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English Dictionary: alley by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alley
n
  1. a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: alley, alleyway, back street]
  2. a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
    Synonym(s): bowling alley, alley, skittle alley
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alley \Al"ley\, n.; pl. {Alleys}. [A contraction of alabaster,
      of which it was originally made.]
      A choice taw or marble. --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alley \Al"ley\, n.; pl. {Alleys}. [OE. aley, alley, OF. al[82]e,
      F. all[82]e, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go;
      of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar.]
      1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden
            or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered
            way.
  
                     I know each lane and every alley green. --Milton.
  
      2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a
            public street. --Gay.
  
      3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  
      4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as
            wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of
            length.
  
      5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a
            printing office.
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