Obs. [f. Gr. ἀλέκτωρ cock + -IAN.] (See quot.)
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVI. xvi. (1495), 558. Alectoria is a stone that is founde in the mawes of capons and is lyke to dymme cristall.
1586. T. Bright, A Treatise of Melancholie, xxxix. 257. The Alectorian or Cockes stone … wherewith (as it is reported) the famous Milo Crotonien alway stoode invincible.
1678. Phillips, Alectorius … a precious stone of a waterish colour.
