesnow is deep. Alectorides (al-ek-tori-dez), «. pi. [NL., <Gr. a/.enTopii;, pi. -/rSff, fem. of aAfHTup, a cock.]1. In Nitzschs classification (1829), a group ofbirds represented by the genera Dkhohtphusand Otis. — 2. In Temmincks classification, agroup of birds of uncertain extent. [Not now inuse.] — 3. A suborder or order of birds which in-cludes the cranes, rails, and their allies. Vouch. alectoridine (al-ek-tori-din), a. [< Alectorides+ -/H<i.] Having the character of or pertain-ing to the Alectorides. It [tlie genus Parra] would appear to be limicoline, notalertm-iiliiie. Coins, Key to
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