Āḷaka (or ˚ā f.) [Dimin of aḷa (?) or of ārā i (?). See Mor- ris J.P.T.S. 1886, 158] -- 1. a thorn, sting, dart, spike, used either as arrow -- straightener Miln 418; DhA i.288; or (perhaps also for piece of bone, fishbone) in making up a comb VvA 349 (˚sandhāpana = comb; how Hardy got the meaning of "alum" in Ind. to VvA is incomprehensible). -- 2 a peg, spike, stake or post (to tie an elephant to, cp. ālāna). Cp. ii.13.