10 A DICTIONAKY OF 
A1 ees, ‘Aloe-trees.’ Hal. Wr. 
‘ Of herberi and alees, 
Of alle manner of trees.’ — Pistill. of Susan, st. i. 
Alehoof, or Ale-hoove, meaning that which \vill cause ale to heave, 
or work. Nepeta Olechoma, Benth. — ‘ The women of our northern 
parts ... do tun the herbe ale-hoove into their ale.’ — Ger. 706. Hal. 
Wr. .See Prompt. Parv. 250. Eay says, ‘ Hederam terrestrem angli 
praesertim septentrionales in doha immittere solent, ad depurandum 
sen clarificandam cerevisiam ; quod brevi tempore, 24 nempe horarum 
spatio, praestare solet, unde et nomen Ale-hoof sive Tun-hoof adepta 
est. Verum hie mos post receptum lupulorum usum paulatim de- 
sueyit.’ — A. Cat., p. 163. Sal.; Suss . — Prior, p. 3. 
Aleis. ‘ Aloes. Chaucer.’ — Wr. 
Alexander, or Alexanders, Smyruiurn Olusatriim, L. — Turn. Lib. 
Prom its old name Petroselinum Alexandrinum, or Alexandrina, ‘so- 
called of Alexander the finder thereof.’ — Minsheu. In Palsgrave Aly- 
sandre. Hal. Wr. ‘Anglice y el quia ah Alexandria A5gypti 
urbe ad nos advehi solitum est, yel quia id yulgo creditum.’ — E. Cat. 
Prior, p. 3. 
Alexander ’s-foot. Hal. Wr. ‘A plant whose root resembles a foot.’ 
Kersey. This name belongs, not to the true Pellitory [Parietaria) to 
which it is sometimes assigned, but to the ‘ Pellitory of Spain ’ 
[Anacydus Pyrethrnm, D.C.). Gerard says it is called ‘ in French 
Pied d’Alexandre, that is to saie, Pes Alexandrinus, or Alexanders 
foote,' p. 619. 
Alisaundre, or Alisanders, Smyi'nium Oliisatrum, L. — (A. H.) Hal. 
Wr. ‘ With alisaundre thare-to.’ — Wright’s Lyric Poetry, p. 26. 
Aliways. ‘ Aloes.’ Line. — Wr. 
Alkakengy. ‘ The plant persicaria. Prompt. Parv.’ — Wr., and Hal. 
to the same effect ; but why this interpretation of the name (clearly 
an erroneous one) is assigned to Prompt. Parv. it is not easy to see, as 
that work gives ‘ alkenkengy, herbe morub. Morelia ruhea,’ by which 
name a nightshade (probably the Physedis Alkekengi of modern 
authors) was doubtless intended. — Prior, p. 4. See Alkekeng. 
Alkanet, various species of Anclmsa. — Ger. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 4. 
Alkanet, Bastard, Litlwspermum arvense, L. — Prior, p. 4. 
Alkekeng, ‘the winter cherry.’ Wi\ PhysaJis Alkekengi, L. See 
Alkakengy. 
Allar. See Aller. 
Allbone, or Allbonie, Stellarla Llolostea, L. — A translation of the 
Greek oXoanov, from the ‘jointed skeleton-like stalks.’ — Prior, p. 4. 
‘ In English All-honie : whereof I see no reason, except it be by the 
figure Antonoinia, as when we say in English, He is an honest man, 
our meaning is, that he is a knave. For undoubtedly this is a tender 
herbe, lightly braied or pound, having no such bonie or tough sub- 
stance in him.’ — Ger. 43. 
Alleluia. (1) Oxalis AcetoselJa, L. — Crete Herbal. Hal. WA. ‘ By 
reason when it springe th forth and flo wroth [he. between Easter and 
