Alley
Alley ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English aley, alley, Old French alée, French allée, a going, passage, from Old English aler, French aller, to go; of uncertain origin: compare Prov. anar, Italian 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.
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.
Alley ({not transcribed}) , noun
[A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made.]
A choice taw or marble. — Dickens